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1st Grade Writing Activities

77 resources

1st Grade Writing Activities

77 resources

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Activity1st GradeGetting Down with Proper Nouns Activity

Using this Getting Down with Proper Nouns Activity, students match and using common and proper nouns pairs to build an understanding of the two types of nouns.

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Activity1st GradeBack to School Adjective Writing Activity

Using Back to School Adjective Writing Activity, students write about the first day of school to including details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings.

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Activity1st GradeRF.1.1 Common Core Activity

UsingRF.1.1 Common Core Activity, studentsrecognize distinguishing features of a sentence by putting a words in order to create a complete thought.

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Activity1st GradeBarn Shape Book Activity

Using this Barn Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about life on a farm.

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Activity1st GradeComputer Shape Book Activity

Using this Computer Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about stories or what they know about computers.

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Activity1st GradeHouse Shape Book Activity

Using this House Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about stories about their houses or homes.

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Activity1st GradeFraming an Opinion Activity

Using this Framing an Opinion Activity, students gain skills on writing opinion pieces on topics or texts that support a point of view with reasons and information.

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Activity1st GradeThe Best Season Is Writing Activity

Using What Do You Think Opinion Writing Activity, students write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

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Activity1st GradeBear Shape Book Activity

Using this Bear Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about stories or what they know about bears.

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Activity1st GradeCar Shape Book Activity

Using this Car Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about themselves or stories about cars or transportation.

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Activity1st GradeContractions Activity

Using Contractions Activity, students match two word phrase cards (I cannot) to contractions cards (I can't) in order to use contractions in their writing.

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Activity1st GradeStar Alphabet Matching Activity

Using Star Alphabet Matching Activity, students matching uppercase and lowercase letters to build letter recognition skills.

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Activity1st GradeApple Shape Book Activity

Using thisApple Shape Book Activity, students will enhance their apple writing when they write in this apple shaped book.

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Activity1st GradeCVC Word Mats Activity

Using this CVC Word Mats Activity, students place letter tiles on the picture cards to create CVC words.

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Activity1st GradeUnder the Sea Writing Activity

Using this Under the Sea Writing Activity, students use the ocean themed graphic organizers, story starters, sequencing worksheets, mind maps, and ocean themed writing paper to create ocean themed stories.

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Activity1st GradeSt. Patrick's Day Writing Activity

Using St. Patrick's Day Writing Activity, students brainstorm the sequence of events of how to catch a leprechaun, then publish using them St. Patrick's Day themed writing.

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Activity1st GradeThree Amigos Poetry Drama Prose Activity

Using this Three Amigos Poetry Drama Prose Activity, students sort the word cards by genre (prose, poetry, and drama). Use the sorted cards to label and fill out a Venn Diagram.

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Activity1st GradeLet's Write RAFT Writing Activity

Using Let's Write RAFT Writing Activity, students write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

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Activity1st GradeStrengthen Your Writing Revision and Editing Activity

Using Strengthen Your Writing Revision and Editing Activity, students develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

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Activity1st GradeTell the Group Speaking and Listening Activity

Using the Tell the Group Speaking and Listening Activity, students report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant.