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Children can write letters, journal with great drawings and text that they create, e mail relatives, write poems.

A great site for poetry writing :

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/acrostic-poems-30045.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/theme-poems-30044.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/diamante-poems-30053.html

Your child should be able to discuss this with you:

• What is a graphic organizer or idea web?
• What is a first draft?
• Do you need to spell every word correctly in the first draft?
• Do you know what a beginning, middle and end is in a story?
• What should a beginning sentence in a story do?

Children are learning about the writing process throughout the year:

-Choosing a topic

-pre-writing and first draft

-Good opening sentences

-Sticking to your topic

-paragraphing (indenting)

-ending their piece

Types of Writing Covered this Year

Narratives

Summaries

Research Reports

Realistic Fiction

Opinion Writing

Persuasive Writing

Friendly letters