Grade 1 Writing practice

6 Grade 1 writing lessons, including capital i and names, complete sentences, choose the end mark, add a describing word, stick to the topic, steps in order. Each one has a short video where Pip explains the idea, a worked example, and endless new practice questions with step-by-step help when a child gets stuck.

Step 1: Capital I and names

The word I is always a capital letter, and so are names and the first word.

Example: Which sentence is written correctly?

Tip: Check the first word, every I, and every name.

Step 2: Complete sentences

A complete sentence tells who or what, and what they do.

Example: Which is a complete sentence?

Tip: Ask: Who? Does what? A complete sentence answers both.

Step 3: Choose the end mark

Telling sentences end with a period, asking sentences with a question mark, and exciting ones with an exclamation mark.

Example: Which end mark fits? Where is my backpack

Tip: Is it telling, asking or exciting?

Step 4: Add a describing word

Describing words (adjectives) tell what something is like: happy, juicy, giant.

Example: Which describing word fits best? I ate a ___ apple.

Tip: A describing word answers: what kind?

Step 5: Stick to the topic

Every sentence in your writing should be about your topic.

Example: Which sentence belongs in a story about MY BIRTHDAY?

Tip: Ask: is this sentence about my topic?

Step 6: Steps in order

How-to writing tells the steps in the order you do them.

Example: How to wash your hands: which step comes FIRST?

Tip: Act it out in your head. What do you do first?

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