Third Grade · Writing · week 22

Draft Your Introduction and Body Paragraphs

Draft an informative introduction paragraph and turn each note group into a body paragraph.

This week your organized notes become real paragraphs. Start with an introduction that names your topic and hints at what the reader will learn.

Then turn each subtopic group from week 21 into its own body paragraph: a topic sentence naming the subtopic, followed by the facts from that group written as full sentences.

Remember, your notes were short phrases -- now you turn them into complete sentences in your own words, using linking words to connect the facts smoothly.

📋 For the teacher
Teach it (10–15 min):
  • Sit beside your child as short phrase notes turn into full sentences -- this translation step can feel tricky the first time.
  • Remind your child each body paragraph needs its own topic sentence naming that subtopic, just like single paragraphs earlier in the year.
  • Encourage linking words (also, in addition, for example) to connect facts smoothly within each paragraph.
  • Do not worry about a closing sentence or a conclusion yet -- that comes in a later week.
Talk about it:
  • What is the topic sentence of each of your body paragraphs?
  • How did you turn a short note into a full sentence?
  • Which body paragraph do you think is strongest so far?

Mastery looks like: They draft an introduction and turn each subtopic group into a body paragraph with a topic sentence and facts written in complete sentences.

Common stumbles: Leaving notes as choppy phrases instead of writing full sentences; forgetting a topic sentence at the start of a body paragraph.

See it visually

Interactive, spoken-aloud tools that show this idea in motion.

Paragraph BuilderStack a paragraph: topic sentence, details, closing.try →
Homework for this lessonType it, write it with a stylus, or print it for pencil & paper.open →
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