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Writing About Bubbles the Axolotl

Students read a log, a letter, a story and a report about a class axolotl, then name each purpose and reader and write their own short pieces.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toW.3.10

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1 Common Core standard
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10 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students identify the purpose and reader of different kinds of writing.
Students compare quick daily writing with writing that takes several weeks.
Students write short pieces for a given purpose.

How to use

Read the four pieces aloud and talk about who each one is for, then let students answer and write on their own. Pair it with a class log of your own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

W.3.10

Write routinely over both longer and shorter time frames for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

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Writing About Bubbles the Axolotl

One class pet, four kinds of writing.

Read the four pieces

Room 12 has a class axolotl named Bubbles. Over one month, the students wrote many kinds of pieces about her. Read four of them.

Writing About Bubbles

1Tank Log (Hana writes one of these in about two minutes every school day.) Tuesday: Fed Bubbles three pellets. The water feels cool. She rested next to the green plant all morning.

2A Letter (The class wrote this together in one afternoon.) Dear Mr. Lowe, next week you will teach our class while Ms. Ruiz is away. Please feed Bubbles the pellets in the blue jar. Keep the tank away from the sunny window, because axolotls need cool water. Thank you for taking care of her! From, Room 12

3A Story Beginning (Luis wrote this during one writing time.) Bubbles wiggled her feathery gills and peeked out from behind the plant. The classroom was dark and quiet. Tonight, she would finally find out what was hiding inside the little castle at the bottom of her tank.

4A Report (Owen worked on this for three weeks. He read two books, took notes, and wrote two drafts.) Axolotls are a kind of salamander. In the wild, they live in lakes near Mexico City. Most salamanders lose their gills as they grow, but axolotls keep their feathery gills their whole lives. They can even grow back a lost leg!

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