3rd Grade Commas in Addresses & Friendly Letter Unit: Video, Activities
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Description
Introduce your THIRD GRADE students to commas in address with this fun resource! Also reviews commas in dates, greetings and closings of letters as well as commas within a series or list.
What’s Included
- Suggested Lesson Plan
- Friendly Letter Student Anchor Chart
- Printable Pieces for a Friendly Letter Class Anchor Chart
- Comma Rules Sort Activity (Inductive Activity)
- Comma Rules Student Anchor Chart
- Printable Pieces for a Comma Rules Class Anchor Chart
- Comma Rules Reference Sheet - they can be glued in student notebooks for reference.
- Lesson Video
- Comma Rules Practice Worksheet
- 5 Friendly Letter Editing Activity Pages
- Friendly Letter/Postcard Writing Activity
- Comma Review Worksheet (Formative Assessment)
- Two Comma Rules Tests (Summative Assessment)
- Answer Key
Standards & Testing
- Meets 3rd Grade Language Standards
- Great Review for FSA
The FSA standardized test is similar to AIR.
The following activities aim to teach, practice and assess students' understanding of the proper use of commas.
Teaching Friendly Letter
First, introduce the friendly letter format with a mentor text (not included). Students explore examples of a friendly letter to determination which parts are included. They then complete an anchor chart/notesheet on friendly letters.
- Friendly Letter Student Anchor Chart
- Friendly Letter Printable Anchor Chart pieces for a Class Anchor Chart
Teaching Commas
Next, students learn about commas. They participate in an inductive activity during which they analyze how commas are used. With a partner, they develop rules for commas.
After the activity, students watch a 6 minute video that explains the 4 commas rules taught in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade. After the video, they complete an anchor chart/notesheet on the comma rules.
- Inductive Activity on Commas
- Video Lesson on Commas
- Comma Rules Student Anchor Chart
- Comma Rules Printable Anchor Chart pieces for a Class Anchor Chart
Practice
Students practice using what they learned about commas. Teachers can give students an optional "Comma Rules" page to glue in the notebook as a reference. First, students analyze whether commas are used correctly or incorrectly. Next, they practice editing friendly letters. 5 letters are included. The letters tell a story. Teachers can choose to use all of the letters for practice, or save some for spiral review or reteaching.
- Comma Rules Reference Sheet
- Comma Practice Sheet
- 5 Friendly Letter Editing Pages
Writing Center
A friendly letter activity is included for more practice with both letter format and comma rules. Teachers can use this activity in a center or as a whole group activity.
- Postcard Template
- Friendly Letter Template
- Friendly Letter Instruction Page
Formative Assessment
A multiple-choice assessment activity is included. The questions are formatted like a standardized test. This activity can be used as a formative assessment to check students' understanding of comma rules.
- Formative Assessment
Summative Assessments
Two summative assessments/unit tests are included. The tests include four multiple-choice questions that are formatted like the Language piece of the FSA ELA exam.
- 2 Summative Assessments
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