Sharing Informative Texts About Optimism

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).

Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.

Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.

Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.

Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.

Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.

Provide an example of a friend or role model who “stood up” for what he or she thought was wrong or unfair

Provide an example of a role model who demonstrates grit (perseverance and passion for a long-term goal)

Explain why it is important for everyone to serve and contribute to their family, school, community, nation, globally

Describe how a role model exemplifies fairness

Describe how a role model volunteers and contributes to the common good

Use “I-statements” to let others know that you have heard them

Give and receive constructive feedback to classmates and peers