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Grade 3, Language Arts Language Expression: Determine correct order of sentences (COS 20, 25, 27/ SAT10)

Lesson Plans: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom Students complete a teacher-directed activity to reinforce their understanding of the trait of organization. Students produce a narrative writing that demonstrates their understanding of the trait of organization. Zoo's Clues Students develop a better understanding of the relationship between major and minor details by retrieving interesting facts about animals, categorizing these facts by using a graphic organizer, and writing an essay from the gathered information. A Day in the Life of a Pioneer: Corrected Upon conclusion of this lesson, students will be able to use the word processor to correctly sequence a diary entry by learning how to highlight sentences and move them by cutting and pasting to the correct position. They will also become more familiar with “shotgun” words (words that indicate transition) such as first, next, second, and last and learn how to underline the shotgun words. Making a Timeline This lesson will guide students through the use of a computer to compose a timeline to record the sequence of events in a story. Students will also be able to use the timeline to summarize a story.

Resources: Transition Words and Practice Paragraphs: This .pdf file can be used as good practice for putting sentences in the correct order. Also, a list of transitional words is given. Graphic Organizers: Help your students organize their writing with this resource.
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