No Exceptions Spelling List 

3rd Grade Writing Rubric

                      

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Unit

Story

Skills & Websites:

1

Boom Town
Activities

Context clues
Multiple Meanings
Quiz
Multiple Meaning Jeopardy

1

What About Me?
Activities

Idioms
Compound Words
More Compound Words
Listen to Fables
1

Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
Activities

Sequencing A Story
1

If You Made a Million
Activities

Realism
Context Clues
1

My Rows and Piles of Coins
Activities

Reading Comprehension
Prefixes & Suffixes
More Prefixes
Prefix Matching

2

Penguin Chick
Activities

Synonyms
Main Idea

2

A Day's Work
Activities

Character
2

Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It
Activities

Main Idea
Dictionary Skills
2

Tops and Bottoms
Activities

Synonyms & Antonyms
Author's Purpose
Battleship
2

William's House
Activities

Drawing Conclusions
3

The Gardener
Activities

Cause & Effect

3

Pushing Up the Sky
Activities

Author's Purpose

3

Night Letters
Activities

Making Predictions
More Prediction Practice

3

A Symphony of Whales
Activities

Generalize
 

3

Volcanoes
Activities

Compare & Contrast
4 Wings
Activities

Cause & Effect

4 Hottest, Coldest, Highest Deepest
Activities

Fact & Opinion

4 Rocks in His Head
Activities

Multiple Meanings
Homophones Jeopardy

4 America's Champion Swimmer
Activities

Fact & Opinion

4 Fly, Eagle, Fly!
Activities
Guide Words
Plot & Theme
5 Suki's Kimono
Activities

Synonyms & Antonyms

5 How My Family Lives in America
Activities

Fact & Opinion

5 Goodbye 382 Shin Dang Dong
Activities
Sequence
Compound Words
5 Jalapeno Bagels
Activities

Drawing Conclusions

5 Me and Uncle Romi
 

Homonyms

6 The Story of the Statue of Liberty
 

Main Idea
Details

6 Happy Birthday Mr. Kang
 
Cause & Effect
Antonyms
6 Talking Walls
 
Fact & Opinion
Dictionary
6 Two Bad Ants
 
Suffixes
6 Elana's Serenade
 
Synonyms
Synonym Study

 

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