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Learn how to write months of the year in cursive!  Trace and write.

Learn to write full sentences in cursive.  Print and practice at home!

Rubric includes a 1-4 rating scale for the writing areas (focus, content, organization, style, conventions).

Practice tracing the alphabet with this simple reproducible worksheet.

Use these verbal cues to help students learn how to form their letters. Includes every letter. Looking for poems for number formation?

Learn to write numbers, numerals, and number words in cursive!  

Help students organize their writing with this worksheet.

Record the highest level at which more than half of the descriptors apply to a writing sample or collection of a child's writing.  Refer to the anchor papers for examples of writing at each level.  (Emerging, Pictorial, Precommunicative, Semiphonetic)

Single worksheet containing the entire alphabet with instructions and steps for each letter: practice writing each letter, uppercase and lowercase.

Use this rubric to help assess students' writing abilities and weaknesses.  Categories include focus, content, organization, and conventions.

Lined paper with a variety of borders to be used for writing assignments.

Stages of Writing & Language Development: Stage 1. Random Scribbling. Children make marks on paper randomly with little muscular control, using a scrubbing motion (2 and 3-year olds). Stage 2. Controlled Scribbling. Children "write" across the paper in a linear fashion, repeating patterns over again, showing increased muscular control (3 year olds). Stage 3. Letter-Like Forms. Children make mock letters. These are written lines of letters that have letter characteristics but they are misshapen and written randomly, often covering the page. They like to pretend they are writing, and in their work they separate writing from drawing. They have purpose to their letter-like forms (3 and 4 year olds). Stage 4. Letter and Symbol Relationship. Children write letters to represent words and syllables. They can write their name. They know that a word represents their name. They can copy words. Reversals, or loss of a developmental gain, are frequent (4 year olds). Stage 5. Invented Spelling. Children make the transition from letter forms to invented spelling. This requires organization of letters and words on the page. They use a group of l~tters to form a word. Many of the letters will be consonants. They understand that letters relate to sounds. Some punctuation is used. They can copy words seen in their environment (4 and 5 year olds). Stage 6. Standard Spelling. Most of the words the children use are written correctly, some add punctuation. They organize their words in lines with spaces in between, and they move from the left…

Use this writing rubric to assess your students abilities.

Introduce different hats with any of these wonderful stories: Which Hat Is That? By Anna Grossnickle Hines The Hat Book by Leonard Shortall Hats? By Dana Meachen Rau Zara's Hats by Paul Meisel Hats Off to Hats by Sara Corbett The Hatseller and the Monkeys by Baba Wague Diakite Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina Hats off to hometown heroes! Have student write to local heroes and ask them about their favorite books. Showcase these hometown heroes and their choices in you reading celebration. Have students make a list of hats that denote jobs (ex: fireman's hat, chef's hat, etc.). Draw a person wearing a hat. Have students write about it.  For younger students, provide the prompt, "When I grow up. I want to be a ..." Check out NEA's website here for more ideas!

This prompt lets students draw things they can buy with money and then write a few ways money helps meet their needs.

Simple and effective tips for helping children improve their reading and writing ability.

Children can practice writing the number and number word (packet includes 1 through 10).

The writing domain scoring rubric is used to score writing samples from students in grades 2-5. It contains five categories including focus, content, organization, style and conventions. When scoring the writing samples be sure to focus on these categories.

Use this Valentine's Day prompt to practice writing and encourage thoughtfulness.

Developmental writing stages: pictorial - emergent - developing