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Primary Literacy Standards for
First grade
To be on grade level for the November report card, your child's writing must meet all of the following:
- uses varied sentence openers
- the message or idea of the writing piece is clear to both reader and writer
- contain 2 or more ideas about a topic
- know the directional pattern for writing: starts at the top left, moves left to right, and returns down left
- have spaces between words
- use inventive spelling (beginning, middle, and ending sounds)
- have all Kindergarten high frequency words and many Grade 1 words are spelled correctly
- the writer revises, edits, and proofreads appropriately
To be on grade level for the March report card, your child's writing must meet all of the following:
- writes in an obvious organizational structure: narrative, informational, or procedural
- the message or idea of the written piece is clear to the reader
- contains 3 or more ideas about a topic
- contains a closing sentence
- in addition to inventive spelling, word wall words are spelled correctly
- ending punctuation and capital letters are used correctly some of the time
- shows the directional pattern for writing: starts at the top left, moves left to right, and returns down left
- has spaces between words
To be on grade level for the June report card, your child's writing must meet all the following:
- writing has an obvious organizational structure
- writes for multiple purposes: narrative, informational, procedural
- main idea is presented and supported
- writing has a beginning, middle, and end
- sentence structures reflect patterns typical of spoken language
- ending punctuation and capital letters are used correctly most of the time
- correct spelling of kindergarten and first grade high frequency words
- begins to move to conventional spelling (editing)
Handwriting Sites:
http://www.handwritingforkids.com/
(names) http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/manuscript/names/_mynameis.htm
Penmanship sheets (misc) http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/manuscript.htm
(blank text) http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/manuscript/javascripts/_my8linestext.htm
sky/grass handwriting paper http://www.geocities.com/maggieskindercorner/MaggiesKinderCorner/writingpaper.pdf
Writing Workshop:
http://curriculum.dpsk12.org/elp_writing_life_intro_1_pt1.htm
http://curriculum.dpsk12.org/elp_writing_life_intro_1_pt2.htm
http://curriculum.dpsk12.org/elem_lit_program/writer_life_1_overview.pdf
http://www.donaldgraves.org/teach_writing.asp
Writing assessment:
http://www.learnnc.org/Index.nsf/doc/writeassess0603?OpenDocument
Blank rubric sheet:
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4546.html
Personalized stories:
Shape books for writing:
http://teacherview.com/WritingCenter/shape_books/index.htm
Reading/writing sites:
