Using Strong Writing Activity, students respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
This telling a story activity helps PreK to 1st Grade children order picture cards, tell first, next and last, and share a feeling. Answer key included.
Using Other Ways to Write Worksheet, students write their story using the computer and other digital tools.
This writing with technology activity gives K-1st grade students eight task cards for typing, recording and printing their own writing. Answer key included for the matching practice.
Using Wishes and Stars Peer Publishing Writing Activity, students produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
This writing about the topic activity helps kindergarten and 1st grade writers pick a This or That topic, share an opinion with a reason and publish it. Answer key included.
Using W.K.1 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces.
Using W.K.5 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthenwriting as needed.
This writing cards activity gives Kindergarten and 1st Grade students 12 fold-over picture Topic Cards and a writing page to name a topic and share facts. Answer key included for easy checking.
Using W.K.2 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students write informative and explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Using W.K.6 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
The This Is What I Think Activity helps Kindergarten and 1st Grade kids pick a picture topic card, draw their idea, then write an opinion sentence with a reason.
Using W.K.3 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event orseveral loosely linked events.
Draw it, say it, write it!
In kindergarten, an "essay" is a little piece of writing with a big idea. Kids learn three kinds: opinion ("My favorite animal is a dog because..."), informative (telling facts about a topic), and narrative (telling a story in order). They use a mix of drawing, dictating and writing, often with a picture and a sentence or two. Kindergartners also learn to add details, share their work and make it better with help from friends. The click moment is when a child reads their own writing to the class, beaming.
Young writers need to talk first, draw second and write third. These are the moves we use.
Model telling a short story with your fingers: first, then, last. Draw three quick boxes and sketch each part. Then kids tell a story to a partner before they draw and write their own.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withTelling A Story ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Ask a fun question, like "Which is better, cats or dogs?" Kids draw their answer and write or dictate one reason. Sharing opinions with a "because" sentence is the first step in opinion writing.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withThis Is What I Think ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Writing grows with small revisions. After kids finish a piece, they add one more detail to the picture or one more word to the sentence. Doing a little revising every time builds the habit early.
Why it works: the brain holds on to what it meets again and again over time; spaced practice was rated among the very best methods (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withStrong Writing ActivityActivitiesOpen it →These help little writers feel like real authors.
ActivitiesKids share their writing with a partner, who gives one star (something good) and one wish (an idea to add).
Open Wishes and Stars Peer Publishing Writing Activity →
ActivitiesPick a class topic, like frogs, and research it together. Kids each write and draw one fact for a class book.
Open Find Out More Research Project Writing Activity →
ActivitiesKids pull a writing card with a picture prompt and write a sentence or two about it.
Open Writing Cards Activity →Teacher favorites right now: Strong Writing Activity, Telling A Story Activity and Other Ways to Write Worksheet.
Kindergartners write opinion pieces, informative pieces and simple stories. They use a mix of drawing, dictating and writing to share their ideas.
By the end of kindergarten, many kids can write a sentence or two with a picture, using some sight words and sounding out other words. Inventive spelling is normal and encouraged.
Ask your child to tell you about their day, then help them draw a picture and write one sentence about it. Keep a family journal or write notes to grandparents together.
Yes! Drawing helps young writers plan and add details. Many kindergarten writing pieces start as a picture and grow into words.
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