Kid Writing Strategies for use with your child

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Kid Writing Strategiesfor use withyour childs
Kid Writing Bags or theDiscovery Homework Bags
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Choosing the right picture to draw

• Your child should draw a picture that begins with
  
• the letter at the top of the paper. Pumpkin
  begins with P

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Formulating a sentence

• Take the words out of the bag
• Help your child formulate a simple sentence using
  the words from the bag. Using color words helps.
• A new word will be added to this bag weekly.

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Kid Writing

• The child should copy the words on the line.
• Use the pom pom as the meatball space between
  the words
• When the sentence is complete place the period at
  the end.
• Adult Writing the adult then writes the sentence
  correctly under the childs kid writing.
• Help your child to sound out words that are in
  the sentence that are not in the bag and
  encourage them to write the letters that they
  hear. Big - Bg

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Independent Writing

• Children write their own pieces
• Risk-free environment
• Children know what they do is accepted and valued
• Writing becomes closer to adult writing as the
  teacher guides the process

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• Kid Writing Rubric
• Hot Air Balloon- Exceptional! Beyond the Standard
• Most sentences are phonetically correct with
  vowels in correct positions
• More than one phonetic sentence is present
• Bunch of Balloons Great Work! Meets the
  Standard, Follows Teachers Directions thoroughly
  and masters the writing task
• Most words contain beginning and ending sounds
• Sentences contain three or more words
• Meat Ball Spaces are present
• Period at the end of the sentence
• Picture matches the writing
• Capital is present at the beginning of the
  sentence
• One Balloon Almost there!
• Each word is followed by appropriate spacing
• A period is used at the end of the sentence

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Uses Scribbles For Writing
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Imitates Writing
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Uses Letter Like Forms and/or Random Letter
Strings.