Grade K • Language Arts • Writing
Grade K Language Arts
Writing
Kindergarten Writing Units
- The Writing Community
- Getting Ideas
- Telling More
- Just the Facts
- Exploring Words Through Poetry
- Opinion Writing
- Revisiting the Writing Community
Writing Tips
- Encourage your child to write often.
- Provide an area in your home for writing with special materials (pencils, different types of paper, markers, envelopes).
- Praise your child’s writing.
- Share letters and cards from friends and relatives with your child.
- Encourage journal writing for special occasions (trips, family events, planning a birthday party).
- Have your child help you compose shopping lists, notes and letters to friends, and invitations.
- Encourage your child to write stories.
- Allow your child to take risks on a rough draft. Be your child’s partner for changing and correcting his or her writing.
- Encourage your child to write thank you notes, invitations, letters to others, lists of things to do, and items to take on a trip.
Handwriting Tips and Resources
Writing Developmental Levels