WRITING – CORE STANDARDS, K-5

K / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Pre-write, Draft, Revise, Edit, Publish
(Skills to support standards - common across grade levels) / Pre-write, Draft, Revise, Edit, Publish
(Skills to support standards - common across grade levels) / Pre-write, Draft, Revise, Edit, Publish
(Skills to support standards - common across grade levels) / Pre-write, Draft, Revise, Edit, Publish
(Skills to support standards - common across grade levels) / Pre-write, Draft, Revise, Edit, Publish
(Skills to support standards - common across grade levels) / Pre-write, Draft, Revise, Edit, Publish
(Skills to support standards - common across grade levels)
·  Discuss story ideas / With guidance:
·  Discuss ideas for writing
·  Use steps in the Writing Process – Planning, drafting, re-reading and self-correcting for meaning / With guidance:
·  List ideas for writing
Self and peer edit with guidance using:
·  Steps in the Writing Process – drafting, revising and conferencing
·  Editing checklist / ·  Discuss and list sources for ideas
Use:
·  Techniques to organize / plan: diagrams, charts
·  Steps in the Writing Process – pre-write, draft, conferencing, revising, editing
Proofread using:
·  Scoring Guide / Traits
·  Editing tools/marks / ·  List strategies to prepare for writing
·  Use techniques to organize/plan: mapping, outlining, grouping related ideas, graphic organizers, taking notes
·  Steps in the Writing Process
Proofread using:
·  Scoring guide / Traits
·  Editing tools
·  Use keyboarding / ·  Brainstorm/list strategies to prepare for writing
·  Use techniques to organize/plan: chronological, cause/effect, compare/ contrast
·  Steps in the Writing Process
·  Understand Traits
Proofread using:
·  Scoring guide
·  Editing tools
·  Use technology for document creation
Write, Ideas and Content / Write, Ideas and Content / Write, Ideas and Content / Write, Ideas and Content / Write, Ideas and Content / Write, Ideas and Content
Write independently:
·  Left to right
·  Top to bottom
·  Many upper and lower case letters
Begin to spell:
·  First name and friend’s first names
·  Last name
·  Dictated letters and words
·  Produce or dictate CVC words
·  Write unconventionally - story language / With guidance:
·  Write for different purposes
·  Write for different audiences / With guidance:
·  Write for different purposes
·  Write for different audiences / ·  Write for different purposes
·  Write for different audiences / Choose form to address:
·  Purpose
·  Audience
·  Focus
·  Point of View / Choose form to address:
·  Purpose
·  Audience
·  Tone
·  Style
Organize Ideas and Content / Organize Ideas and Content / Organize Ideas and Content / Organize Ideas and Content / Organize Ideas and Content / Organize Ideas and Content
·  Develop idea with beginning, middle and end
·  Sequence two or more events / ·  Develop introductory, supporting, and concluding sentences
·  Sequence three or more events / Write a paragraph using:
·  Topic sentence
·  Simple supporting facts
·  Details
·  Concluding sentence / ·  Write multiple paragraphs with a progression of ideas
·  Sequence relevant details / ·  Write introductory and concluding paragraphs
·  Write and sequence supporting paragraphs
Write/Communicate with Precise Words / Write/Communicate with Precise Words / Write/Communicate with Precise Words / Write/Communicate with Precise Words / Write/Communicate with Precise Words / Write/Communicate with Precise Words
·  Use descriptive words / ·  Select and use descriptive words / Use:
·  Adjectives / action verbs
Expand ideas using:
·  Descriptive words
·  Figurative language / Use and expand ideas with:
·  Verbs
·  Irregular verbs
·  Adverbs
·  Prepositions
·  Conjunctions / Use and expand ideas with:
·  Transitions
·  Conjunctions
·  Misused verbs
·  Modifiers
·  Pronouns
Write/Communicate with Fluent Sentence Structures / Write/Communicate with Fluent Sentence Structures / Write/Communicate with Fluent Sentence Structures / Write/Communicate with Fluent Sentence Structures / Write/Communicate with Fluent Sentence Structures / Write/Communicate with Fluent Sentence Structures
·  Write complete sentences
Recognize:
·  Incomplete sentences
·  Sentences that don’t make sense / ·  Distinguish between complete and incomplete sentences
·  Use correct word order in a sentence / ·  Write complete sentences: statement, command, question, exclamation / ·  Write simple and compound sentences / ·  Write complex sentences
Use:
·  Prepositional phrases
·  Appositives
·  Independent and dependent clauses
Demonstrate Knowledge of Conventions / Demonstrate Knowledge of Conventions / Demonstrate Knowledge of Conventions / Demonstrate Knowledge of Conventions / Demonstrate Knowledge of Conventions / Demonstrate Knowledge of Conventions
·  Hear individual sounds
·  Use phonemic awareness and letter knowledge to spell independently
·  Spell regular words such as CVC words
·  Spell using letter-sound correspondence
·  Write using correct shape and placement of upper case and lower case letters / ·  Spell three and four-letter short vowel words correctly
·  Use spelling/phonics knowledge
Identify:
·  Singular and plural nouns
·  Possessive pronouns
Write correctly:
·  Periods
·  Exclamation points
·  Question marks
Capitalize:
·  First word of sentence
·  Names of people
·  Pronoun I
Form and space:
Legible manuscript / Spell correctly:
·  High frequency words with uncommon spelling patterns
·  Short and long vowel words
·  R-controlled vowels
·  Consonant blends
·  Studied words and word patterns
Write independently:
·  All sounds in a word
Identify:
·  Nouns, verbs, contractions
Use:
·  Commas
Capitalize:
·  Proper nouns, beginnings of sentences, greetings, initials of people, months, days, titles
·  Form letters correctly
·  Space words correctly / Spell correctly and transfer to writing:
·  High frequency words with uncommon spelling patterns
·  Blends, contractions, compounds
·  Spelling patterns
·  Homophones
·  Use dictionary, spell check
Use:
·  Noun, verb, subject, predicate
·  Past, present, future verb tenses
·  Pronouns, adjectives, compound words, articles
·  Singular possessive nouns
·  Commas in dates, locations, addresses and items in a series
·  Quotation marks in dialogue
·  Capitalize proper nouns – geographical names, holidays, special events
·  Write using legible cursive and manuscript
·  Use correct word spacing / Spell correctly:
·  Root-words, inflections, suffixes, prefixes, syllables, homophones
Use:
·  Verbs, irregular verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions
·  Apostrophes to show possession
·  Quotation marks to indicate speaker
·  Titles – underline, quotation marks, or italics
·  Capitalize names of books, magazines, works of art, musical compositions, organizations, first word in quotations
·  Write and read legible cursive and manuscript / Spell correctly:
·  Roots and bases of words, contractions, syllable constructions, words with more than one spelling
·  Misused verbs, modifiers and pronouns
Use:
·  Subject-verb agreement
·  Parenthesis
·  Colon to separate hours, minutes, introduce list
·  Commas in direct quotations and within quotation marks
·  Write using legible cursive and manuscript
·  Read cursive fluently


WRITING APPLICATIONS

Write Narrative Text / Write Narrative Text / Write Narrative Text / Write Narrative Text*
(suggested length, 100 words) / Write Narrative Text*
(suggested length, 250 words) / Write Narrative Text*
(suggested length, 400 words)
·  Write unconventionally - brief stories
·  Use and label drawings to support meaning / ·  Write brief stories
·  Describe experiences / ·  Write brief narratives based on personal experience
·  Move through logical sequence
Describe:
·  Setting
·  Characters
·  Objects
·  Events / ·  Write narratives
Use:
·  Setting
·  Characters
·  Sequence
·  Plot / ·  Write personal narratives and fictional narratives
Use:
·  Memories
·  Events
·  Sensory details
·  Insight / ·  Write fictional narrative
Use:
·  Point of view
·  Conflict / Resolution
Write Expository Text / Write Expository Text / Write Expository Text / Write Expository Text*
(suggested length, 100 words) / Write Expository Text*
(suggested length, 250 words) / Write Expository Text*
(suggested length, 400 words)
Write conventionally or unconventionally:
·  Simple messages
·  Simple directions / ·  Write simple descriptions and directions using real objects, people, places, events
·  Use sensory words – see, feel, smell, taste, hear / ·  Write brief descriptions
·  Develop main idea
·  Use details
Write:
·  Friendly letter – date, salutation, body, closing, signature
·  Multiple step instructions
·  Brief, informative reports / ·  Write descriptions
Use:
·  Main Idea
·  Details
·  Purpose
·  Write letter format
·  Write report format
Use:
·  Information sources
·  Diagrams, charts, illustrations
·  Literary response format / ·  Write responses to literature
·  Demonstrate understanding of literature
·  Support interpretations with references to text and prior knowledge
·  Write summaries with main idea / ·  Write text interpretation
Use:
·  Text to text connection
·  Text to self connection
·  Text to world connection
Write:
·  Letter to request information
·  Summaries
Write Persuasive Text / Write Persuasive Text / Write Persuasive Text / Write Persuasive Text
(suggested length, 100 words) / Write Persuasive Text
(suggested length, 250 words) / Write Persuasive Text*
(suggested length, 400 words)
·  Know facts and opinions
·  Write persuasive composition
·  Convince audience / State and support:
·  Position
·  Concerns
Acknowledge:
·  Counter-concerns
Research/Investigate a Topic / Research/Investigate a Topic / Research/Investigate a Topic / Research/Investigate a Topic* / Research/Investigate a Topic* / Research/Investigate a Topic*
With guidance:
·  Gather topics
·  Sort categories / ·  Understand the purpose of reference materials
·  Find ideas in pictures or books / ·  Understand structure and organization of reference materials
·  Use dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, encyclopedia, CD-ROM, on-line resources / ·  Locate information using a dictionary, encyclopedia, on-line resources, prefaces, appendixes, almanacs, newspapers, periodicals
·  Take notes using paraphrasing, phrasing
·  Understand plagiarism / ·  Frame research questions
·  Use first hand interviews, electronic resources
Take notes using:
·  Organizational features of text – title, headings, graphics, captions, italics
·  Quoting
Cite:
·  References
·  Documentation

* - Worksamples can be selected from any of these modes.

February 23, 2009