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Grade 3 Strategies





Generate Ideas

* group discussions
* think pair share
* Teacher modeling/Teacher shares their own writing
* mentor texts (6 traits list)
* brainstorming
* mind maps
* quick writes
* oral stories
* drawing or sketching
* Ralph Fletcher – Writer’s Notebooks
* Amelia’s Notebook
Organize Ideas

* Heart map (Georgia Heard)
* T charts  (Steve Peha)
* use lists
* story maps
* graphic organizers
* story boards
* informational pyramid
* W5 chart
* Topic Tree -Lori Rog
* FQR (Fact, Question, Response) Stephanie Harvey
* KWL
* jot notes
* slim jims

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