Writing+Strategies

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Cute Way to Remember the Parts of a Letter (Sung to the tune of the Addams Family TV Show Theme)

The five parts of a letter Are easy to remember Heading, greeting, body, Closing, signature

Parts of a letter (snap, snap) Parts of a letter (snap, snap) Parts of a letter, parts of a letter, parts of a letter.

Happy Friday, (snap snap)

You can see that the six traits are listed at the top, forming "VOICES." Under each one, we put a reminder of the writing skill or strategy Printable worksheets put in clear plastic sheet protectors. Student can practice over and over.

 To help students with spacing. A space man or woman. Printable can be found at [|www.lovehugsandladybugs.blogspot.com]

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Free Preschool Alphabet Worksheets by
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<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">There are four sets of pattern and alphabet letter writing worksheets aimed at helping preschoolers develop writing skills. <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Before you start, read this important article: [|Writing with the Left Hand] - tips for teaching left-handers

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">1. Writing Pattern Worksheets <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A set of 11 different pattern worksheets for children to trace and copy.



[|2. Emergent Writing & Alphabet Worksheets for Beginners]

These worksheets contain patterns, emergent writing activities and large letters for beginner writers to trace.



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Writing Rubrics <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Kindergarten example   <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Second Grade example

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Stretching a sentence: You could re-create this poster to help students write elaborative sentences. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">Using Writer's Eyes  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">