WRITING

student will develop a foundation for handwriting and will apply those skills in order to:

Recognize that words are written left-to-right and top-to-bottom on the page
Write and post names/labels to show possession
Leave spaces between words
Understand how a writing utensil is held correctly and how to control its directionality
Connect speech to print
Write with phonetically-spelled words
Identify the basic elements of a sentence
Use sentence frames to complete sentences
Read and revise charts, stories, letters, journals, etc.
Learn about the purpose of dialogue
Learn that facts are true sentences that teach something
Learn how to listen for and write sounds as words
Use periods at the end of sentences
Use descriptive words in a word web to describe a person
Write questions words and illustrate questions
Recognize and use the handwriting lines: headline, midline, baseline, and 6 basic handwriting strokes, good posture, paper position, and pencil position

student will develop an understanding of the relationship between letters and words in order to:

Learn to identify and write all uppercase letters of the alphabet
Learn to identify and write all lowercase letters of the alphabet
Form and write words using all lowercase or uppercase letters
Recognize that words are made up of letters
Distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet

student will learn to express himself with phonetically-correct, age appropriate skills and will practice to write:

Numbers
Words that name objects
Sentences that tell about a story he heard
Informational sentences about an object, person, or place
List of opposites
List of words that begin with a specific letter of the alphabet
Sentences about various topics
About his favorite objects, people, seasons, activities, etc
About how the main character felt in a story
Questions
Sentences with strong action words