First Grade Learning Expectations
Essential Learning 1: The student writes clearly and effectively.
Writing Skill 1.3: Begins to write about experience and feelings.
Definition of Writing Skill:
The student begins to show personal feelings and style in writing.
Strategies/Resources:
- Write Idea
- My Journal Unit, lesson 4, p. 110
- Friends Nearby, Unit 1, lesson 3
Assessment:
- Read story
- "Alone," from Days with Frog and Toad, by Arnold Lobel
- Read poem
- - "Time
Alone," by Siri Christainson (from "Wiggle Jiggle
All the Way.")
- - "Time
Alone," by Siri Christainson (from "Wiggle Jiggle
All the Way.")
- Draw a picture
and write a caption about being alone.
- Writing Prompt:
"When I am alone..."
- 1st grade 3-trait writing assessment form

