Description

Writing About Rocks and Minerals – Science Writing Prompts for 3rd Grade

Are you teaching about rocks and minerals, soil, and weathering in your third grade classroom?  Then this Writing About Rocks and Minerals resource is for you!

 

This Writing About Rocks and Minerals extension pack was created to directly support and extend the Rocks and Soil for Third Grade science resource.

 

Whether you’re reinforcing science vocabulary, building writing stamina, or deepening student understanding, this pack makes it easy to connect writing to content in a meaningful way.

 

Designed with young writers in mind when Writing about Rocks and Minerals, each of the 8 prompts includes:

• A clear writing task
• Student-friendly directions
• A sentence starter to build confidence
• A content-rich word bank
• Lined response paper (ready to print & go!)

 

Topics Include:

• Describing rock properties
• Soil layers and types
• Weathering effects
• Opinion writing on erosion
• Procedural
• Narrative Writing

 

This extension is ideal for warm-ups, centers, science notebooks, or cross-curricular writing time.

Looking to build even more understanding?
Pair this writing extension with the Rocks and Soil for Third Grade resource for leveled reading passages, labs, and comprehension activities—or reinforce key vocabulary with the matching Rocks and Minerals Word Wall. These resources are designed to work together to support real learning, real writing, and real confidence in your classroom.