NOTE: Recordings will be anywhere from 45 minutes to 1 hr 30 minutes, depending on the content for that week. In the last week, the videos might be less lengthy since we've covered a lot by then. Students will also need to print out their pages at home to follow with me in the video. There are about 25-30 pages to print out each week

If students don’t have access to a printer there will be a digital PDF version for students to download and they may use Kami or any other program that allows them to write their answers on.

I will guide the students through a recorded video on the entire journal to ensure that students know how to solve the problems. Students will have the opportunity to pause and play the video as we are going through the lesson. Once done with the guided journal they will have an opportunity to work on Quizizz where they will reinforce what they learned.

In this class, I will teach students how to create their own interactive writing journal that they can use for future references. We will cover all taught objectives of first grade and ensure that students understand each lesson as the weeks go by.  I love this journal because it is extremely interactive and students will enjoy doing all the activities that they're supposed to do in the journal. Students will also interact through "Quizizz" and we will play interactive games to help the student improve his/her knowledge lesson skills. It is very important that students learn all concepts in a fun and interactive way and that is exactly what learners will be doing in this class.

 It is very important that students learn all writing concepts in a fun and interactive way and that is exactly what learners will be doing in this class.

***This is a flex course which means that we do not meet live, but there will still be interaction as students will interact with all their classmates through the discussions, videos that we will get to watch from each other when building a certain section, and responding to each other in discussions.

 Topics in the interactive journal are as followed:

Week 1: Writing Opinions, Writing Informative Texts, Writing Narratives

Week 2: Focusing Writing, Publishing Writing, Writing Projects  

Week 3: Gathering Information, English Grammar, Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling

Week 4:Word Meanings, Word Relationships, Using Words and Phrases

Everyone always assumes that writing is complicated but it doesn't have to be. I hope to see you in class soon!

Resources used were made by Yvonne and Brian Crawford at 
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Yvonne-Crawford