IXL skill plan | 3rd grade plan for Being a Writer, Third Edition

Skill plan for Being a Writer, Third Edition - 3rd grade

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1	Unit 1 The Classroom Community
Week 1		1. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose 2. Which word is a noun? 3. Capitalizing titles
Week 1
1. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose 2. Which word is a noun? 3. Capitalizing titles

Week 2		Fiction text and poetry 1. Read poetry 2. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Sensory details 3. Sort sensory details
Week 2
Fiction text and poetry 1. Read poetry 2. Read realistic fiction with illustrations Sensory details 3. Sort sensory details

Week 3		Point of view 1. Identify the narrative point of view Nonfiction text 2. Read about food Sensory details 3. Identify sensory details Complete sentences 4. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 5. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 6. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? Nouns 7. Identify nouns
Week 3
Point of view 1. Identify the narrative point of view Nonfiction text 2. Read about food Sensory details 3. Identify sensory details Complete sentences 4. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 5. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 6. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? Nouns 7. Identify nouns

2	Unit 2 The Writing Process
Week 1		Organization 1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Precise words 2. Choose the synonym 3. Shades of meaning with pictures
Week 1
Organization 1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Precise words 2. Choose the synonym 3. Shades of meaning with pictures

Week 2		Complete sentences 1. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 3. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Proofreading 4. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? 5. Identify common and proper nouns 6. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 7. Homophones with pictures 8. Use dictionary entries
Week 2
Complete sentences 1. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 3. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Proofreading 4. Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation? 5. Identify common and proper nouns 6. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 7. Homophones with pictures 8. Use dictionary entries

3	Unit 3 Personal Narrative
Week 1		Sensory details 1. Sort sensory details Pronouns 2. Identify personal pronouns 3. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 4. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun
Week 1
Sensory details 1. Sort sensory details Pronouns 2. Identify personal pronouns 3. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 4. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun

Week 2		Time-order words 1. Identify time-order words Verbs 2. Use action verbs 3. Identify action verbs To be verbs 4. To be: use the correct form Verb tense 5. Which sentence is in the regular past tense? 6. Identify verbs in the regular past tense 7. Form and use the regular past tense 8. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?
Week 2
Time-order words 1. Identify time-order words Verbs 2. Use action verbs 3. Identify action verbs To be verbs 4. To be: use the correct form Verb tense 5. Which sentence is in the regular past tense? 6. Identify verbs in the regular past tense 7. Form and use the regular past tense 8. Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?

Week 3		Organization 1. Put the sentences in order 2. Use time-order words Sensory details 3. Identify sensory details Possessive nouns 4. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 5. Form the singular or plural possessive Prepositions 6. Identify prepositions
Week 3
Organization 1. Put the sentences in order 2. Use time-order words Sensory details 3. Identify sensory details Possessive nouns 4. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 5. Form the singular or plural possessive Prepositions 6. Identify prepositions

Week 4		Introductions 1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs Possessive nouns 2. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Adjectives 3. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 4. Identify the adjective that describes the noun Adverbs 5. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? Proofreading 6. Order the words to create a sentence 7. Spell words with open and closed syllables 8. Identify homophones
Week 4
Introductions 1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs Possessive nouns 2. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Adjectives 3. Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? 4. Identify the adjective that describes the noun Adverbs 5. Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where? Proofreading 6. Order the words to create a sentence 7. Spell words with open and closed syllables 8. Identify homophones

4	Unit 4 Fiction
Week 1		Fiction text 1. Identify story elements 2. Read science fiction with illustrations Compound sentences 3. Identify coordinating conjunctions 4. Is the sentence simple or compound?
Week 1
Fiction text 1. Identify story elements 2. Read science fiction with illustrations Compound sentences 3. Identify coordinating conjunctions 4. Is the sentence simple or compound?

Week 2		Similes 1. Similes with pictures Character analysis 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Compound sentences 3. Use coordinating conjunctions 4. Create compound sentences Dialogue 5. Punctuating dialogue
Week 2
Similes 1. Similes with pictures Character analysis 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Compound sentences 3. Use coordinating conjunctions 4. Create compound sentences Dialogue 5. Punctuating dialogue

Week 3		1. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression 2. Positive and negative connotation 3. Use adjectives to compare
Week 3
1. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression 2. Positive and negative connotation 3. Use adjectives to compare

Week 4		1. Show character emotions and traits 2. Choose the best transition
Week 4
1. Show character emotions and traits 2. Choose the best transition

Week 5		Descriptive details 1. Add descriptive details to sentences 2. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Irregular past tense 3. Identify the irregular past tense I 4. Identify the irregular past tense II Adverbs 5. Identify adverbs Comparative adjectives 6. Spell adjectives that compare
Week 5
Descriptive details 1. Add descriptive details to sentences 2. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Irregular past tense 3. Identify the irregular past tense I 4. Identify the irregular past tense II Adverbs 5. Identify adverbs Comparative adjectives 6. Spell adjectives that compare

Week 6		Titles 1. Which book title goes with the picture? 2. Formatting titles Combine sentences 3. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates Adverbs 4. Use adverbs to compare Proofreading 5. Spell multisyllabic words 6. Use the correct homophone
Week 6
Titles 1. Which book title goes with the picture? 2. Formatting titles Combine sentences 3. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates Adverbs 4. Use adverbs to compare Proofreading 5. Spell multisyllabic words 6. Use the correct homophone

5	Unit 5 Expository Nonfiction
Week 1		Nonfiction text 1. Use text features 2. Read about animals Conjunctions 3. Identify subordinating conjunctions
Week 1
Nonfiction text 1. Use text features 2. Read about animals Conjunctions 3. Identify subordinating conjunctions

Week 2		Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Subordinating conjunctions 2. Use subordinating conjunctions Plural nouns 3. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 4. Is the noun singular or plural?
Week 2
Context clues 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Subordinating conjunctions 2. Use subordinating conjunctions Plural nouns 3. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 4. Is the noun singular or plural?

Week 3		Plural nouns 1. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 2. Form and use irregular plurals Pronouns 3. Identify possessive pronouns Research skills 4. Identify and correct plagiarism
Week 3
Plural nouns 1. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 2. Form and use irregular plurals Pronouns 3. Identify possessive pronouns Research skills 4. Identify and correct plagiarism

Week 4		Organization 1. Organize information by topic 2. Order items from most general to most specific Subject-verb agreement 3. Is the subject singular or plural? 4. Use the correct subject or verb Irregular verbs 5. To have: use the correct form
Week 4
Organization 1. Organize information by topic 2. Order items from most general to most specific Subject-verb agreement 3. Is the subject singular or plural? 4. Use the correct subject or verb Irregular verbs 5. To have: use the correct form

Week 5		Introductions and conclusions 1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 2. Choose the best concluding sentence Writer's purpose 3. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Linking words 4. Use linking words to complete a passage Abstract nouns 5. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns Pronouns 6. Use possessive pronouns
Week 5
Introductions and conclusions 1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 2. Choose the best concluding sentence Writer's purpose 3. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Linking words 4. Use linking words to complete a passage Abstract nouns 5. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns Pronouns 6. Use possessive pronouns

Week 6		Organization 1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Academic vocabulary 2. Use academic vocabulary in context Subject-verb agreement 3. Pronoun-verb agreement Proofreading 4. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 5. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 6. Spell the sight word: easier 7. Homophones with pictures
Week 6
Organization 1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Academic vocabulary 2. Use academic vocabulary in context Subject-verb agreement 3. Pronoun-verb agreement Proofreading 4. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 5. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 6. Spell the sight word: easier 7. Homophones with pictures

Week 7		1. Select and use text features 2. Greetings and closings of letters
Week 7
1. Select and use text features 2. Greetings and closings of letters

6	Unit 6 Opinion Writing
Week 1		Author's purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media Facts and opinions 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Word choice 3. Positive and negative connotation Complete sentences 4. Order the words to create a sentence Commas 5. Commas with the names of places
Week 1
Author's purpose 1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media Facts and opinions 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Word choice 3. Positive and negative connotation Complete sentences 4. Order the words to create a sentence Commas 5. Commas with the names of places

Week 2		Opinions and reasons 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion 3. Complete the opinion passage with an example Author's purpose 4. Identify the author's purpose: passages
Week 2
Opinions and reasons 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion 3. Complete the opinion passage with an example Author's purpose 4. Identify the author's purpose: passages

Week 3		Time-order words 1. Identify time-order words Opinion writing 2. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 3. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Adjectives 4. Identify adjectives
Week 3
Time-order words 1. Identify time-order words Opinion writing 2. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 3. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Adjectives 4. Identify adjectives

Week 4		Time-order words 1. Use time-order words Descriptive details 2. Combine sentences by adding key details Adjectives and adverbs 3. Choose between adjectives and adverbs Proofreading 4. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 5. Spell the sight word: harder 6. Identify homophones
Week 4
Time-order words 1. Use time-order words Descriptive details 2. Combine sentences by adding key details Adjectives and adverbs 3. Choose between adjectives and adverbs Proofreading 4. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 5. Spell the sight word: harder 6. Identify homophones

7	Unit 7 Poetry
Week 1		Sensory details 1. Add imagery to stories Similes 2. Determine the meanings of similes Poetry 3. Label the rhyme scheme 4. Read poetry
Week 1
Sensory details 1. Add imagery to stories Similes 2. Determine the meanings of similes Poetry 3. Label the rhyme scheme 4. Read poetry

Week 2		Precise words 1. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 2. Which sentence has the same meaning? 3. Describe the difference between related words Poetry elements 4. Identify elements of poetry Proofreading 5. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence 6. Correct errors with signs 7. Use the correct homophone
Week 2
Precise words 1. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 2. Which sentence has the same meaning? 3. Describe the difference between related words Poetry elements 4. Identify elements of poetry Proofreading 5. Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence 6. Correct errors with signs 7. Use the correct homophone

Week 3		1. Greetings and closings of letters
Week 3
1. Greetings and closings of letters

8	Unit 8 Revisiting the Classroom Community
Week 1		Organization 1. Order items from most general to most specific 2. Use linking words to complete a passage Descriptive details 3. Add descriptive details to sentences Sentence variety 4. Create varied sentences based on models Proofreading 5. Spell the sight word: harder
Week 1
Organization 1. Order items from most general to most specific 2. Use linking words to complete a passage Descriptive details 3. Add descriptive details to sentences Sentence variety 4. Create varied sentences based on models Proofreading 5. Spell the sight word: harder

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