Writing

Currently in writing, your child is learning to write a recount.  A recount is a written piece about a personal experience.  Students are asked to either think of a personal experience of their own they would like to write about or are given a specific experience that we may all have had as a class.  Similar to retelling a story, we have divided a recount into 3 parts; a beginning, middle, and end.  In the beginning, students are asked to write about who, what, where, and when their experience was.  In the middle, we would like students to write important steps during their experience.  Each step should begin with the following time clue words: First, next, then, and finally.  In the end, students are asked to describe the feelings they had during or after their experience and why. 

As we do with all of our writing pieces, students are required to follow the success criteria.  The success criteria for writing is for students to write using capital letters correctly, include finger spaces between their words, write sentences that make sense, check to see if words look right and sound right (especially high frequency words), and end each sentence with a period. 

For extra practice, have your child write a recount about their day at school and encourage your child to follow the success criteria to continue to improve their writing.

I hope you're looking forward to reading your child's recount! I know I am!