Writing Mini-Lessons for First Grade

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In the Four-Blocks Literacy Model, teachers devote 30-40 minutes each day to each of the major approaches to learning to read, including writing. During the Writing Block, children write and share each day, and they observe the teacher writing and thinking about writing during the daily writing mini-lesson. The mini-lesson is critical to the success of the Writing Block, and the focus of the mini-lessons changes as teachers proceed through the first-grade year. The mini lessons in this book are divided into three sections:

  • Mini-Lessons for Early in First Grade
  • Mini-Lessons for Most of First Grade
  • Mini-Lessons for Later in First Grade

How many lessons you do and how many times you do a mini-lesson depends upon your students and their abilities. Included are writing mini-lessons for:

  • Different Ways to Write in First Grade
  • Modeling How to Write a Good Sentence
  • Deciding What to Write About (Topic)
  • Starting an Editor's Checklist
  • Adding to an Editor's Checklist
  • Choosing a Title for Your Writing
  • What to Do When You are "Stuck" and many more!