In this class, we will dig into the writing conventions to develop as a young, proficient writer. Each week we will work on a convention skill and develop our writing using this skills. These practices will use content and instruction that students would receive within a brick and mortar classroom for their literacy block. Our instructional focus will support learners who are working on a first grade level or students needing standards based support for a first grade student. We will work on the skills, content, and standards students will need to master during their first  grade academic semester 1. 

For our writing instruction, we will teach the convention skill, practice through class discussion and a completion task, and apply our skill into writing sentence The use of goggle slide, weekly print outs, and guided instruction will help learners grow and develop each class. 

Writing conventions skills covered:

Week of June 5- What is a subject and a verb? 

Week of June 12- Subject and Verb Agreement 

Week of June 19- Types of sentences- using punctuation 

Week of June 26 - Sentence Structure and avoiding run on sentences

No class the week of July 3- you will not be charged for class this week. 

Week of July 10- Commas in sentences 

Week of July 17-  Capitalization- proper nouns, beginning sentences, and quotations