You should find another "Weekend Adventure" assignment in your child's folder today. Third grade writers should write a paragraph about something they do over the weekend. Please remember, this paragraph is due on Tuesday. I do not expect children to complete the assignment over the weekend. I give it to them so they can if it is convenient for your family.
This week's FCAs are:
Small moment - The children should write about a small moment in time. It could be 10 minutes, or even 3 minutes of their day. They should not write about their entire day, or even an hour. For example, jumping in the leaves is a small moment. Fall clean up day is not. We call the big topic (not a small moment) a "watermelon." We call small moments a "seed." We spent more time talking about this in class this week. You should see improvement in topic selection. However, if you're child does choose a "watermelon" topic, (like fall cleanup), you can encourage them to think of a small moment that happened during that time.
3+ specific details - Third grade writers should include at least 3 specific details telling about their topic. The details and the topic sentence should be about the same thing.
Capitalization and punctuation - Third grade writers should begin every sentence with a capital and end every sentence with punctuation. (This should become more and more automatic.)
Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions, comments or concerns you might have,
Enjoy your weekend! :o)
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