Monday, September 19, 2011

Common Core Writing

The new common core has added new writing curriculum to first grade and I really like it! I like how it outlines the different genres that we will be teaching to our students (argument/opinion, informative/explanatory and narrative). I also really like how each grade will build on what the previous grade has taught. I think this will help our students become great writers as they go through school. For our first few lessons we have been working on opinion writing. We started out by writing about our favorite fruit and vegetable and then we move on to statements like "I prefer_________ because___________." This will guide them through stating their opinion and having a supporting reason behind it. This format works great for our beginning writers whether they are talking about fruits and vegetables, books, holidays, seasons, etc. Even if you aren't following the common core, I hope you still find these templates useful!





10 comments:

  1. Love it! Thanks for sharing. Are you using a particular program for this?

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  2. Andi- I used Word to create the documents along with DJ Inkers clipart and the font I used for the handwriting lines is called ABC Print Lined. Thanks for your comment! You too, Rebecca!

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  3. Thank you! I developed some of my own for opinion writing with these new standards...but they are not as cute as yours!

    -Amy
    http://krazyaboutkiddos.blogspot.com

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  4. Love the writing worksheet! Do you have a first grade writing rubic for grading writing to go along with the common core? If yo do would you mind sharing. Thanks

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  5. Thanks so much for sharing! We are planning on starting our firsties with an opinion piece also! These pieces will definitely be useful!

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  6. Love your work! Thank you so much for sharing! It is going to be very helpful! Thank You!!

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