First Grade Writing Center
Do you have a reluctant writer? In this once-a-week course your learner will become a more confident writer through fun and engaging activities.
Julie Jordan, B.A. Education
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(68)
What's included
12 live meetings
9 in-class hoursHomework
1 hour per week. Learners will work both individually and as a group during class. Homework outside of class may include finishing a writing assignment. For some of my classes I will assign a read aloud viewing. I will provide a link to the read aloud video in the classroom.Assessment
There is no formal assessment in this course. In each class, I confer with each student during the independent writing time to see how the learner is doing with their writing.Class Experience
US Grade 1
Is your first grade learner a reluctant writer? This ongoing class will meet for 45 minutes once a week. The goal of this course is to help your learner to be a more confident writer. The First Grade Writing Center will review writing basics in fun and engaging ways. Warm Up Your Pencil Each session will begin with a Warm Up Your Pencil activity or game. This will be a fun and low pressure way to get your learner moving more freely and comfortably with a pencil on paper. Skill Review Next we will review a grammar or writing skill. Writing Practice Learners will have independent writing time. Each class will end with sharing time, where the learners will be encouraged to share and encourage one another in their writing. Each class is a stand alone class. Feel free to hop into First Grade Writing Center at any time! Week of September 4: Complete Sentences Have a “Who?” and “Did What?” What should I write about? Week of September 11: Stories Have Characters Week of September 18: Stories Have a Setting/ Write about a memory Week of September 25: Write a Story with a Problem Week of October 2 : Stories Have a Beginning, Middle and End Week of October 9: Using Onomatopoeia in Writing Week of October 16: NO CLASS, you will not be charged the fee for this week. (I have a family vacation.) Week of October 23: Creating Suspense In Your Writing Week of October 30: Details: Specific Nouns and Vivid Verbs Week of November 6: Use time words to show that time has past. Review past, present and future words. Week of November 13: Friendly Letters/ thank you cards Week of November 21: Dialogue: Speech bubbles and quotation marks Week of November 27: NO CLASS, you will not be charged the fee for this week. (Thanksgiving week) Week of December 4: Poetry 1 Week of December 11: Poetry 2 *End of Fall Semester
Learning Goals
The class is designed to review basic story writing skills such as parts of speech, parts of a story, sentence formation, story ideas and the writer's craft.
Other Details
Supply List
2 Writing Folders, one for holding supplies and one for holding written work Supply Folder needs to include: -3 pieces of blank paper -3 pieces of lined paper (whichever lined paper your learner is used to using) -3 blank books - Please make your blank book before coming to class. Fold 2 blank pieces of blank paper together with the short edges meeting. Put one folded paper inside the other and staple the fold to make the binding of the book. pencils, crayons
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined July, 2020
5.0
68reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Illinois Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Blackburn College
I have a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and 16 years of experience teaching a variety of ages and subjects. Reviews
Live Group Course
$12
weekly or $144 for 12 classes1x per week, 12 weeks
45 min
Completed by 144 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 6-8
3-6 learners per class
