Making a Plan, Using an Organizer, PBHE Chart that describes the
characteristics of a pet. Basically the chart develops the use of adjectives, verbs, adverbs (ly words) and names of places....
Physical Behaviour How Environment ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Students use this organizer to describe ~what the pet looks like (physical); ~what it does (behaviour); ~how it behaves (how) & ~environment (where) Writing a rough draft, referring to the ideas brainstormed as a class, each student developed their own descriptive writing. Revising and Editing
the rough draft: (A huge focus in class) Chunking of similar ideas together to form a paragraph; Including enough detail; Changing the order of sentences; Writing longer sentences by using conjunctions; Using resources to further develop descriptive vocabulary, Using capitals and periods correctly. Writing the Final Draft.....word processing..... Many have completed and shared their writing.
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Use pictures, words and numbers to explain your answer.
~Remember to use First,Then,Next, Finally to explain your thinking ~Use your problem solving notebook to remind you about writing your solution.
Problem Solving Strategies ~Guess and Check ~Make a Picture ~Make an Organized List ~Look for a Pattern ~Make a Table ~Work Backwards ~Act it Out ~Use Logical Reasoning
Book Responses Students have a copy of these in their Reading Response Duotang Grade 3 General Book Response
The title of the book I read is ____________________by__________
At the beginning of the story _________________________________
In the middle __________________________________________
Finally at the end _________________________________________
Two interesting things I learned were __________________________
I think ________________ would enjoy this book because ________
Book Response #1
I am reading (title) by (author) . The main character
is_________________.
He/She is (What does the character look like? How does he behave and what does he say ___________________________
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_________________ .
The problem in the story is ( 2 - 3 sentences)________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ I enjoyed the part when the ___________________________________________________________________________
I noticed that ____________________________________________________________________________________ Book Response # 2
The book I am reading is ( title ) by (author)
The problem at the beginning of the story is ( 3- 5 sentences ) _________________________________________________
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___________________ .
This story reminds me of ( 3- 5 sentences ) ______________________________________________________________
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The main character ( 2 - 4 sentences) ___________________________________________________________________
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I wonder (2 - 4 sentences) _________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Book Response # 3
The book I am reading is ( title ) by (author)
A happy/sad part happens when (2 - 3 sentences)____________________________________________________
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I was surprised when (2 - 3 sentences) __________________________________________________________________
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My novel was easy/hard to read because (2 - 3 sentences) ____________________________________________________
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At the beginning of the story ________________________________________________________________ . In the
middle ___________________________________________________________________ . At the end of the
book__________________________ .
Book Response # 4 for Non-Fiction Books
The book I am reading is named ( title ) by (author)
I am interested in this topic because ____________________________________________________________________
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One new fact I learned about _________________ is that_______________________________________________ .
I was surprised to learn that ___________________________________________________________________________
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This book reminds me about ___________________________________________________________________________
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A question I have is__________________________________________________________________________________
I would recommend this book because ____________________________________________________________________
Creative Writing We have been practising writing paragraphs using the following model. It encourages students to vary the sentence length and pattern. Topic of your choice_________________ Sentence 1: noun, descriptive phrase, predicate (action or non action verb) Sentence 2: agreeing pronoun (he, she, it, they, we, you) Sentence 3: begins with When Sentence 4: quotation " " Sentence 5: summary sentence, may be an exclamation Example - follow the colour code from above
Seashells, which come in many shapes and sizes, are found in a variety of colours. They are fun to collect. When I go to the beach, I usually come home with more shells for my collection. “What beautiful shells,” says Mother. I really enjoy my hobby!
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