Kids Write: Writing and Grammar for Younger Kiddos

In Writing and Grammar for Youngsters, we practice the four-square method to learn about main ideas, details, and summaries.  We also study the proper way to build a sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation.  By using topics that are interesting to them, kids learn that writing doesn't have to be scary or overwhelming, and that it CAN be easy!  Below is our class schedule; feel free to join us at any part because we learn via repetition, and topics don't necessarily build upon each other.

Week of:		                Topic:
12/12/22		                Categorizing and Labeling Writing with a Summary Sentence. (Nouns and verbs.)
12/19/22	                      	Intro to the 4-square method of writing, writing a paragraph with 4-square
12/27/22                          Adding supporting details and adjectives/adverbs to our writing.
1/2/23	                      	Adding supporting details and adjectives/adverbs to our writing, continued                        
1/9/23  & 1/16/23		Writing a wrap-up sentence. 
1/23/23	                      	Introduction to expository writing, writing an introduction
1/30/23		                Writing the body of an essay 
2/6/23		                Adding transition words (Prepositions and Conjunctions)
2/13/23 & 2/20/23		Writing a conclusion
2/27/23 & 3/6/23		Revising and Editing
3/13/23 & 3/20/23 	Descriptive writing
3/27/23 & 4/3/23		 Persuasive Writing
4/10/23 & 4/17/23		Story Writing
4/24/23		                Intro to Poetry - Haiku
5/1/23		                Limerics
5/8/23                            Acrostics
5/15/23                          Figures of Speech - Casey at the Bat