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Objective 19  Demonstrates writing skills

a. Writes name
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Makes scribbles Makes controlled Writes mock letters Writes letter strings Writes partially Writes accurate Writes accurate first
or marks linear scribbles or letter-like forms accurate first name first name and last name
• Writes some letters
• Scribble writes • Scribbles lines, circles, • Writes segments of correctly • Writes all the letters • Writes all the letters
deliberately or zigzags in rows letter forms, e.g., lines, • Writes letters in of own name, of own name in the
• Makes marks that • Often repeats action curves unconventional order although some may correct sequence,
appear to adults to be and forms • May use too many not be sequenced form, and orientation
in random order segments to create correctly • Uses uppercase or
a letter, e.g., five • Writes all the letters lowercase letters (or a
horizontal lines on the of own name, but combination of both)
letter E some of the letters when writing name
• May not orient letter are not formed or
segments correctly oriented correctly

Carolyn Lilly Paula Emma Vicky Brooke Abraham

Objective 19  Demonstrates writing skills
b. Writes to convey ideas and information
Not
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Yet

Uses drawing, Uses Uses drawing, Uses drawing, Uses drawing, Produces Produces simple Produces longer, Produces more
dictation, drawing, dictation, dictation, and dictation, very simple compositions more detailed complex and lengthy
and scribbles dictation, and mock letter strings and early compositions (narrative, compositions compositions
or marks and letters or to convey a invented (narrative, informative/ (narratives, (narratives,
to convey a controlled letter forms message spelling to informative/ explanatory, and informative/ informative/
message linear to convey a convey a explanatory, and opinion) to supply explanatory, and explanatory, opinion
scribbles message • Writes strings message information about opinion pieces) pieces, and research
opinion) using
• Scribble-writes to convey a of letters a topic and narrate that have a projects) using
writing, drawing,
deliberately • Writes • Writes some • Uses first a sequence of clear structure vocabulary and
message and dictation
• Makes marks segments of letters letter of word events that include (beginning, middle, sentence structure
to supply
that appear to • Scribbles letter forms, correctly to represent key components and conclusion), appropriate to
information
adults to be in lines, circles, e.g., lines, whole word (reasons for revising and composition type
• Writes letters in about a topic
random order or zigzags in curves • Writes initial and narrate opinions, facts, editing by and audiences;
rows unconventional
• May use order and/or final an event, some closure), incorporating plans, revises,
• Often too many sounds of incorporating incorporating feedback from and edits writing
repeats segments • Begins to a word to feedback from feedback from others as needed by incorporating
action and to create a separate represent the others as others as needed feedback from
forms letter, e.g., groups of whole word • Writes a narrative others as needed;
needed
five horizontal letters with • Writes and story that has a writes over short
lines on the spaces *Note: In • Writes a simple illustrates a story in clear beginning, and extended
letter E • May copy Spanish, early opinion piece her journal about middle, and end, time frames as
environmental invented spelling about a favorite going on a fishing and adds an appropriate for the
• May not may consist book, adding trip; describes the illustration; revises
orient letter print task and purpose
primarily of suggestions from sequence of events, story to focus on
segments vowels. the teacher provides basic topic and corrects • Takes several days
correctly details, and includes punctuation after to write a “chapter
• Writes about
a visit to a pet an ending hearing feedback book” about school to
store using • Writes an from classmates share at kindergarten
drawing, writing, informative text • Writes a fantasy orientation
and dictation about how to care story and says, “I • Composes an
• Adds for a pet, including can’t make this article, a poem,
information to basic facts and an story too scary and a cartoon
a class poster appropriate closure because it’s for the to include in the
about chicks • Composes an preschool class.” school newspaper,
after reading opinion piece, • Composes a well- incorporating
about them on a “Why We Need structured report feedback from
science website Longer Recesses,” on bees by working classmates
introducing the with others and • Uses multimedia
topic, stating his reading multiple writing tools to
opinion, offering a texts on the topic; create a nonfiction
simple rationale, and includes facts and text based on
providing a sense of details about life information gathered
closure cycle and habitat online, including
• Works with others text, pictures, and
to create research diagrams; says, “I
project about trees have to think and
write quickly because
this is due soon.”

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Objective 19  Demonstrates writing skills

c. Writes using conventions
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Prints many upper- and lowercase Prints all upper- and lowercase Uses capitalization and punctuation Uses increasingly complex
letters; writes a letter or letters; uses basic capitalization and with increasing accuracy; spells using capitalization and punctuation; spells
combination of letters for most punctuation; spells using learned learned spelling, phonemic awareness, most words accurately or with a close
consonants and short vowel spelling, phonemic awareness, and word families, and basic affixes and approximation; clarifies and edits own
sounds; uses basic capitalization spelling conventions; makes simple syllable patterns; makes edits using writing during and after composing to
(first word in a sentence and the edits to drafts suggestions from others or after create a fairly polished final draft
pronoun “I”); writes simple words proofreading
phonetically based on knowledge • Uses capitals for names of people and • Capitalizes appropriate words in titles,
of sound-letter relationships dates; uses commas for words in series • Uses capitals when writing about holidays, uses commas when writing addresses,
and dates; applies appropriate ending branded products, and geographic and adds quotation marks as needed
• Makes an alphabet chart, including punctuation names; uses commas in letter greetings • Edits as she writes and then proofreads
pictures and both upper- and • Says, “I need to make a few edits so and closings; uses apostrophes for word and makes final changes
lowercase letters everyone can read my story.” contractions and to indicate common
• Starts a sentence with an uppercase possessives
“I” when writing in a journal • Makes edits using writing software
• Uses phonetic spelling to label the
buildings created in the Block area