Reading and Writing Achievement Standards Curriculum

Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1
Background ................................................................................................................. 1
Purpose ....................................................................................................................... 1
Overview: Reading Achievement Standards ............................................................... 2
Guidelines for Copying from the Standards ................................................................. 3
Application of Standards .............................................................................................. 3
Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 4
Reading Achievement Standards ................................................................................ 5
Reading Strategies and Behaviours ............................................................................ 7
Reading Strategies and Behaviours - Strong Achievement ......................................... 7
Comprehension Responses - Appropriate Achievement ............................................. 8
Comprehension Responses - Strong Achievement ..................................................... 9
Text Complexity – Appropriate and Strong Achievement .......................................... 10
The Same or Different? – Nonfiction Text .................................................................. 11
The Same or Different? – Student Comprehension Exemplars ................................. 11
Benjamin Bryan – Student Comprehension Exemplars ............................................. 20
Writing Achievement Standards - End of Grade Three ............................................ 31
Writing Strategies ...................................................................................................... 33
Writing Strategies - Appropriate and Strong Achievement ......................................... 33
Writing Traits - Appropriate Achievement .................................................................. 34
Strong Achievement .................................................................................................. 35
Conference Prompts .................................................................................................. 35
Text Forms ................................................................................................................ 36
Student Writing Exemplars and Rationales .............................................................. 37
A Stringed Insument – Appropriate Achievement ...................................................... 38
Rationale for Appropriate Achievement ..................................................................... 39
Talent Show – Appropriate Achievement ................................................................... 40
Rationale for Appropriate Achievement ..................................................................... 42
Snowflake – Appropriate Achievement ...................................................................... 43
Rationale for Appropriate Achievement ..................................................................... 45
Tsunami Trouble – Appropriate Achievement ............................................................ 46
Rationale for Appropriate Achievement ..................................................................... 48
P.E.I. – Appropriate Achievement .............................................................................. 49
Rationale for Appropriate Achievement ..................................................................... 51
A Thousand Dollars – Strong Achievement ............................................................... 52
Rationale for Strong Achievement ............................................................................. 53
Our New Boat – Strong Achievement ........................................................................ 54
Rationale for Strong Achievement ............................................................................ 57
Bern’s house – Strong Achievement .......................................................................... 58
Rationale for Strong Achievement ............................................................................. 62
The old Scientist – Strong Achievement .................................................................... 63
Achievement Standards End of Grade 3
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