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Contents 1 Content Standard 2g - Level 1 2 Standard in Kid Friendly Language 3 Standard Unwrapped 4 Instructional Strategies 5 Assessment Strategies 6 Resources 7 Projects and Activities

Content Standard 2g - Level 1

Write 2 or 3 sentences on a given topic or prompt.

Standard in Kid Friendly Language

Students will write at least 7 sentences about one idea.

Standard Unwrapped

KNOW Students will identify each sentence on a given topic.

ABLE TO DO Student will be able to create 7-8 complete sentences on a given topic by year end.

Instructional Strategies

1. Teacher will use daily mini lessons that address various writing skills. The skills addressed will depend on the need of the students based on teacher evaluation of their daily writing samples.
2. Students will be given daily writing practice opportunities.
3. Teacher will demonstrate several organizational strategies (graphic organizers) to help students get their ideas down on paper.
4. Various stories will be introduced and read to students (allowing for discussion) to help them make text to self connections which will assist them to construct new writing ideas.
5. Conferencing with students to determine what might need to be changed in their writing. Teacher sits with student, reads their writing and points out the portions that are correct and the portions where student needs to edit. Conferencing form (form)can be found in front of their writing journal.

Assessment Strategies

1. Teacher will informally assess by reviewing daily writing journals to assess the following:
   • Each writing session the student produces a certain number of sentences (begins with 2 during the first quarter and progresses to 8 during fourth quarter) on a given topic.
   • The students writing stays on topic throughout the piece.
2. After listening to the teacher read The Listening Walk, students will generate multiple sentences on the topic of experiences they have had going on a walk. This assessment will occur at the end of the first and fourth quarters.
   • The student's story will be sequential (beginning, middle and end).
   • Each sentence will address the topic of the picture or given topic.
3. Upon being given a picture, students will generate multiple sentences that tell a story about the picture. This assessment will occur at the end of second and third quarter (different pictures for each quarter).
   • The student's story will be sequential (beginning, middle and end).
   • Each sentence will address the topic of the picture or given topic.

Resources

Sentence strip lesson plan

Lessons on writing from Read Write Think

Writing lessons from Enchanted Learning

Word Worm from Between the Lions

Watson's Word Wall from Between the Lions

Story starters and Examples of children's stories

Writing Prompts from Writing Fix

Writing Prompts from Writing Fix

Write own stories with real pictures

Small Moments-student generates writing from a small moment in his life

Great graphic organizer for story planning

Projects and Activities

Their Own Designs

Children create their own 'designer swimwear.' Draw a model body, a girl's suit, and a boy's suit. The students traced it, colored and cut it. They then had to use inventive spelling to create a descriptive paragraph of the suit. 'My bathing suit is _____, ____, ____.' Any item could be used depending on the topics you are addressing in your classroom. You could also have the pictures already cut out to save an unnecessary step for students.

Daily Journal Writing

Students will keep a writing journal they will use daily. In the journal they will write based on the mini lesson delivered by the teacher. The topic will sometimes be chosen by the student and sometimes dictated by the teacher.