Editing Our Writing

First graders have spent the first part of the year working on writing "small moments" which are personal narratives telling stories from their everyday lives. They often tell about things like play dates, birthdays, their weekend, going to the fair, playing with their pet, etc. We have been working hard on telling one story with events sequenced across several pages, using transition words like "first," "second," "next," "then," "finally/last," and adding feelings and details to both the writing and pictures. We have also been working hard on mechanics and language conventions (punctuation, spacing, upper/lowercase placement, etc).

Last week we talked about editing our work and students used an editing checklist to fix up older pieces of writing. The checklist asked students if they had used word chunks, stretching words, word wall words, and all they know about spelling to write their words. It also asked them about punctuation and correct placement of upper and lowercase letters. Here are some photos of students editing their work!