October - Literacy Response: Character Analysis
* Describe a character from a story.
* Shows the writer's personal feelings or opinions about the character.
* I liked or disliked the character BECAUSE...
November - Personal Narrative
* Voluntary writing and topic selections.
* Tells about writers life.
* Uses words like: I, Me, My, Us, We.
* Tells the even in order
* Shows the writer's personal feelings.
December - How To Article
* Tells how to do something.
* Tells the steps in order.
* Has numbers or words such as first, next and last that make the instructions clear.
* Uses details to make the steps clear and easy to understand.
* Pre-write a how-to-article using graphic organizers.
January - Persuasive Book Report
* Voluntary writing and Topic Selections.
* Opinions and judgments.
* Tells what the book was about.
* Expresses writer's personal feelings about the book.
* Tells the reasons for the writing thoughts.
* Has persuasive words such as favorite and great.
February- Small Moments
* Voluntary Writing and Topic Selections.
* Writers think of a big story (Going to Florida).
* Writers focus on small moment for their story (Going to the beach).
* Focus on time order (First, Next, Then, Last)
March - Expository Writing: Describe States of Matter
* Describe THREE states of matter.
* Include details on each property.
* Write TWO examples for each property.
April - Friendly Letter
* Introduce parts of a friendly letter (Date, Greeting, Body, Closing, Signature)
* Writer generates the date and greeting.
* Writer introduces feelings in the introduction sentence.
* Writer's generate two sentences about themselves.
* Writer's create 1 or 2 questions they want to ask the reader.
* Writer creates a closing and signature.
May - Written Retelling of Story Elements
* Literature response.
* Writes the events of a story in sequential order.
* Use time order words (First, Next, Then, Last)
June - Personal End of the Year Evaluation
* Writers generate a sentence about how they felt about first grade.
* Writers will choose three moments they enjoyed about first grade.
* Use time order words (First, Next, Then Last)
