Lower Primary School Parent Handbook - DragonNet - Hong Kong ...

expanding Writers
Parent tips:
! Provide empty notebooks or blank
books to use as journals or diaries.
! Make books together about trips,
events, holidays and your family.
Ages 7-9
Students at this stage can write poems and stories about their experiences and
interests, as well as short nonfiction pieces. They use complete sentences and their
writing contains a logical flow of ideas. Their stories sometimes contain a beginning,
middle and end. Expanding writers can add description, detail and interesting
language with the teacher's guidance. They enjoy reading their writing aloud and are
able to offer specific feedback to other students. Their editing skills begin to grow,
although students may still need help as they edit for simple punctuation, spelling
and grammar. Their writing is legible and they no longer labor over the physical act of
writing. Students spell many common words correctly as they begin to grasp spelling
patterns and rules.
2 Writes short fiction and poetry with guidance.
2 Writes a variety of short nonfiction pieces (e.g. facts about a topic,
letters, lists) with guidance.
1 Writes with a central idea.
1 Writes using complete sentences.
1 Organizes ideas in a logical sequence in fiction and nonfiction writing
with guidance.
1 Begins to recognize and use interesting language.
" Uses several prewriting strategies (e.g. web, brainstorm) with guidance.
" Listens to others' writing and offers feedback.
" Begins to consider suggestions from others about own writing.
" Adds description and detail with guidance.
" Edits for capitals and punctuation with guidance.
" Publishes own writing with guidance.
? Writes legibly.
? Spells most high frequency words correctly and moves toward
conventional spelling.
J Identifies own writing strategies and sets goals with guidance.
2 Types of Texts
1 Content and Traits
" Process
? Mechanics and Conventions
J Attitude and Self-Evaluation
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