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A letter is forever: shared writing

A letter is forever: shared writing

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Break down barriers to writing with this video! Sue and Isabella are writing letters to each other. Writing is just like talking on paper. In this lesson, we learn all about sentences and how to write them down. Students learn about capitalization, word spacing, and ending punctuation. We help Isabella edit her letter to Sue. I love writing letters, can I write one to you?

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Key takeaways

  • Understand that writing uses special rules to help communicate to the reader
  • Learn that sentences always make a complete thought and can have many words
  • Learn that sentences always begin with an uppercase letter and end in a period or other punctuation mark
  • Learn that a period signifies the end of a sentence in writing and a question mark signifies a question being asked
  • Learn that words must be separated by spaces in writing
  • Learn that the word I is always capitalized in writing

Standards addressed

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.F
Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.A
Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.B
Recognize and name end punctuation.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.C
Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1
Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.1.C
Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.

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