Writing Matters!
Writing
matters for anyone looking to be successful in their community, in school,
in college, and in the workplace. Parents and guardians are a child’s
first writing teachers and are important and most influential as their
children learn to write, develop a real love for words and writing, and as
they begin to understand the power of writing. Even before school begins,
the first and most important lessons children learn that help them become
good writers and good students are learned in the home from their parents.
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Encourage children to write to other people in the family.
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Don’t worry too much about their child's spelling; children will
gradually learn the spelling patterns and rules, but first they need the
confidence to just have a go at writing
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Parents should always encourage their children to read back what
they have written and praise their attempts at writing.
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Parents can get ideas for writing topics by talking to children about
things they have known well. Have the child draw a picture and then write
about it.
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Writing Websites for K-2
It is never too early to teach writing. Try these sites to
help develop the love of writing in your child!
Disclaimer.
Starfall
This is one of Allen School's favorite sites for grades K-1. It has great
audio stories to read and at the end of the story you can print out a
writing activity to go with the story. This is one of the best!
PBS Kids: Print and Share
Print out the pages to create a book that tells your family stories.
Reading is Fundamental: Reading Planet
This site is great for all ages! At the activity lab, you can print a
story and add pictures to it which is a great way to see if your child
comprehends what they are reading. In the Game station, join the "Writer's
Block." Once a month the site will post a beginning of a story and kids
can add to it until the story is complete. The "Story Maker" and "Poetry
Splatter" is also great to create original stories and poetry.
Young Writer's Workshop
This site is for beginning writers. Print out the "writer's workshop
page" to help spark the story writing process. For younger children, have
the child tell the story and the parent can write down the story. They
give you some great ideas on how to create book of stories that your child
will love!
For Additional Reading and Writing Sites Click here!
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Writing Websites for 3-5
In the intermediate grades, it is important that children
begin to understand the power of words. They should be exposed to various
types of reading and writing and emphasis should be placed on word choice,
placement, and correct grammar for proper communication. These sites
should help your child improve on their writing while having a lot of fun!
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Read Write Think: Student Materials
At this great site, student will find a large assortment of online
interactive tools to support and develop their literacy skills. Students
can use the interactive tools to create comics, letters, writing map and
webbing tools, develop vocabulary, and produce a variety of poems. This
is an excellent site!
Scholastic's Writing With Writers
It is very important for students to learn from the pros! Scholastic has
brought authors of various genres together to help students to write all
kinds of text such as biographies, folktales, poetry, mysteries, more.
What is even better is that students can have their stories published
online!
Writing Fix
Writing Fix is a great site to help students when they are unsure about
what to write. They use a variety of interactive writing games to
demonstrate how to create personalized stories such as the instant plot
creator and instant writing prompts. They also offer links to great
writing games such as scrabble, mad libs, cryptograms, and crossword
puzzles to develop vocabulary. Never again will kids be able to say, "But,
I don't know what to write!"
Instant Poetry Forms
For some students, poetry can be the hardest thing to write! This site
helps to take the fear out of poetry by providing instant poetry forms.
Students simply choose the type of poem they would like to make and then
fill in the blanks. Simple and easy!
For Additional Reading and Writing Sites Click here!
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Upcoming Events at Allen School
May is packed full of great happenings at Allen! Here are
just a few that are coming up!
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In View Testing for Grades 2, 3, and 4-- May 3rd and
4th
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Teacher Appreciation Week--week of May 2nd
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Choral Concert--May 5th
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Art Show--May 10th
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Favorite T-Shirt Day--May 13th
Check out the Allen School Calendar for a complete listing of May's
Activities!
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What's New on Allen's Website?
The Allen School website changes everyday! Make sure you
check it often!
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Check out the photos from Literacy Day! ( Also, look in your child's
grade level page)
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First Grade celebrates Circus Week
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It's Allergy Season! Learn how you can minimize the symptoms on the
Nurse's page.
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Check out the photos taken by our Digital Photography Computer Club!
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Check out the Second Grade Earth Day Celebration
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Donna Washington Visits Allen School! Check out the photo and listen to
some of her stories online at the Media Center Page!
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