Using this Look in the Text Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Using Wishes and Stars Peer Publishing Writing Activity, students produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.

Using Writing About the Topic Activity, students write opinion pieces in which they state an opinion, reasons for the opinion, and closure.

Using Strong Writing Activity, students respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

Using Telling A Story Activity, students use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events.

Using Author Research Activity, students explore books written by a single author to discuss opinions and ideas of that author.

Using Drawing Details Activity, students add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions to provide additional detail.

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Using this Writing Your Name Activity, students practice writing their names independently using the various types of penmanship paper provided.

Using this L.5.3 Common Core Activity, students expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.

Using W.5.7 Common Core Activity, students conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.

Using W.4.7 Common Core Activity, students research details about each aspect of your topic and write the information in your their words.

Using this Girl Shape Book Activity, your students can create quick and simple books about themselves or stories about girl main characters.

Using this Get to the Point PowerPoint Activity, students learn to include multimedia components such as graphics, sounds, and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

Using this Write About a Time When. . . Activity, students choose a star event card to write a narrative about a time when a specific event happened, such as a time when they were sad.

Using this Proofreading Capitalization and Punctuation Activity, students make punctuation and capitalization corrections on the laminated activity cards.

Using Write All About It Newspaper Writing Activity, students write newspaper articles using the topic cards and the writing process.

Using the Tell Us About It Speaking Activity, students tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

Using Fun With Poetry Activity, students read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1. to build reading comprehension skills.

Using Writing Your Address Activity, students learn to write your address by playing “Roll-An- Address” and completing various worksheets.