NECAP Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) for Writing Grade 3
Writing is assessed at the statewide level in the fall of grades 5 and 8. Therefore, support materials are provided for end of grade 4 and end of grade 7 GLEs. Writing is an integral part of local assessment at all grade levels, and the NECAP GLEs provide grade-level guidelines for teachers.
GLE Clusters (click on number to view): Structures of Language (3.1) | Writing in Response to Literary or Informational Text (3.2, 3.3) | Narrative Writing (3.4, 3.5) | Informational Writing (3.6, 3.7, 3.8) | Writing Conventions (3.9)
Web-based Writing GLEsReading/Writing Support Materials Introduction Background Information for Writing Support Materials Grade 3 Clusters: |
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Writing a variety of complete simple sentences EXAMPLES: declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative |
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Recognizing complete sentences EXAMPLES: simple and compound sentences |
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Web-based Writing GLEsReading/Writing Support Materials Introduction Background Information for Writing Support Materials Grade 3 Clusters: |
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| W-3-2 |
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Selecting appropriate information to set context/background EXAMPLE (of providing context): Including author, title, brief summary |
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Connecting what has been read (plot/ideas/concepts) to prior knowledge,
which might include other texts |
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Web-based Writing GLEsReading/Writing Support Materials Introduction Background Information for Writing Support Materials Grade 3 Clusters: |
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| W-3-3 In response to literary or informational text, students make and support analytical judgments about text by… |
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Stating a focus (purpose), when responding to a given question |
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Making inferences about content, events, characters, or setting |
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Using details or references to text to support focus (Note: support may include prior knowledge) |
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Organizing ideas, using basic transition words (e.g., first, next, then, finally) and having a concluding statement |
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Web-based Writing GLEsReading/Writing Support Materials Introduction Background Information for Writing Support Materials Grade 3 Clusters: |
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| W-3-4 In written narratives, students organize and relate a story line/plot/series of events by… |
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Creating a clear, understandable story line with a beginning, middle, and end |
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Web-based Writing GLEsReading/Writing Support Materials Introduction Background Information for Writing Support Materials Grade 3 Clusters: |
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| W-3-5 Students demonstrate use of narrative strategies by… |
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Using details |
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Identifying characters |
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Web-based Writing GLEsReading/Writing Support Materials Introduction Background Information for Writing Support Materials Grade 3 Clusters: |
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| W-3-6 In informational writing, students organize ideas/concepts by … |
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Grouping ideas with a beginning, middle, and end |
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Using basic transition words, when appropriate EXAMPLES: first, then, next, finally |
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Web-based Writing GLEsReading/Writing Support Materials Introduction Background Information for Writing Support Materials Grade 3 Clusters: |
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| W-3-7 |
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Establishing a topic |
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Stating a focus/controlling idea on a topic EXAMPLES: "Dogs" = topic; "Dogs make good pets"
= focus |
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| 3.8
Informational Writing (Reports, Procedures, or Persuasive Writing)
- Using Elaboration Strategies
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Web-based Writing GLEsReading/Writing Support Materials Introduction Background Information for Writing Support Materials Grade 3 Clusters: |
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In informational writing, students demonstrate use of a range of elaboration strategies by … |
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Including details/information relating to topic |
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Including details/information relevant to focus |
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Including details for appropriate depth of information: naming, describing, explaining, comparing, use of visual images |
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| W-3-9 In independent writing, students demonstrate command of appropriate English conventions by… |
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Using capital letters for the beginning of sentences and names |
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Using end punctuation correctly in simple sentences (i.e., period, question mark, exclamation point) |
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Correctly spelling grade-appropriate, high-frequency words and using
within-word patterns to correct spelling EXAMPLES: single syllable words, regular long and short vowels
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