Writing

Arkleston Primary SchoolPrimary 1

Curriculum for ExcellenceLiteracy ~ Writing ~ Tools for writing

As I play and learn, I enjoy exploring interesting materials for writing and different ways of recording my experiences and feelings, ideas and information. LIT 0-21b

I explore sounds, letters and words, discovering how they work together, and I can use what I learn to help me as I read and write. ENG 0-12a/LIT 0-13a/LIT 0-21a

Literacy ~ Writing ~ Organising and using information Within real and imaginary situations, I share experiences and feelings, ideas and

information in a way that communicates my message. LIT 0-26a

Literacy ~ Writing ~ Creating TextsI enjoy exploring events and characters in stories and other texts and I use what I learn

to invent my own, sharing these with others in imaginative ways. LIT 0-09b/LIT 0-31a

Literacy ~ Writing ~ Enjoyment and choiceI enjoy exploring and playing with the patterns and sounds of language, and can use

what I learn. LIT 0-01a/LIT 0-11a/LIT 0-20a

Writing Targets

I am learning to…

……write simple postcards, posters,

instructionsand reports, with

some help from the teacher.

…use capital letters and

full stops correctly.

…form letters correctlyand space words

carefully.

Writing targets continued

….use some common linking words e.g. and, because, then

…….spell simple words and some tricky words correctly.

Writing targets continued

…write short personal stories, using wordbanks to help me.

…use my imagination to write short stories, poems and storybooks.

…undestand the Following terms and use them in my

writing: letter, word, capital, finger space, full stop, sentence, exclamation mark, speech bubble.

Handwriting

Various activities are used to develop your child’s fine motor skills e.g.

• Lacing• Plasticene• Cutting• Threading• Drawing • Writing skills- dots

These lead onto handwriting

• Rol n write• Letters in sand• Painting letters• Chalkboards• Writing letters on paper (linked to

phonics)

Froggy Fingers!

• Ensure correct grip.• Pencil grips.• Triangular pencils.

Storywritingcomposing skills

Stage 1 The drawing programme

Drawing the human figure in a variety of contexts. This helps to develop hand – eye co-ordination.

Storywritingcomposing skills

Stage 2 Scribed StoriesThe teacher or adult helper scribes the story under the picture e.g. I am playing with my friends in the swing park. This activity helps to develop a child’s compositional skills.

Storywritingcomposing skills

Stage 3 OverwritingThe teacher scribes the story and the child

writes on top of the writing.

I am putting on my mittens.

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Stage 4 Letter formation and story compostition

The child is encouraged to add more detail to drawings. The teacher scribes the story. The child writes underneath the written story.

I am putting on my mittens.I am putting on my mittens.

Storywritingcomposing skills

Stage 5 StorywritingThe child makes up and writes own stories

using wordbanks and wordbooks to help with spelling.

I like to eat pizza and bananas.

At home

• Provide materials and space for writing and drawing.

• Involve them in writing e.g. cards• Let them see you writing e.g. shopping

list!• Praise their attempts.• Encourage them to ‘tell the story’ of their

pictures and scribe.

In School

• Reading / topic related tasks.• News.• Formal handwriting.• Phonics.