Grade 1 Overall Expectations:
Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience;
- EnglishSmart (Book)
- Little Red Writing (Book)
- Arthur Writes a Story (Book)
- How to Write a Story (Book)
- The Secret Friend (Book)
- Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters From Obedience School (Hoopla eAudiobook)
- First grade how to writing (Website)
- Word Hippo (Website)
- Grade 1 writing practice (Website)
- The Five W’s Song (YouTube)
- Writing made easy (Youtube)
Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience;
- Click, Clack, Moo (Book)
- The alphabet tree (Book)
- A Snoopy tale (Book)
- Messages in the mailbox (Book)
- Grade 1: Writing prompt (Website)
- Grade 1: Writing assignments (Website)
- Rhyming dictionary for kids (Website)
- Parts of a Story (YouTube)
Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;
- Stories (Book)
- Fall mixed up (Book)
- The plot chickens (Book)
- Grade 1 editing assignment (Fix it up): (Website)
- Grade 1 editing assignment (Party): (Website)
- Grade 1 Spelling Words (Website)
- Grade 1 Peer writing and editing (Website)
- Editing Writing for Kids (Youtube)
Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
- Diary of a Worm (Book)
- The Best Apostrophe Song You’ve Ever Heard (YouTube)
- The Sentence Song (YouTube)
- Vowels and Consonants (YouTube)
- Silent E’s (YouTube)