Grade 3 Paragraph Writing Unit (Printable + Google Slides™)

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:

1. Table of Contents
2. Title Page: All About Paragraphs
3. What is a Paragraph?
4. Why Write Paragraphs?
5. Paragraph Writing Purpose
6. What is the Purpose?
7. Who is the Audience?
8. Who is the Audience?
9. What is Form?
10. What is a Topic?
11. Brainstorming Topics
12. Paragraph Structure
13. Paragraph Structure
14. Paragraph Structure
15. Paragraph Structure
16. Paragraph Structure
17. Paragraph Structure
18. Arranging Text
19. Arranging Text
20. Arranging Text
21. Organizing Ideas
22. Organizing Ideas
23. Organizing Ideas
24. Paragraph Structure: Indenting
25. Paragraph Structure
26. “My Favourite Food” Paragraph
27. “My Favourite Food” Paragraph
28. Paragraph Proofreading
29. “My Favourite Food” Paragraph
30. “Life as an Adult” Paragraph
31. “Life as an Adult” Paragraph
32. “Life as an Adult” Paragraph
33. “My Opinion” Paragraph
34. “My Opinion” Paragraph
35. “My Opinion” Paragraph
36. Reflection: My Best Work
37. 3-2-1 Chart
38. Paragraph Writing Vocabulary
39. Title Page: “My Favourite Game” Paragraph
40. Developing Ideas
41. Developing Ideas
42. Classifying Ideas
43. Research
44. Paragraph Organizer
45. My Game Paragraph - Draft
46. Writing a Paragraph
47. Preparing for Revision
48. Proofreading
49. My Game Paragraph
50. Two Stars and a Wish
51. Reflection
52. Paragraph Writing Rubric

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