First Grade Writing
*Year at a Glance*
August-October
- journaling
- phonetic spelling
- spaces between words
- lower case letters in words
- beginning capitals
- ending punctuation (period)
October-December
- beginning, middle and end of a story
- picture and text enhance each other
- sequencing (how to books)
December-April
- use words that paint a picture
- use sensory words that help the reader feel, see, hear or
touch the moment
- use a variety of sentence and story starters
- use transtion words
- expressive writing
- writing shows originality
- writing with humor and emotion
- writing that connects to the reader
April-June
- researching a topic
- topic sentence
- detail sentences that support a
topic sentence
- concluding sentence
How To Books
**Links Coming Soon**
Author Study
Mem Fox
http://www.memfox.net/welcome.html
Cynthia Rylant
http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-rylant-cynthia.asp
http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/authorsillustrato/a/cynthiarylant.htm