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Writing
Writing instruction occurs daily in first grade. We focus on four areas of instruction - building the foundations, personal narratives, informative, and opinion. Skills and concepts are explicitly taught using the model - Watch Me, Our Turn, Your Turn.
Building the Foundations
Use basic shapes and lines to draw pictures
Label pictures using best guess spelling
Write sentences and lists
Make sentences stronger
Write more than one sentence on a topic
Reread to make sure it makes sense
Recall information to write more than one sentence to answer a question
Respond to questions to strengthen writing
Personal Narrative
Exposure to features of a personal narrative
Together use a story plan to write a class personal narrative
Make a story plan and write a personal narrative with details
Informative
Identify and write facts and opinions
Write factual sentences
Write a topic sentence and closing sentences
Note taking
Write an informative paper
Opinion
Distinguish fact from opinion
Write and opinion statement and reasons for it
Use opinion sentence starters
Write an opinion paper with a closing sentence