Writing
by Kathy Unick
January 08, 2008
Writing
Start your engines for great writing
Writing Tips
The Writing Process
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Plan |
Choose your best ideas |
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Write |
Write about your topic |
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Revise |
Make your writing better |
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Edit |
Check your work |
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Publish |
Share and Celebrate |
Dear Families,
Encourage your child to try these writing activities at home. They will help your child understand the value of the writing skills being taught at school.
- Phone Directory
Have your child make a little telephone directory of names and phone numbers of friends and relatives he/she is allowed to call.
- Family Notes
Write notes to your child and tuck them in his/her lunch or on the refrigerator.
- Allow your child to write a note to a faraway friend or relative.
- Have your child to write items the family needs to buy on the grocery-shopping list
- Let your child use writing paper, colorful pens and pencils, and stickers to make writing activities fun for your child and to convey the importance of writing.
- Write with your child
- Have your child write reminders on a dry-erase board that is hung in a central location.
- Have your child write down things he/she wonders about in an “I Wonder” book. Then help them find answers.
- Have your child keep a “complaint journal.” Have them write about issues that are bothering them.
Every child benefits from writing activities.
Happy Writing,
Mrs. Unick
