Writing Paragraphs (3rd Grade)
“Pizza” “Sunflowers” “Lions” “Dogs” “Frogs”
Class Assignment:
- Writing paragraphs using a main idea and supporting ideas
My Work:
- Choosing good details/supporting ideas
- Identifying main ideas and supporting ideas
- Reading sentences and filling in the blanks with words
Learning/Models:
- Writing a good main idea
- Developing three supporting ideas
Final Product/Benefits:
- Many examples of well-thought-out paragraphs
Supports for Motor Challenges:
- Highlighting main and supporting ideas with the same colors (pink marker/green crayon)
- Use a picture symbol instead of drawing and coloring
- Didn't complete the entire booklet
Supports to help bridge the leap from instruction to the first writing assignment:
- Develop a main idea. Example: Pizza is good to eat.
- Create a checklist with good and bad supporting ideas.
- I read and picked out the good supporting ideas.
- I could identify the main idea from this checklist.
- I could identify the supporting ideas from this checklist.
Reflections:
- These accommodations really say "I'm able and will be able to catch up."
- If I had to draw, I'd likely stop from frustration and never learn the ideas.
- If I used the worksheet directions and circled the main idea and underlined the supporting ideas, I would be left with something messy and difficult to see.