Writing Resources
In the writing journal I sent home, your children can write stories about personal experiences, focusing on using descriptive details. We will practice using our 5 senses as guides for ideas to add details about as well as answering questions our readers might have about who, what, when, where, why and how from events in our stories. Including two or three of these details in their writing would be a very solid start.
Punctuation
When writing stories, always remember to use punctuation. . ! ?
(Writing paper is available to print in the sub writing page)
This video will help you brainstorm How-to book ideas.
how to ideas.pdfA few How-to Book ideas to get you started. Make a list of things you know how to do.
You can get started by writing an introduction to you How-to Book.
See the writing paper link for a printable How-to booklet.
How To Writing- Writing Steps
Now that you have written an introduction for your How-To book, it's time to write the steps for what you know how to do.
Make sure to include full sentences and remember to write your steps in sequence from beginning to end. Try using the words first, next, then, after, and last where they make sense in your book.
Revising Our Writing
Check For:
Capitals
Lowercase letters
Punctuation
Spacing between words