Get Third Grade Editing

During third grade, children are really flexing their “idea” muscles and learning to express those ideas in more sophisticated ways. Sentences are getting longer and more complex. Kids are learning to use a dictionary to correct their own spelling.

Here are our top tips for creating a high-quality informative writing piece at third grade level: Introduce the topic. Group all related information clearly, to form the text. Include facts, definitions, details and, if necessary, analogies to support the text.

Third graders use graphic organizers and outlines to help organize their writing and ideas. Children will practice the three kinds of writing: opinion writing, informative writing (stories that are true with facts, recipes or explaining how to do something) and story writing (called “narrative writing”).

Children write in complete sentences, adding descriptive words and more complex ideas. Instead of a few sentences, their stories begin to have paragraphs and pages of writing. Children show an increased ability to spell correctly, and they're ready to learn cursive writing.

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Grammar. improves; for example, you'll see appropriate punctuation, contractions, and correct subject-verb agreement. Third graders can write an essay with a simple thesis statement, examples and supporting details, and a thoughtful concluding sentence.

Grade-level Writing Conventions: ​Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement, use correct grade-level capitalization and punctuation, write possessives, and ​use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words.

In general, third graders must learn to extend their writing. In contrast to first and second grades, when they may have written 1-2 sentences and perhaps a short paragraph in 2nd Grade. Fluency in writing was limited. However, third-grade expectations for writing should increase due to improved fluency and maturation.

These steps are prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Working through these steps can help your writing to be the best it can. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.