Timeof

Year

Writing
Genre

Standardstobe
Applied

AllYear

Traitsof
Writing

LAFS.1.W.2.6:
Withguidance
andsupport
fromadults,use
avarietyof
digitaltoolsto
produceand
publishwriting,
includingin
collaboration
withpeers.

All
LAFS.K12.W
Standards

Ideas
Voice
Organization
Grammar
WordChoice
Sentence
Fluency
Process
Writing

AllYear

Journal

LAFS.1.W.2.5:
Withguidance
andsupport
fromadults,
focusonatopic,
respondto
questionsand
suggestionsfrom
peers,andadd
detailsto
strengthen
writingas
needed.

Prompt
Writing
FreeWriting
Ideas

Quick
Writes
Monthly
Writing
Calendar

NA

Observational
Writing

Science
observation

August,and Descriptive
September

MainTopicsto
Cover

Implementation
Ideas
Events
Activities

 Comparing
Sensory
Details

WhatWe
See
Writing
Share

October,
and
November

Expository/
LAFS.1.W.1.2:
Informational Write
informative/
explanatorytexts
inwhichthey
nameatopic,
supplysome
factsaboutthe
topic,and
providesome
senseofclosure.

LAFS.1.W.3.7:
Participatein
sharedresearch
andwriting
projects(e.g.,
explorea
numberof
howtobookson
agiventopicand
usethemto
writeasequence
ofinstructions).

MainTopics
and
Supporting
Details
Collecting
information
forWriting
Directions/
Sequence
Causeand
Effect
Problemand
Solutions

Information
Packetson
Weather
YourStory
Whosyour
Hero
TedTalk
Night

December

Letters

Letter
Structure
UseofLetters
Audience

Lettersto
Santa
Lettersto
Family
Letterto
teacherto
changea
classroom
rule
Emailyour
favorite

NA

book
character
PenPals
across
schools
Letterof
Loveto
Family
Reading
January,and Narrative
February

March,and
April

Poetry

May,and
June

Persuasive

LAFS.1.W.1.3:
Writenarratives
inwhichthey
recounttwoor
more
appropriately
sequenced
events,include
somedetails
regardingwhat
happened,use
temporalwords
tosignalevent
order,and
providesome
senseofclosure.
NA

LAFS.11.W.1.1
:
Writeopinion
piecesinwhich
theyintroduced
thetopicor
namethenook
theyarewriting
about,statean

MainIdeas
ShortStories
Beginning,
Middle,and
End
Plot
Character

Create
Sequelsto
Storiesyou
love
Imagination
Station
Prompts
Campfire
StoryShare

Rhyme
Poetry
Structure
Poetic
Language

Poetry
writing
Studentand
Family
Poetry
Slam

PointofView
Typesof
Argument:
Moral,Logic,
oremotion
Position
Evidence

Rule
changes
Persuade
for
somewhere
youwantto
gofor
vaction

opinion,supply
areasonforthe
opinion,and
providesome
senseofclosure.

ResourcesUsed
Grade1Toolkit.(n.d.).RetrievedJuly07,2016
http://www.cpalms.org/Public/ToolkitGradeLevelGroup/Toolkit?id=6
Tompkins,G.E.(2010,July20).WritingGenres.RetrievedJune07,2016
http://www.education.com/reference/article/writinggenres/

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