This Grade 3 Paragraph Writing Unit has EVERYTHING you need - worksheets, slides, and an engaging culminating task - to get your students excited about paragraph writing. The unit includes a 20-day unit plan to help you fit all the useful teaching content included altogether.
 
This resource is completely aligned with the NEW 2023 Grade 3 Ontario Language Curriculum. Each page is linked to a specific expectation in the Ontario curriculum, which is indicated at the bottom of each page for easy teacher reference.
 
Worksheets: Students will enjoy completing a scaffolded workbook that teaches important paragraph writing skills, like purpose, topic, paragraph structure and opinion writing. This workbook uses the “hamburger” paragraph writing model to teach students foundational writing skills. It is followed by a culminating task called "My Favourite Game" which is structured to guide students through brainstorming, planning, writing and proofreading a paragraph.
 
Slides: Slides are included to help you introduce each concept to students. Slides also include interactive components where students type or drag-and-drop their answers directly on the slide.
 
This workbook includes:
4-page Unit Plan for teacher (With 20 days of lessons, expectations, learning goal/success criteria, suggested accommodations, and assessment strategies)
52-page Paragraph Writing Worksheets
"My Favourite Game" Culminating Task
69 Slides for Google Slides™
 
Table of Contents:
Table of Contents
Title Page: All About Paragraphs
What is a Paragraph?
Why Write Paragraphs?
Paragraph Writing Purpose
What is the Purpose?
Who is the Audience?
Who is the Audience?
What is Form?
What is a Topic?
Brainstorming Topics
Paragraph Structure
Paragraph Structure
Paragraph Structure
Paragraph Structure
Paragraph Structure
Paragraph Structure
Arranging Text
Arranging Text
Arranging Text
Organizing Ideas
Organizing Ideas
Organizing Ideas
Paragraph Structure: Indenting
Paragraph Structure
“My Favourite Food” Paragraph
“My Favourite Food” Paragraph
Paragraph Proofreading
“My Favourite Food” Paragraph
“Life as an Adult” Paragraph
“Life as an Adult” Paragraph
“Life as an Adult” Paragraph
“My Opinion” Paragraph
“My Opinion” Paragraph
“My Opinion” Paragraph
Reflection: My Best Work
3-2-1 Chart
Paragraph Writing Vocabulary
Title Page: “My Favourite Game” Paragraph
Developing Ideas
Developing Ideas
Classifying Ideas
Research
Paragraph Organizer
My Game Paragraph - Draft
Writing a Paragraph
Preparing for Revision
Proofreading
My Game Paragraph
Two Stars and a Wish
Reflection
Paragraph Writing Rubric