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Grade 1

• Strand 1

  • 1.1.A
  • 1.1.B
  • 1.1.C
  • 1.1.D
  • 1.1.E

• Strand 2

  • 1.2.A
  • 1.2.A.i
  • 1.2.A.ii
  • 1.2.A.iii
  • 1.2.A.iv
  • 1.2.A.v
  • 1.2.A.vi
  • 1.2.A.vii
  • 1.2.B
  • 1.2.B.i
  • 1.2.B.ii
  • 1.2.B.iii
  • 1.2.B.iv
  • 1.2.B.v
  • 1.2.B.vi
  • 1.2.C
  • 1.2.C.i
  • 1.2.C.ii
  • 1.2.C.iii
  • 1.2.C.iv
  • 1.2.D
  • 1.2.E
  • 1.2.F

• Strand 3

  • 1.3.A
  • 1.3.B
  • 1.3.C
  • 1.3.D

• Strand 4

  • 1.4

• Strand 5

  • 1.5

• Strand 6

  • 1.6.A
  • 1.6.B
  • 1.6.C
  • 1.6.D
  • 1.6.E
  • 1.6.F
  • 1.6.G
  • 1.6.H
  • 1.6.I

• Strand 7

  • 1.7.A
  • 1.7.B
  • 1.7.C
  • 1.7.D
  • 1.7.E
  • 1.7.F

• Strand 8

  • 1.8.A
  • 1.8.B
  • 1.8.C
  • 1.8.D

• Strand 9

  • 1.9.A
  • 1.9.B
  • 1.9.C
  • 1.9.D
  • 1.9.D.i
  • 1.9.D.ii
  • 1.9.D.iii
  • 1.9.E
  • 1.9.F

• Strand 10

  • 1.10.A
  • 1.10.B
  • 1.10.C
  • 1.10.D
  • 1.10.E

• Strand 11

  • 1.11.A
  • 1.11.B
  • 1.11.B.i
  • 1.11.B.ii
  • 1.11.C
  • 1.11.D
  • 1.11.D.i
  • 1.11.D.ii
  • 1.11.D.iii
  • 1.11.D.iv
  • 1.11.D.v
  • 1.11.D.vi
  • 1.11.D.vii
  • 1.11.D.viii
  • 1.11.D.ix
  • 1.11.D.x
  • 1.11.E

• Strand 12

  • 1.12.A
  • 1.12.B
  • 1.12.C

• Strand 13

  • 1.13.A
  • 1.13.B
  • 1.13.C
  • 1.13.D
  • 1.13.E

TEKS ELA Standard: 1.11.C

revise drafts by adding details in pictures or words

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!

Gr 2-8

Change A Story’s Genre

What if we rewrote a story’s climax into a totally different genre?

Gr 2-8

Greekymon Studies – Round 3

What might a creature named “Aquacornus Rex” be like?

Gr 3-8

Mother’s Day Cards

Let’s write the cleverest Mother’s Day cards you’ve ever seen!

Gr 2-8

A Halloween Costume Gone Wrong

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

Gr 2-8

Super Specific Similes – Slimy Broccoli

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

Gr 2-8

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.

Gr 2-8

Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”

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

Gr 2-8

Holiday Writing: Packing Crates

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

Gr 2-8

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.

Gr 2-8

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.

Gr 2-8

Writing About Art: Chōshi in Shimosha

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

Gr 2-8

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.

Gr 2-8

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.

Gr 2-8

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let’s start with “As cold as fire.”

Gr 2-8

Fancier Figurative Language: Move the Simile

What if we started a sentence with the simile?

Gr 2-8

Writing Clear Directions

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

Gr 2-8