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Video Overview
A video of Alex Freeburg's award winning book.
Extension Activities
Teacher Resources
Third Grade Writing Lessons
Third Grade Writing Lessons with Examples Part 1
Third Grade Writing Lessons with Examples Part 2
Writing Prompts for Various Ages
Can Teach
The Teacher Source
Prompt Generator
Writing Topics (for First - Twelth Graders)
First Grade Prompts (by month)
Everyday Writing from Education World
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr144.shtml
Scroll down for daily writing prompts with a monthly theme.
Create a Writing Project
Read Write Think's "Interactive Printing Press" lets you create and print a project. The project can be a a booklet, a flyer, a newspaper or a brochure.
Alabama Course of Study
Alabama State Course of Study for Third Grade
English Language Arts
7.) Compare fictional characters and events to real-life experiences.
9.) Compose narrative texts using an introductory paragraph, specific time frames, clear sequencing of events, and a conclusion.
10.) Apply mechanics in writing, including capitalization of proper nouns and titles of people and appropriate end marks, abbreviations, and commas with dates.
11.) Recognize nouns, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, and adjectives in written texts.
Links
Once again scores of young students from across Alabama participated in the Reading Rainbow Young Authors contest. The stories from the 2009 winners are featured here.
More Episodes OF Reading Rainbow 2009
