1) Encourage your child to use our Step-Up to writing skills:
Step-Up to Writing!
*this is the T-chart format that your child should be using in his or her writing*
2) Write for a purpose!
Informative Writing Resource Page
Opinion Writing Resource Page
*Encourage your child to keep a trip journal, garden journal, daily journal, write e-mails or letters to friends and/family, or write to a pen pal regularly.
Link to over 300 creative writing prompts:
*Your child can also write a book report at home to share with the class.
Here are some great sample sentence starters:
I think
I love the way
I can't believe
I wonder why
I noticed
I wonder
If I were
I'm not sure
I felt sad when
I like the way the author
I wish that
This make me think of
I was surprised
It seems like
3) Use a checklist when writing:
C.U.P.S.