3.18.A* 3.20.C* 33 3.W.3.a W.3.3.a ELAGSE3W3a W.3.3.a W.3.3a W.3.3.b 3W3a 3.W.TTP.3.a W.3.1 W.3.3.b 3.W.3.b W.3.3.b ELAGSE3W3b W.3.3.b W.3.3b W.3.3.c 3W3b 3.W.TTP.3.b W.3.2.a 3.W.3.c W.3.3.c ELAGSE3W3c W.3.3.c W.3.3c W.3.3.d 3W3c 3.W.TTP.3.c W.3.3.c W.3.3.E 3.W.3.d W.3.3.d ELAGSE3W3d W.3.3.d W.3.3d W.3.3.e 3W3d 3.W.TTP.3.d W.3.2.c CC.1.4.3.m CC.1.4.3.n CC.1.4.3.o CC.1.4.3.p CC.1.4.3.q CC.1.4.3.r ELA.3.C.1.2 ELA.3.V.1.1

Story Prompts 3rd Grade

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 3.18.A*
write imaginative stories that build the plot to a climax and contain details about the characters and setting
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 3.20.C*
write responses to literary or expository texts that demonstrate an understanding of the text
Alabama Course of Study Standards: 33
Write personal or fictional narratives with a logical plot (sequence of events), characters, transitions, and a sense of closure.
Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 3.W.3.a Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.3.3a Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE3W3a Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.3.3.a Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.3.3a North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.3.3.b
Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 3W3a
Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters.
Tennessee Academic Standards: 3.W.TTP.3.a
Establish a situation by using a narrator, including characters, and organizing an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.3.1
Compose reflective, formal, and creative writing, which may happen simultaneously or independently, for a variety of high-stakes and low-stakes purposes.
Arkansas Academic Standards: W.3.3.b
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 3.W.3.b Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.3.3b Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE3W3b Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.3.3.b Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.3.3b North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.3.3.c
Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 3W3b
Use descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
Tennessee Academic Standards: 3.W.TTP.3.b
Use dialogue and/or descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events, or to show the response of characters to situations.
Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.3.2.a
Opinion pieces in which the student supports a point of view about a topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, list reasons that support the opinion.
Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 3.W.3.c Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.3.3c Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE3W3c Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.3.3.c Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.3.3c North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.3.3.d New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 3W3c Tennessee Academic Standards: 3.W.TTP.3.c
Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.3.3.c
Word Choice (including domain specific): Use words familiar to the student for emphasis, addition, contrast, or order to connect categories or information, and to convey meaning.
Arkansas Academic Standards: W.3.3.E
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.
Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 3.W.3.d Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.3.3d Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE3W3d Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.3.3.d Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.3.3d North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.3.3.e Tennessee Academic Standards: 3.W.TTP.3.d
Provide a sense of closure.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 3W3d
Provide a conclusion.
Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.3.2.c
Convey events, real or imagined, through narrative or short stories to develop experiences or events using descriptive details and clear event sequences to establish a situation and introduce a narrator or characters. Use dialogue and description of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.3.m
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.3.n
Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.3.o
Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.3.p
Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using temporal words and phrases to signal event order; provide a sense of closure.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.3.q
Choose words and phrases for effect. E03.D.2.1.1 - Choose words and phrases for effect.
Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.3.r
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling. E03.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. E03.D.1.1.2 - Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns. E03.D.1.1.3 - Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood). E03.D.1.1.4 - Form and use regular and irregular verbs. E03.D.1.1.5 - Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk). E03.D.1.1.6 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. * E03.D.1.1.7 - Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. E03.D.1.1.8 - Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. E03.D.1.1.9 - Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences. E03.D.1.2.1 - Capitalize appropriate words in titles. E03.D.1.2.2 -Use commas in addresses. E03.D.1.2.3 - Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue. E03.D.1.2.4 - Form and use possessives. E03.D.1.2.5 - Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness). E03.D.1.2.6 - Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.3.C.1.2
Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical sequence of events, appropriate descriptions, dialogue, a variety of transitional words or phrases, and an ending.
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.3.V.1.1
Use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in speaking and writing.

Story Prompts

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 3.18.A*

write imaginative stories that build the plot to a climax and contain details about the characters and setting

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 3.20.C*

write responses to literary or expository texts that demonstrate an understanding of the text

Alabama Course of Study Standards: 33

Write personal or fictional narratives with a logical plot (sequence of events), characters, transitions, and a sense of closure.

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 3.W.3.a

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.3.3a

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE3W3a

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.3.3.a

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.3.3a

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.3.3.b

Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 3W3a

Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters.

Tennessee Academic Standards: 3.W.TTP.3.a

Establish a situation by using a narrator, including characters, and organizing an event sequence that unfolds naturally.

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.3.1

Compose reflective, formal, and creative writing, which may happen simultaneously or independently, for a variety of high-stakes and low-stakes purposes.

Arkansas Academic Standards: W.3.3.b

Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 3.W.3.b

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.3.3b

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE3W3b

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.3.3.b

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.3.3b

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.3.3.c

Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 3W3b

Use descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.

Tennessee Academic Standards: 3.W.TTP.3.b

Use dialogue and/or descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events, or to show the response of characters to situations.

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.3.2.a

Opinion pieces in which the student supports a point of view about a topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, list reasons that support the opinion.

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 3.W.3.c

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.3.3c

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE3W3c

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.3.3.c

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.3.3c

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.3.3.d

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 3W3c

Tennessee Academic Standards: 3.W.TTP.3.c

Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.3.3.c

Word Choice (including domain specific): Use words familiar to the student for emphasis, addition, contrast, or order to connect categories or information, and to convey meaning.

Arkansas Academic Standards: W.3.3.E

Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards: 3.W.3.d

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.3.3d

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE3W3d

Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS): W.3.3.d

Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards: W.3.3d

North Carolina - Standard Course of Study: W.3.3.e

Tennessee Academic Standards: 3.W.TTP.3.d

Provide a sense of closure.

New York State Next Generation Learning Standards: 3W3d

Provide a conclusion.

Wisconsin Academic Standards: W.3.2.c

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.3.m

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.3.n

Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.3.o

Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.3.p

Organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally, using temporal words and phrases to signal event order; provide a sense of closure.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.3.q

Choose words and phrases for effect. E03.D.2.1.1 - Choose words and phrases for effect.

Pennsylvania Core Standards: CC.1.4.3.r

Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.3.C.1.2

Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical sequence of events, appropriate descriptions, dialogue, a variety of transitional words or phrases, and an ending.

Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking: ELA.3.V.1.1

Use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in speaking and writing.

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