Second Grade



Mrs. Lancaster’s First Grade

Writing Newsletter

[pic] October 2014

Dear First Grade Families,

Autumn greetings to you all! Wow, it is hard to believe that we are already in the middle of October! Time flies when you are working hard and having fun! Your child has been busy the last two months gaining the confidence needed to become a fluent writer. With your encouragement at home, your child will be able to see what he/she can accomplish in the area of writing.

During writing time your child has been working on the following skills.

*Stretching out words in order to write the sounds in words

*Writing a complete thought or idea in order to construct a complete sentence

*Beginning a sentence with a capital letter

*Putting a finger space between words

*Using the correct punctuation at the end of sentences

*Using his/her best handwriting

*Using thinking maps to organize ideas for writing

November Writing: Next month we will continue our study of the three different types of sentences. Your child will be assessed on how to write a telling sentence (statement), an asking sentence (question), and a feeling sentence (exclamation). He/she will also be assessed on; the ability to use correct sentence structure, the ability to use correct spacing between words, the ability to use correct capitalization and end punctuation, and using his/her best handwriting. On the back side I have provided some ideas of what you can do at home to help foster and reinforce correct sentence writing.

Ways to share and encourage writing at home!

[pic]Ask your child to write a telling sentence about what he/she did in school today. Remind your child to begin the sentence with a capital letter and continue the sentence with only lowercase letters. Ask your child what a telling sentence ends with (a period). This is a fantastic activity to do with your child everyday to not only encourage his/her writing development but also to hear about the school day.

[pic]Ask your child to write an asking sentence. Prompt your child by saying, “Write a sentence asking me what I did today.” Make sure he/she ends the sentence with a question mark.

[pic]Ask your child to write a feeling sentence. You can prompt your child by beginning the sentence for him/her (I love ______ ). Leave off the punctuation to see if your child remembers that a feeling sentence requires an exclamation point at the end.

[pic]Ask your child what a “Super Sentence” must have. He/she can also add the gestures we have learned for the five parts of a super sentence.

[pic]Write some fragments and some complete sentences on a piece of paper. Read them to your child or have him/her read them to you. Ask your child to point out the complete sentences. Then ask your child to add words to the fragments in order to make them complete sentences. Some examples might include; Dog ran - vs. - The dog ran fast down the hill.

**Don’t worry if you don’t very many writing assignments come home with your child. I keep a lot of the writing that your child completes in class in order to assess how your child is progressing in writing. During conference time you will be able to review the writing pieces that I have kept so far.

If you ever have a question or a concern regarding your child’s writing progress, please contact me at (253)931-4976 or at hlancaster@auburn.wednet.edu .

Mrs. Holly Lancaster

First Grade Learning Specialist

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