Thinking About Thirdd

Fiction Reading Sentence Stems Perfect to cut and glue into reading notebooks! Corresponds with Lucy Calkins Reading and Writing Units (2,3,4 leveled responses) *Differentiated from simplest to higher leveled responses Skills Include: - Predicting - Story elements - Summarizing - Inferring about Characters - Character Changes - Theme - Analyzing Parts of a Whole - Author’s Craft

This product is perfect for a teacher to keep on hand and for students to have their own toolkits to use in the classroom! Print 4 to a sheet, laminate, put a book ring on it, and you are good to go! Put the toolkit in any order you'd like or create smaller toolkits to separate sheets! Includes: - Get to Know Your Writers questions -The Writing Process -Sentence Stems for Compliment Conferences and Improving -Tips for Elaborating -Partner Talk Sentence Stems -Informational, Narrative, and Opin

Perfect to use for a Winn-Dixie Party after a class read aloud! Students can write ten things about themselves, then fill out a mistake they made to create a class mistake tree, just like in the story!

Perfect to cut and glue into student's notebooks! *Differentiated from simplest to higher leveled responses... 3 versions of each skill response! Skills Include: - Orienting - Main Idea - Cross-Text Synthesis - Compare & Contrast - Author’s Perspective - Growing Ideas - Analyzing Parts of a Whole - Author’s Craft

Perfect for the Lucy Calkin's Literary Essay used in third grade, but can also be modified and used with any opinion writing or essay unit! Includes… - Lit Essay Ideas to glue into reading notebook - Sentence Stems with Examples - Elaboration/Revision Sheet - Cut & Rank Evidence Activity - Comparison Essay Steps 1 – 3 - Comparison Essay Sentence Stems with Examples - Comparison Essay Rubric - Partner Question Feedback Sheet - Partner Checklist

Do you teach Lucy Calkins units of study and find it hard to quickly assess your kids? These fiction exit slips are perfect to do just that! These align with the learning progressions for third grade. Bundle Includes 2 Different Exit Slips for the Following Skills:- Character Traits - Making Predictions - Summarizing - Author’s Craft - Character Change - Theme

Non-Fiction Writing Bundle Includes: - Two informational writing samples: One about babysitting, one about cats - A table of contents template - A graphic organizer - A peer editing checklist Perfect for elementary school and can be edited to suit your class.

This chart was inspired by my students' opinion writing / literary essay pieces. Use it to help teach toward topic sentences for any informative writing piece! Students can then try writing their own topic sentences for various topics.

If your students are anything like mine, they often forget where to put their trash and throw it quickly in any sort of bin. Blow this up into a big poster or simply hang it near the garbage/recycling cans in the classroom like I do!

Perfect to use to keep track of what students you're meeting with each week! Edit the dates, students' names, and subject areas.

5 Worksheets included in this bundle that cover topics related to government, being an active citizen, and economics. Paired perfectly with the Houghton Mifflin textbook for third grade. Includes a quiz and vocabulary answer sheet!

15 Quotes - Use these sheets to prepare your students for a discussion or on a day when you have limited time to discuss! I love using these for my students to read and think through before we meet in a circle to share our thoughts.

Non-Fiction Word Wall Cards! Perfect to print large and hang up in your classroom. 8 Skills Included: Main IdeaSummarizingCross Text SynthesizingEnvisioningComparing and ContrastingGrowing IdeasQuestioning the TextAuthor’s PurposeTeacher Instagram: Thinking_About_Third Printing Instructions: Print as they come or multiple (2 on a page) for smaller cards! You can even print many on a page for students to use and keep in their folders as guides to look at. Fonts Used:- KG Blank Space -AG All the F

Checklists that help children tell the difference between revising and editing! Laminate and use with dry erase markers each year!

Perfect to use to help students elaborate and pull evidence from texts when writing about reading!

Great to use for the beginning of a persuasive or opinion writing unit. Get your students to STRETCH their paragraphs! Example paragraph included. Color coded to blow up and use as a poster in your room!

Perfect to use in small groups or for a quick partner activity! Cut out the cards ahead of time and have students sort them into groups.

Students can use this to show what they know at the end of a non-fiction unit! Copy on colored paper if you wish!

These reminders are editable to suit your students' needs! These are perfect to glue into or outside of notebooks to remind students what they should do, especially when they feel stuck!

This is really cute to do during a Winn-Dixie read aloud party where students write down ten things about themselves, just like Opal spoke about her mother and Winn-Dixie!