1st Grade Jump Start - Writing: Week 2

Writing

Week 2 - Day 1

• Using your at home journal, draw your own raccoon.
• Make a diagram of the raccoon by using the drawing and labeling these body parts:
• Eye
• Nose
• Whiskers
• Ears
• Tail
• Choose the best location word to match the picture

Writing

Week 2 - Day 2

• Make a list of facts or new information you learned from listening to Small and Mighty Mammals. If you’d like, use this Informative Organizer to help you or write down in your journal.               
• Which word has more syllables?
• Sort by the number of syllables

Writing

Week 2 - Day 3

• Using your facts from yesterday. Write an informative piece of writing with a topic sentence, facts, and a concluding sentence. Informative Writing Template.
• Find all the words that start with a given sound
• Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound

Writing

Week 2 - Day 4

• What does the author of a story do? Who is the author of this book? 
• What does the illustrator/ photographer of a story do?  Do you like the photographs in this book?  Why or why not?
• Create a cover of a book about your favorite mammal and include the author’s name (use your name).
• Choose the words that have a given ending
• Which letter does the word end with?
• Which two words end with the same sound?

Writing

Week 2 - Day 5

• Have you ever seen any of the mammals from Small and Mighty Mammals? Where were you?  What was the animal dong? Write a narrative story describing an experience you may have had with any mammal! If needed, click and print this Lined Paper.

Be sure to use a capital letter at the beginning, proper spacing between words and ending punctuation.

• Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound
• Sort consonants and vowels