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Handwriting K-1

• Correct Pencil Grip

K-1 Terminology for Teaching Handwriting Strokes

Practice Paper: Have your child draw a picture and then add a sentence or two to describe his/her picture. It is okay if words are not spelled correctly and if letters are missing. Encourage your child to “stretch the sounds” he/she hears and write those down. Below is paper you can use to help support young writers.

• Unchanged (for the student who needs very little support)

• Lines and placement (for the student who struggles with sizing)

• Lines, placement, and spacing (for the student who struggles with spacing and sizing--one letter per box)

Handwriting 2-5

When working on fixing up writing

• Common errors and how to fix them Poster

Writing Conventions Grades 1-5

One of the best practices for improving student writing is sentence combining and sentence expansion. With so much to teach in the curriculum, it is something that is sometimes not given adequate time in a classroom setting. The lessons listed here are fairly simple to follow. If you find the appropriate grade level is too difficult, then go to a grade level below and start there.

• Lessons for writing complete sentences in Grade 1

• Lessons for combining sentences in Grade 2

• Lessons for expanding sentences in Grade 2

• Lessons for combining sentences in Grade 3

• Lessons for expanding sentences in Grade 3

• Lessons for combining sentences in Grade 4

• Lessons for expanding sentences in Grade 4

• Lessons for combining sentences in Grade 5

• Lessons for expanding sentences in Grade 5

If you are looking to design a writing prompt or to have a graphic organizer for kids to use after they have read a text these can work and also have examples of how responses may look.

• Argument Writing

• Compare and Contrast

• Exit Ticket

• Explanations

• Summarizing

• Text Dependent Questions