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Grade 1

• Communication & Collaboration

  • 1.CC
  • 1.CC.1
  • 1.CC.2
  • 1.CC.3
  • 1.CC.4
  • 1.CC.5
  • 1.CC.6
  • 1.CC.7

• Reading: Comprehension

  • 1.RC
  • 1.RC.1
  • 1.RC.2
  • 1.RC.3
  • 1.RC.4
  • 1.RC.5
  • 1.RC.6
  • 1.RC.7
  • 1.RC.8
  • 1.RC.9
  • 1.RC.10

• Reading: Foundations

  • 1.RF
  • 1.RF.1
  • 1.RF.2
  • 1.RF.3
  • 1.RF.4
  • 1.RF.5
  • 1.RF.6
  • 1.RF.7

• Writing

  • 1.W
  • 1.W.1
  • 1.W.2
  • 1.W.3
  • 1.W.4
  • 1.W.5
  • 1.W.5.a
  • 1.W.5.b
  • 1.W.5.c
  • 1.W.6
  • 1.W.6.a
  • 1.W.6.b
  • 1.W.6.c
  • 1.W.7
  • 1.W.7.a
  • 1.W.7.b
  • 1.W.7.c
  • 1.W.8
  • 1.W.8.b
  • 1.W.8.b.I
  • 1.W.8.c
  • 1.W.8.c.I
  • 1.W.8.c.II
  • 1.W.8.c.III

Indiana ELA Standard: 1.W.5.c

Revise writing to add details in pictures or words (e.g., sentence structure); edit writing for conventions (e.g., correct spelling of frequently used words, basic capitalization, end punctuation); and

Writing Haiku in Primary

Your youngest students will learn to write Japanese Haiku poetry.

Improving Shakespeare’s Repetition

Let’s help William Shakespeare with his use of repetition.

Getting Specific With St. Patrick’s Day Writing

Let’s take a starting phrase about St. Patrick’s Day and get specific. No, even more specific!

A Halloween Costume Gone Wrong

Let’s go roller skating in a Halloween costume! What could possibly go wrong?

Super Specific Similes: Quick Baby

Let’s make this simile about a quick baby even more specific.

Super Specific Similes: Stinky Seaweed

Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.

Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”

What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?

Lipogram: Rewrite “Twinkle, Twinkle”

What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?

Looking Closely at Holiday Photos

Let’s write from multiple perspectives using an old timey holiday photo!

Holiday Writing: Packing Crates

An old photograph. A holiday scene. Pick one object in the picture and write from its point of view.

Thanksgiving Photo Writing

Starting with an old-timey photo, students will write from a particular item’s point of view.

Writing About Art: Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons

Look closely at Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Writing About Art: Impression, Sunrise

Look closely at Impression, Sunrise. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Writing About Art: Chōshi in Shimosha

Get your students writing some pretty darn impressive poetry based on Japan’s most famous artist.

Writing About Art: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog

Look closely at Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Writing About Art: Twilight in the Wilderness

Look closely at Twilight in the Wilderness. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Self Portraits: Text Art

What if a students’ self-portrait was made of words that describe the student!?

Doubling Up Writing: Anadiplosis

Repeating words can be what you want, if what you want is an interesting effect. (Psst, that’s an example of anadiplosis!)

Writing Clear Directions

Can you write directions so clear that a group of kids can put a toy together with no illustrations?