3rd Grade Writing

Buddies
Maura McTighe
 My Buddies
From the She was very Since our first
beginning I organized meeting, I could
could tell that throughout the tell that was
he was going to entire writing very interested
be a good process. She in writing about
writer. He was continuously his invention.
very organized referred back His end product
and had all of to the Graphic was very
his information organizer that interesting and
ready to go. we did together organized.
 6 Writing Traits
Trait: Organization
In this student’s writing, I
saw difficulty finding the
right way to organize his
information
In this student’s writing, I
saw her have very good
organizational skills
In this student’s writing I saw
Trait: Word Choice
In this student’s Writing I
noticed very strong word
choices from the beginning.
In this student’swriting, I
noticed there were some
spots where she did not know
what words would best get
her point across to the reader
In this student’s writing, there In this student’s writing, I
Trait: Idea
In this student’s Writing I
noticed that he went a route
that was different from his
peers and talked about TV
shows instead of just the TV
In this student’s writing, I
noticed that she was
passionate about her topic
and she was able to come up
with good points while
working on the graphic
organizer
Iowa Core For mini Lesson

Iowa Core standard 3.2:Write

informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic
and convey ideas and information clearly
 Mini Lesson: Graphic Organizer
What is The
a graphic invento
Outcome/Goa r
organize l: I can use a
r? The
graphic How do you inventi
organizer to want to on
What is make a plan organize your The
informatio to write an writing? discove
nal informational ry
writing?
piece
Interesti
ng Facts
Iowa Core for Writing COnferences
Iowa Core Standard 3.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to
examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
● Introduce a topic and group related information together;
include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension
 Writing Conferences
The goal with him in our
writing conference was with
sentence fluency. He had
very short and choppy
sentences. We worked on
combining similar sentences
together to make a compound
sentence.
The goal with her in our
writing conference was to
change up his word choice.
She started a lot of her
sentences with “Nerf…”. We
talked about how she could
start her sentences differently.
She talked about her opinion
and started with “I think..”
instead.
The goal with him in our
writing conference was to
change up his organization of
his paper. I noticed that
when he was starting He was
kind of all over the place
within his paragraphs. When
we talked about the
organization, it made more
sense to him and he was able
to organize his information
within his paragraphs.
 Anna
Student 1

Student 2

Student 3
Reflection
● I learned- it is very important to have every detail of your
lesson plans Planned out and be prepared for any question
the students will have for you
● Students need- very specific examples and directions to
follow so they will understand the task fully
● I observed- my students improve in their writing
significantly
New learned Knowledge
● Plan out lesson plans very thoroughly and be prepared for
anything that can be a challenge within them
● Be prepared that all children learn differently, students will
need to also be taught differently from their peers
● It is very important to point out the improvements of the
students and not just what needs to be worked on or
improved on
Moving Forward
All the students will be great writers in the future. This student
can improve more on her word choice. She made a big
improvement during our time, but there is still a little ways to
go. This student can improve more on his organizational skills
within the paragraphs. This student can improve on his
sentence fluency. He can mix up his sentences and also combine
his sentences that are similar and create compound sentences.
Sources
6 traits + 1 assessment
Iowa Core website