Content Standard: E. Processes of Writing and Speaking
Students will demonstrate the ability to use the skills and strategies of the writing process.
Common Assessment(s):

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements			Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
MLR Grade 3-4: 1. Identify strengths and weaknesses in their own writing and see effective help from others.	Students will use a rubric based on Spandel's six traits of writing to evaluate their writing and ask for an apply appropriate feedback.			Students will work with a partner, in small groups, and as a whole class to share writing pieces and to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each piece.	During a writing conference, students will identify the strengths and weaknesses of their piece based on the six traits.	ideas organization word choice sentence fluency voice conventions revise
2. Improve their finished product by revising content from draft to final piece.	Use Spandel's Six Trait Model			Partner revision practice. Use revision activities available in such resources as Flip the Deck, Writer's Express, Day Book, and Spandel materials. Whole group revising of pieces for practice. Teach steps of revision and provide many opportunities to practice.	Scores on Fall and Spring writing prompts.	prewrite first draft revise edit final copy
3. Use planning, drafting, and revising to produce, on-demand, a well-developed, organized piece that demonstrates effective language use, voice, and command of mechanics.	.			Provide students with many opportunities to write well-developed pieces, such as letter writing, DARE essay, research reports, "Exploding the Moment" pieces.	Fall and Spring writing prompts.	lead focus details conclusion strong verbs adjectives voice dialogue
4. Report orally and summarize personal discoveries they have made as a result of reading and viewing.	Students will organize and present an oral report.			Provide students with research opportunities. Teach students how to summarize. Have students report orally and summarize their new learning.	Using a rubric developed by teacher and students, students will be assessed on their ability to summarize and report orally.	summarize main idea details speaker audience purpose
5. Give accurate directions.	Students will give multistep directions orally in writing			Students will practice giving oral directions for simple tasks such as brushing teeth, simple recipe.  Students will practice writing directions for simple tasks.	Working with partners, students will give directions for a simple task. The partner will follow the directions given. If task was completed, directions were complete.	.
6. Summarize central concepts from oral presentations.	.			Students will be given many opportunities to listen to short oral presentations including guest speakers, read-alouds, teacher-peer presentations. Following the presentations, students will summarize central concepts, in writing or orally.	Using a summarizing rubric, teacher will assess student summaries based on oral presentations.	who what when where why