Second Grade Learning Expectations
Essential Learning 1: The student writes clearly and effectively.Writing Skill 1.1: Writes a simple paragraph.
Definition of Writing Skill:
The students writes a four-sentence paragraph with a topic and three supporting sentences.
Strategies:
- The
teacher gives students a list of topic sentences from which students
select one and write three supporting sentences.
- The
teachers gives students a paragraph and asks them to underline the topic
sentence with a red crayon or pen and the supporting sentences with
a blue crayon or pen.
- The students work in groups to make sure their paragraphs have topic and supporting sentences.
Resources:
- Write
Idea
- Seeing
With New Eyes, by Vicki Spandel
- Picture Books, by Ruth Culham and Vicki Spandel
Assessment:
- Have
students write a paragraph with a topic and 3 supporting sentences.
- Writing Assessment Rubric - parallel to WASL Rubric