Publisher's Synopsis
Scaffolded text-based writing and reading comprehension lessons help grade 3 students become strong readers and writers! Lessons include practice with essential nonfiction writing forms: Compare and contrast Sequence Explanatory Informative Cause and effect Opinion Argument 15 leveled nonfiction texts range from levels L to P and include: Biographies Health articles Science articles Social studies articles Units provide reading comprehension guidance and pre-writing tasks that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts. Each unit begins with a unit focus and lesson checklist to guide students through the learning path, which includes: directed reading strategies a dictionary page that introduces content words close reading of a leveled nonfiction article text-dependent comprehension questions to support understanding a graphic organizer to help students organize information from the article and plan their writing a text-dependent writing prompt Additional resources and features for teachers include: Texts across the curriculum that range from reading levels L to P A suggested teaching path that helps teachers pace the lesson and provide scaffolded instruction A student rubric that focuses on the 6 traits of writing: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions A vocabulary and definitions list A lesson objective and content-area concept for each unit About Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Igniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.
