We did our first whole story as a class in December. With our writing program, I believe that children need to be able to "say it, before they can write it". This is essential for first graders because they will forget what they were going to write, leave words out, or write an incomplete sentence. So with every story we write together, we will have hand motions to "act out" the story. Using the graphic organizer you will see below we draw "icons" (not pictures because 1st graders will spend all their time drawing, so an icon is a QUICK picture to represent what we want to say). There are actions (or hand motions) for this story, so pull this up on the computer, click on the image to make it larger and ask your child to tell you our story from December! I'll add the text in the caption of the picture just in case they need a prompt. We begin with the elements of a story:
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Every story has a setting and a character.
The setting tells us when and where.
The character can be a person or an animal.
Every story has a beginning, middle and end. |
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One snowy day at the North Pole, a reindeer searched for Santa.
Next, he visited the workshop.
In the end, an excited reindeer found jolly Santa. |
After working on developing all the elements of our story and making sure it has an ending. We practice and practice and PRACTICE saying it before we begin to write. This was our first FULL story and I have to say that I was VERY pleased with their writing. Here are some samples of their work!! AMAZING!!!
Check back for more stories to come soon!!! And eventually they will be writing these on their own! I can't wait!! Thanks for visiting!
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