First Grade Writing Curriculum Narrative Writing Opinion Writing Informational

This 1st grade Writing Bundle is perfect for your 1st grade classroom because it is all inclusive, Step-by-Step, differentiated, and very little prep. It will save you hundreds of hours of prep time with the way it is laid out and it fits all the writing standards. We have included Narrative Writing, Opinion Writing and Informational or Non-Fiction writing. The units follow the Writer's Workshop type model but could easily be done without following that style of teaching.

WHY PURCHASE THIS CURRICULUM?

This curriculum was designed by teachers for teachers. It helps you to take your students from barely writing to writing 4-8 sentences. How? This curriculum is interactive, fun, and differentiated. The process is simple and will get your students excited about writing and will be an instant buy-in, and no matter their level, and they will feel successful. We also teach you how to use Writer's Workshop and the lessons can be used in whole group or in small groups plus there are ideas and activities for a writing center. It is all you need for your writing time this next year.

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Included are differentiated activities, graphic organizers, templates, various rubrics, and more. The units grow with your learners.

PLUS IT IS DIGITAL and PRINTABLE!

Buying the bundle saves you at least 20% off the full price!

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This Writing Curriculum Includes

Narrative

• Narrative Unit comes in Digital Format and Printable
• Step by Step Narrative lesson plans to last for 8 or more weeks
• Differentiated Narrative story maps for newer and more advanced writers
• Differentiated Narrative graphic organizers
• Full-color picture story starter cards
• Story Starter cards with only words
• Several Adjective mini lessons
• 12 Narrative Teaching Videos
• 60 Page Narrative Digital Interactive Notebook that follows the Videos
• Rubrics
• How to do Writer's Workshop
• Editing mini lessons
• Writing Prompts
• ESL Story Maps, Editing Material, and Posters

Opinion Unit

• Over 8 Weeks of Detailed Step by Step Opinion Writing Lesson Plans - Even a Substitute could follow these plans
• Fact and Opinion Interactive Activities
• How to go from simple to more detailed opinion writing
• Book and Character Opinion Writing with Comparisons
• Fact-Based Opinion Writing Activities
• Opinion Writing Templates
• Differentiated Opinion Graphic Organizers
• Opinion Writing Prompts
• Differentiation for opinion lessons, story maps and small group lesson

Informational

• Step by Step Informational Writing lesson plans
• Digital and Printable Informational Unit
• 4 Different Leveled Inference Forms for differentiation for Informational Writing
• 7 Informational Reading Articles (Close Reading Articles)
• Informational Story Maps
• How to Write Introduction and Conclusion Sentence Lessons (Video explanation included as well)
• Fact and Opinion Activities
• And More!

Bonuses Included!

• Journal Writing Mini Unit
• Writer's Workshop E-Book
• Fractured Fairy Tale Writing Unit
• Reader's Theater
• Additional Story Starter Prompts

Narrative Unit

It will help new writers gather ideas on how to write narratives and will take them through the entire process. There are full color story starter cards, story starter prompts, and several other foundations for the Narrative Writing Process. Students will come through with a great understanding of how to write a story.

Opinion Unit

In this unit students will use various differentiated graphic organizers and story maps are included. Students will also get to write a fact-based opinion writing paper and there are small group and whole group lessons are included. They will end the unit being able to expand their reasons by adding important details into their Opinion Writing.

Informational Writing

In these lessons, students will practice taking the information they already know and combining it with new information and using that to write and informational paragraph or two! They will be amazed at what they are able to do. The lessons set them up perfectly for the informational writing process.

Hear from other teachers just like you...

"My remote learning firsties are writing sentences and stories! They KNOW adjectives and adverbs. The UNDERSTAND character, setting, problems, solutions and added details! I LOVE this unit. I've stretched it out and we are having SO MUCH FUN with the repetitive story map and ability to add adjectives and write stories. HONESTLY - it's an excellent writer's workshop format. I will purchase other products from her. I didn't use the video lessons like I thought - but used all the material. I WILL use her video lessons a bit more when in person. Well done." - (1st grade Resource Teacher)

"This is my favorite!!!! Each unit is perfectly thought out with warm up questions, activities, lessons, reviews, assessments. Plenty of visuals to print and put on the wall. Fun ways to teach and explore their learning. Seriously awesome!" (1st grade Teacher)

"My writing curriculum had from the school was lacking so much. This is helping me teach writing to my students and I know by the end of the year they will be have made so much progress." (1st Grade Teacher)

Check out our BLOG to see how Writer's Workshop would look like in your classroom.

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