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1st Grade Writing · Lessons

1st Grade Writing lessons

2 sections · 27 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
Long-form lessonsSlide-style lessons

1st Grade Writing

Practice 27 skills across this outline.

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Capitalize Names and Dates
Language · Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
6 categories
Writing
50%
Language · Grammar and Usage
26%
Language · Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
10%
Language · Word Relationships and Nuances
10%
Language · Word Meanings with Context, Affixes, Roots
4%
Language · Vocabulary
2%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of 1st grade writing — drill into a card to work its skills.

Language · Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling

5 core skills10% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Capitalize Names and DatesRecommended
Long-form
2
Spell Common and Irregular WordsAvailable
Long-form
3
Spell Words PhoneticallyAvailable
Long-form
4
Use Commas in Dates and ListsAvailable
Long-form
5
Use End PunctuationAvailable
Long-form

Language · Word Relationships and Nuances

4 core skills10% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Connect Words to Real LifeAvailable
Long-form
2
Define Words by CategoryAvailable
Long-form
3
Distinguish Shades of MeaningAvailable
Long-form
4
Sort Words into CategoriesAvailable
Long-form

Language · Grammar and Usage

11 core skills26% total weight
0/11 completed
11 skills to mastery
1
Navigate a Rocket Route with Direction WordsAvailable
Long-form lesson — not available yet
2
Match Nouns and VerbsAvailable
Long-form
3
Print Uppercase and LowercaseAvailable
Long-form
4
Use Common ConjunctionsAvailable
Long-form
5
Use Common, Proper, Possessive NounsAvailable
Long-form
6
Use Common AdjectivesAvailable
Long-form
7
Use Common PrepositionsAvailable
Long-form
8
Use DeterminersAvailable
Long-form
9
Use Past, Present, FutureAvailable
Long-form
10
Use Personal/Possessive/Indefinite PronounsAvailable
Long-form
11
Write and Expand SentencesAvailable
Long-form

Language · Word Meanings with Context, Affixes, Roots

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Know Roots and InflectionsAvailable
Long-form
2
Use Affixes as CluesAvailable
Long-form
3
Use Sentence Context CluesAvailable
Long-form

Language · Vocabulary

1 core skills2% total weight
0/1 completed
1 skill to mastery
1
Using Vocabulary from Conversations and ReadingAvailable
Long-form

Writing

3 core skills50% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Write Informative Texts With FactsAvailable
Long-form
2
Write Opinion Pieces With ReasonsAvailable
Long-form
3
Write Sequenced Narrative StoriesAvailable
Long-form