Over the course of this school year, we have been encouraging writing through the use of free write journals and small mini lessons in our classroom. Our writing this year has focused around the philosophy of 6 + 1 Traits for Writing. Through a lot of discussion and modeling, we have elaborated on the traits that you would find in pieces of good writing. We have slowly covered one trait of writing at a time, so students can use the information received and then practice this trait with their story writing.
The following trait areas we are focusing on with our first graders are listed below:
Ideas (the meaning and development of the message)
Organization (the structure of the piece)
Voice (the tone of the piece-the personal stamp the writer leaves)
Word Choice (the vocabulary a writer chooses to use to make the piece interesting)
Sentence Fluency (how words and phrases flow together)
Conventions (the correct usage of grammar)
Presentation (the overall appearance of the work)
Next week we will be publishing a piece of penguin writing! We will let you know when these pieces are posted on the blog!
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