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Grade 3Home Connection

A Family Packet for every module, in English and Spanish. A five-minute conversation that carries the learning home, never a pile of assignments.
PURPOSE
This page holds one Family Packet for every Grade 3 module, in English and in Spanish.
RATIONALE
A five minute conversation at home carries the day's learning forward without adding a pile of assignments, and a student hears the same ideas from family and teacher.
HOW TO USE THIS PAGE
Open any module to print or view its Family Packet. Send it home in English, Spanish, or both.
Open any module to print or view its Family Packet in English or Spanish: a family letter, a tip sheet on how to help without giving the answer, key words, the thinking tool your student uses, conversation starters and a family activity, what strong work looks like, and a progress at home checklist.
Prepare4 family packets
Module 1One Topic, Different Writing JobsEnglishEspañol
Module 2Match the Writing Job to the GenreEnglishEspañol
Module 3Plan the Path Before the DraftEnglishEspañol
Module 4From Plan to Finished PieceEnglishEspañol
Cluster 14 family packets
Module 1Shaping the PromptEnglishEspañol
Module 2Writing a ThesisEnglishEspañol
Module 3Selecting Strong EvidenceEnglishEspañol
Module 4Explaining EvidenceEnglishEspañol
Cluster 24 family packets
Module 1Shaping the Prompt with TREESEnglishEspañol
Module 2Writing the Thesis, the Trunk of the TreeEnglishEspañol
Module 3The First Branch, a Reason or a WayEnglishEspañol
Module 4The Second Branch, the EvidenceEnglishEspañol
Cluster 34 family packets
Module 1Reading the Prompt CloselyEnglishEspañol
Module 2What Is the Prompt Really Asking?EnglishEspañol
Module 3Strong Reasons for a Why QuestionEnglishEspañol
Module 4Making the Parts Fit TogetherEnglishEspañol
Cluster 44 family packets
Module 1Reading Between the LinesEnglishEspañol
Module 2Explaining How Something HappensEnglishEspañol
Module 3Starting with a PlanEnglishEspañol
Module 4The Sentence That Leads to ProofEnglishEspañol
Cluster 54 family packets
Module 1Connecting Two TextsEnglishEspañol
Module 2How Are They Alike and Different?EnglishEspañol
Module 3Wrapping It UpEnglishEspañol
Module 4Seeing the Whole PaperEnglishEspañol
Cluster 64 family packets
Module 1Making a ClaimEnglishEspañol
Module 2Backing Up the ClaimEnglishEspañol
Module 3The Whole ArgumentEnglishEspañol
Module 4Writing a Persuasive LetterEnglishEspañol
Cluster 74 family packets
Module 1Stepping Into a PoemEnglishEspañol
Module 2Whose Voice Is This?EnglishEspañol
Module 3The Words That Stay With YouEnglishEspañol
Module 4Why the Poem MattersEnglishEspañol
Cluster 84 family packets
Module 1From Resource to EvidenceEnglishEspañol
Module 2From Question to SolutionEnglishEspañol
Module 3Choices, Service, and MemoryEnglishEspañol
Module 4One Paper, One Proof, One CommunityEnglishEspañol