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First Grade Writing

Sample Writing Activities ~ Sample Writing Plan

 

Sample Writing Activities:

• Using simple pictures, teacher will model how to write one complete sentence about a picture. Students then practice independently.

• Practice  writing activities that require copying from a model (chart stories, sentences, poems, ayaat, ahadith, labels, etc.)

• Proofreading Activities

• Writing of two or three sentences related to one topic

• Writing a friendly letter utilizing the five parts (date, greeting, body, closing, and signature)

• Using quotation marks and commas within writing

• Constructing a complete declarative and/or interrogative simple sentence, using a capital letter, an ending punctuation mark, and incorporating noun/verb agreement

• Develop utilizing the steps of the writing process(brainstorming, rough draft, editing, revising, and final copy

• Write an opinion and support it with facts

Sample Writing Plan:

Day 1

• Write about a picture or what is seen outside

• Copywork (copy ayaat, ahadith, pages from books, labels, etc)

 

Day 2

• Writing sentences using sentence frames

• Copywork (copy ayaat, ahadith, page from book, labels, etc)

 

Day 3

• Writing sentences using grammar concepts learned (capitalization, quotations marks, etc)

• Copywork (copy ayaat, ahadith, page from book, labels, etc)

 

Day 4

• Response to literature (using prompts)

• Copywork (copy ayaat, ahadith, page from book, labels, etc)

 

Day 5

• Proofreading activity

• Copywork (copy ayaat, ahadith, page from book, labels, etc)