Daily 6-Trait Writing Workbook for Grade 3: Homeschool & Classroom Resources

Give your third-graders the fun and focused writing practice they need to become strong and successful writers! The 125 engaging, 10- to 15-minute lessons support any writing program.

25 weeks of instruction cover the following trait-based writing skills:

Ideas
Week 1: Choosing a Strong Idea
Week 2: Writing a Topic Sentence
Week 3: Using the 5 Ws to Add Details
Week 4: Choosing Strong Details
Week 5: Sticking to Your Topic

Organization
Week 1: Beginning, Middle, and End
Week 2: Putting Things in the Right Order
Week 3: Grouping Together Ideas and Details
Week 4: Grouping by How Things Are Alike or Different
Week 5: Choosing Which Way to Organize Your Writing

Word Choice
Week 1: Choosing Strong Verbs and Adverbs
Week 2: Choosing Colorful Adjectives
Week 3: Telling Exactly Who or What
Week 4: Using Similes and Metaphors
Week 5: Getting the Reader’s Attention

Sentence Fluency
Week 1: Varying Your Sentences
Week 2: Combining Sentences
Week 3: Revising Run-on and Rambling Sentences
Week 4: More Ways to Combine Sentences
Week 5: Writing a Smooth Paragraph

Voice
Week 1: Examining Different Writing Styles
Week 2: Using Formal and Informal Language
Week 3: Creating a Mood
Week 4: Writing from Different Points of View
Week 5: Developing Your Own Voice

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 1, 2008
Edition ‏ : ‎ Teacher ed.
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1596732970
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1596732971
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 – 9 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.44 x 11 inches
Part of series ‏ : ‎ Daily 6-Trait Writing
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 and up
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