High-interest topics and engaging exercises designed to stimulate and encourage children as they develop the necessary skills to become independent writers. Includes strategies with grade-appropriate skills that can be used in daily writing assignments such as journals, stories, and letters!
Key Skills 4
That's Amazing! (Recognize capital letters) 5
Sweet Dreams! (Capitalize sentence beginnings) 6
The Night Sky (Use periods) 7
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Punctuate statements) 8
Hop to It! (Capitalize/Punctuate statements) 9
Hop to It Some More! (Capitalize/Punctuate statements) 10
Striped Sentences (Identify a sentence) 11
High-Flying Sentences (Identify a sentence) 12
At the Seashore (Sequence a sentence) 13
In the Rain Forest (Sequence a sentence) 14
Snakes Alive! (Parts of a sentence: Naming part) 15
Slithering Sentences (Parts of a sentence: Naming part) 16
Who Is That? (Parts of a sentence: Naming part) 17
Where Is That? (Parts of a sentence: Naming part) 18
Vacation Photos (Write a sentence) 19
More Vacation Photos (Write a sentence) 20
No Bones About It! (Parts of a sentence: Identify the action) 21
Mighty Good Sentences (Parts of a sentence: Complete the action) 22
A Busy Classroom (Parts of a sentence: Write the verb) 23
Pencil It In (Parts of a sentence: Determine the verb) 24
Topsy-Turvy! (Write sentences) 25
What Is Going On? (Write sentences) 26
The Caboose (Understand sentence parts) 27
When Was That? (identify sentence parts) 28
Chugging Along (Understand sentence parts) 29
My Busy Day (Complete a sentence) 30
Silly Sentences (Write 3-part sentences) 31
Sweet Sentences (Write 3-part sentences) 32
Home Sweet Home (Write 3-part sentences) 33
The Construction Crew (Write 3-part sentences) 34
Mystery Boxes (Explore adjectives) 35
Sensational Words (Add adjectives) 36
More Describing Words (Adjectives) 37
Pretty Packages (Brainstorm adjectives) 38
What's Inside? (Complete describing sentences) 39
Around Town (Write descriptive sentences) 40
Keep It in Order (Complete a sequenced story) 41
What's Next? (Write sequenced directions) 42
Which Title Fits? (Name a story) 43
A Terrific Title (Parts of a story: Write the title) 44
Story Strips (Parts of a story: Write the beginning, middle, and end) 45
More Story Strips (Parts of a story: Retell a 3-part story) 46
Answer Key 47
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