Third Grade Flips Over Writing

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Third Grade Flips Over Writing!

• By Stephanie Radford, Jill Sluss, Karen Pye,
  Robin Twitty, Kristina Ford, Jennifer Van Hill,
  Brenda Kelley, and Leigh Ann Buckner

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Flipped Out

• When introducing the Writing Rubric, students are
  given a flip book with four flaps One for each
  of the rubric components.
• One component is modeled daily in our writing
  mini-lesson. Students will draw and label a
  writing rubric flip book that they will keep all
  year as a reference.
• (See examples)

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Content

• We make a child friendly list of the ingredients
  needed to make a good hamburger
• Main idea
• Details
• Descriptions
• Restate the main idea
• The meat and trimmings

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Organization

• We model for the students, how to build a snowman
  to show the order of a story
• Beginning
• Middle
• End
• Ideas in Order
• Stack your ideas in order.

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Voice

• Teachers model how to add voice to
  a story, by using
• Vivid Vocabulary
• Special sentences
• Correct format
• The cat runs down the street OR The black cat
  scurried down the dark alley.

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Conventions

• Teachers discuss how life has rules that we must
  obey, just like in writing
• Punctuation
• Capitalization
• Spelling/grammar
• Neatness/legibility
• Dont break the rules!

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Why is this the best thing we do all year?

• We teach mini lessons that concentrate on each
  component of the rubric.
• Students write compositions, focusing on one
  component at a time. They read aloud their
  writings as the class scores them 4, 3, 2, or 1.
• Throughout the year, students are able to refer
  to this flipbook, check themselves, and apply it
  to their writing.
• Teachers exchange anonymous Benchmark writing
  samples on the overhead for students to score,
  using their flipbooks. Samples show student work
  at various levels.

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Model for Persuasive WritingProject Challenge

• Students use the Hamburger Model graphic
  organizer as they apply specific elements of
  reasoning to evaluate the effectiveness of their
  persuasive writing. These elements include
• Are there enough reasons to make a convincing
  argument?
• Is the evidence correct?
• Are the reasons clear? Is the meaning
  understandable?
• Are specific reasons or examples included rather
  than generalizations?
• Are the arguments and reasons strong and
  important?
• Is the thinking logical?
• The Hamburger Model is only a foundation for
  student writing. Beyond the model, students
  receive instruction to strengthen ideas, word
  choices, organization, sentence fluency, and
  writing voice. Other ELA teaching models include
• Taba Model of Concept Development
• Literature Web Model
• Vocabulary Web Model
• Reasoning Model
• Writing Process Model
• Research Model

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3rd Grade Project Challenge

• ELA Teaching Models
• Taba Model of Concept Development
• Literature Web Model
• Vocabulary Web Model
• Hamburger Model for Persuasive Writing
• Reasoning Model
• Writing Process Model
• Research Model
• The Language Arts Units for high ability
  learners have been aligned with English standards
  developed by the National Council of Teachers of
  English (NCTE) and the International Reading
  Association (IRA). These units are also aligned
  with the ELA standards of South Carolina and
  Anderson District 5.

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3rd Grade Project Challenge ELA

• Students will
• Develop analytical and interpretive skills in
  literature
• Develop persuasive writing skills
• Develop linguistic competency
• Develop listening/oral communication skills
• Develop reasoning skills in the language arts
• Understand the concept of change in the language
  arts.
• The language arts curriculum exposes students to
  exemplary works of literature that challenge
  critical reasoning and provide an opportunity to
  better understand themselves and the world around
  them.