Writing

1st Grade Essential Writing Outcomes

Students will be able to:

*  Write independently about self-selected topics – Small Moments

*  Demonstrate proficiency in writing in the focus mode: Description

*  Express a main idea with some details (Ideas)

*  Organize writing with a beginning, middle, and end (Organization)

*  Identify and write complete sentences (Sentence fluency)

*  Use spelling strategies to learn accurate spelling of words in spelling lists and in writing

*  Use capital letters at the beginning of a sentence and ending punctuation

*  Write using legible handwriting