When it comes to writing words, phrases, and sentences, it’s a challenge for our students to surpass. In our class, the concept of formal writing begins with the alphabet’s familiarization through a song. They com...
1st grade Reading & Writing What makes a poem a poem? And what makes a story a story? In this lesson, students learn to distinguish between different types of texts while analyzing the sentences and words they encounter. Lesson Plan
Informative writing informs its reader through primarily factual content. At Grade 1 level, young children should identify informative writing, distinguishfacts from opinions, and be able to write simple yet complete sentences about a variety of topics. Typically, first-grade children will study simple...
For lower grade levels, use paragraphs that have about four or five sentences. After reading the paragraph, ask students if they can identify the topic sentence. Explain how to identify supporting details and how they relate to the topic sentence. To help students understand the differences ...
Grammatical mistakes (“you’re” vs. “your”, “it’s” vs. “its”, “their” vs. “there’re”, incomplete sentences and subject/verb disagreement are the most common ones) Using the first person (I, we) instead of third person (he, she, it, they) ...
For our second week, children learned about closing sentences. This usually consisted of a question that rounds up the whole paragraph, such as “Do you like rabbits?”. Over the following 4 weeks, children delved into the “meaty” section of the paragraph. ...
Have your kids use the prewriting to come up with sentences about the subject. At this stage, they do not have to be perfect, they can proof read and fix things later. Have them use the editing poster to check their work. My kiddos needed more space to make sentences, so I also incl...
Grade Level:1-2 Interest Level:N/A CCSS Level:K-1* Writing complete sentences has never been so much fun! This 20-lesson unit is filled with a variety of activities to encourage students to write unique sentences. Students develop sentences using rhyming words, compose questions about specific...
If you haven’t written a story since the third grade, you might not know how to start. Luckily, if you have some dice, you can usethe prompts on this website. You can also search for “roll a story” on Google to come up with different legends. ...
Bad writing is easy to find, but notoriously difficult to correct. Learn all about the art of writing clear sentences in our guide.