Engage your first grade students in writing with these March writing prompts and activities. These writing prompts are perfect for a March writing journal or daily writing. These writing activities will have your first grade students working on identifying fact and option as well as writing their opinions. Students will work on writing their opinions and giving reasons to support it. This is a foundational skill for persuasive writing. Help your students develop broad writing skills with these 1st Grade Writing Activities for March!
March Writing Prompts for 1st Grade Includes:
Skill: writing about opinions
• Week 1 practices writing an opinion about a topic.
• Week 2 practices stating an opinion and giving reasons as a list.
• Week 3 practices stating an opinion and giving reasons within a frame.
• Week 4 practices stating an opinion and giving reasons using sentences.
Help your kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students learn new St. Patrick's Day vocabulary and practice spelling, writing and phonics patterns with this St. Patrick's Day Write the Room Activity Set. These write the room activities are perfect for the month of March. With very little teacher prep required, you can have a fun and interactive writing or word work activity in no time. Simply print and laminate the picture cards or sentence cards and post them around the classroom. The students will then search for the cards and write the word or sentence on their recording sheet. With 3 different levels in this resource it is easy to differentiate for the needs of your students, or use with different grade levels.
3 Levels included:
1. Match the picture and write the word
2. Find a word with a specific letter in it
3. Find a sentence card with a specific word
**See the preview file for examples of each level.**
As they find the cards, they record them in the space provided on the included recording forms. Let your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students have fun being detectives as they write the room!
As they find the cards, they record them in the space provided on the included recording forms. Let your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students have fun being detectives as they write the room!
Perfect for independent centers, a writing center, word work activity, small group instruction or whole class review. Great for morning tubs too!
Glyphs are a wonderful way to teach young students about collecting, interpreting and analyzing data. Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will love these March Glyph activities. Perfect for St. Patrick's Day, these glyphs will have yours students engaged in data and following directions. By decoding glyphs, students will learn how to collect and interpret the data in a fun way.
Glyphs are an effective way for young students to practice and improve their communication skills without actually having to write. With this downloadable resource you get 3 glyphs which make it easy to meet the needs of your students. The first glyph is a cut and paste glyph, the second one is a black and white version and the third one is just coloring (no cutting) for younger students.
The March Glyph is a St. Patrick's Day scene with a student, a rainbow and pot of gold! Included are options for both a boy and a girl.
Your first and second grade students will LOVE Leprechaun on the Loose by Marcia Jones. Use this Leprechaun on the Loose Book Study to help your students dig deeper into the story and become better readers. This 5 Day Unit and Close Reading Lesson Plans will have your students working on important skills like vocabulary, sequencing, character trains and more. The coordinating Leprechaun on the Loose activities will engage your students in practicing the skills they are learning through independent centers, whole class activities and worksheets.
The Leprechaun on the Loose Book Study Unit & Lesson Plans includes:
- Day 1 Vocabulary with a coordinating center activity, shape book and worksheet
- Day 2 Long Vowel Pairs with a coordinating center activity and worksheets
- Day 3 Writing with a coordinating class book
- Day 4 Sequencing with a coordinating whole group activity and worksheets
- Day 5 Character Traits with a coordinating worksheet
BONUS Extra Worksheets include:
- Sight Words
- Maze
- Dot to Dot
- Word Search
Engage your first and second grade students in learning about St. Patrick's Day, why we wear green and the person of St. Patrick. Your students will love the included non-fiction book for learning about this Irish holiday. Great for building background knowledge through a read aloud or whole class reading. Follow-up the reading with St. Patrick's Day Literacy Center Activities and Worksheets focusing on homophones, R-Controlled Vowels, Reading Comprehension and Creative Writing. The activities in this St. Patrick's Day Unit are perfect for independent centers, small group instruction, morning work, whole class practice or create an entire day of Green Irish Fun to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
The St. Patrick's Day Activities, Literacy Centers & Worksheets includes:
- An original non-fiction picture book (build background knowledge on St. Patrick’s Day with this read aloud or shared reading activity)
- A student reader (an easier version of the non-fiction book for students to read independently)
- Homophone matching center activity
- An r-controlled vowel sound sort activity for centers or small groups
- Class Book Writing Project
- Coordinating Worksheets for homophones, R-controlled vowels and reading comprehension
After using this resource, your 1st and 2nd grade students will know that St. Patrick's Day is more than just a day to wear green and pinch people! A great reading and social studies connection.
Engage your kindergarten, first and second grade students during March with these interactive St. Patrick's Day themed scrambled sentences. Your students will love the seasonal sentences and they won't even realize they are perfecting their sentence writing abilities. This March Sentence Resource include scrambled sentences that the students will put into order. There are three different St. Patrick's Day build a sentence activities that are perfect for March. These Scrambled Sentences are great writing activities for centers, the writing station, morning work, small group instruction and even intervention!
St. Patrick's Day Scrambled Sentences Includes:
Activity 1 - Scrambled Sentences Cut and Paste
12 worksheets included
Students will:
• read the sentence
• build the sentence (cut and paste)
• write the sentence
• draw a picture to go with the sentence
Activity 2 - Pocket Chart Build a Sentence
12 sentences included
Students will:
• Build the sentence using the word cards
• Write the sentences they made
Activity 3 - Write St. Patrick's Day Sentences
Students will:
• Read the words from the word bank
• Write a sentence using two or more words
• Draw a picture to illustrate the sentence
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