Transcript I can

“I Can” Statements
3rd English/Writing
2nd Six Weeks
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the standards, not necessarily the textbook since the text isn’t
fully aligned with the standards.)
Ongoing/Year-long Skills
I can write in print
(manuscript) and
cursive so that others
can read what I write.
I can spell words that I
use and read often in
my 3rd grade books.
I can use word play,
word walls, and word
sorts to help me
develop my vocabulary.
I can be a good listener
by not interrupting,
raising my hand, and
facing the speaker.
I can read comfortably,
smoothly, and without
pauses when I read
alone or with a group.
“I Can”
Unit 3
 I can Identify and use past,
present, and future tense
verbs.
 I can Identify and use
irregular verb.
 I know that verbs must be
in agreement with simple
and compound subjects.
 I can use verbs that agree in
number with the subject.
 I can form and spell
contractions, plurals, and
possessives.
 I can recognize the correct
use of apostrophes in
contractions and
possessives.
 I can read and understand
the meaning of compound
words, and shortened
words (contractions and
abbreviations) found in my
3rd grade books.
“I Can”
Unit 8 (slide 1 of 3)
 I can describe the meaning
of …
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setting
organization
supporting details
Thesaurus
sequential
 I can write for different
listeners on a subject given
to me.
 I can write within a given
time limit.
 I can choose a topic I am
able to write about.
 I can write for different
reasons (to entertain,
persuade, inform, tell what I
know, answer questions, tell
a story, or tell how I feel or
what I think about a story).
 I can write complete
sentences.
 I can write my sentences in
an order that makes sense.
 I can write my sentences
differently to make them
easier to understand and
more interesting.
“I Can”
Unit 8 (slide 2 of 3)
 I can identify the setting,
 I can follow the correct steps
characters, and plot in a
when writing: brainstorm
story and develop them in
and organize ideas, make a
my own stories.
first copy, read and make
 I can create an organized
changes, and share the
paragraph with a topic
finished copy.
sentence, supporting
 I can create graphic
details, and an ending
organizers to group my ideas
sentence.
for writing (webs, charts,
graphs, and diagrams).
 I can set-up my writing by
using paragraphs, indenting,
margins, and titles correctly.
“I Can”
Unit 8 (slide 3 of 3)
 I can use a dictionary, thesaurus,
and a computer to make my
writing better.
 I can use a rubric in a small group
to check my writing and the
writing of others.
 I can use technology to publish
and present my writing.
 I can look for places to publish my
writing (contests, websites,
newspapers, or periodicals).
 I can recognize poems, plays, and
stories.
 I can tell how characters are alike in
one or more stories.
 I can tell how settings are alike in
one or more stories.
 I can tell how story happenings are
alike in one or more stories.
 I can read and review short stories,
fairy tales, folk tales, poetry, plays,
and nonfiction selections.
 I can tell how two characters, ideas,
or stories are alike and different.
 I can tell how stories change and
stay the same when told in
different ways (eg., in a book, a
movie, told aloud, etc.)