Academic Writing Skills Development for Elementary Grades
Enhance your child's academic writing skills with engaging prompts for informational essays, compare and contrast tasks, and conventions practice. Encourage critical thinking and discussion to help your child excel in reading and writing milestones.
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Reading skills + Writing skills = Milestone Writing Academic Solutions 1998
3rd Grade Milestone: Informational Read two articles and write one informational essay that discusses the key points of information from both articles. Prompt: Read both essays about a variety of insects and write an essay that discusses the purpose of protective coverings and number of legs for the insects examined in the articles. The goals are: Introduce the topic Group ideas together in one paragraph Use facts, definitions and details from the articles provided Use linking words to connect ideas Include a conclusion Academic Solutions 1998
No time for the entire process PREWRITING(make a plan) DRAFTING REVISING EDITING (get it right) PUBLISHING Academic Solutions 1998
3rd grade: Compare and Contrast Prompt: Read the two articles provided about the Georgia state flag and the Georgia State seal. Describe the similarities and differences between the two symbols. The goals are Introduce the topic Identifies key details from each passage Organize information into paragraphs that compare/contrast details Use linking words to connect ideas/facts Include a conclusion Academic Solutions 1998
Stay Calm! Good News! You are the parent, not the teacher. But there is something you can do (and probably are doing) to help strengthen your child s skills in this area. Identify aspects of similarity or differences How was this baseball game different from the last one? What did you like better about this book than the last one? Push your conversations to new limits. Academic Solutions 1998
4th grade: conventions Applying knowledge of the tools of literature through writing. For example: Point of View Your child will need to understand the different points of view in writing and then be able to alter the given paragraph accordingly. A long time ago, there lived a young princess more beautiful than the sun. Every day she played in the forest that surrounded her family s royal palace. Her favorite thing in the world was a tiny golden ball given to her by her father, the king. However, one day, as she sat on the side of a deep well. The princess dropped the ball. IT floated down through the cold dark water, and disappeared. The princess began to cry. Academic Solutions 1998
Rewrite the introduction from the first person point of view A great answer would be: I am a princess from the land near the magical forest, and I have been told that I am more beautiful than the sun. I live with my family in a royal palace Academic Solutions 1998
How can you help? Make a point of talking with your child about the view points of the books he/she reads. When the chance presents itself, make the point about how different people can see things from different points of view. After a child says, The teacher just yelled at him for nothing! Ask, What do you think the teacher s version of that story would be? See if he/she can retell the story from another perspective. Academic Solutions 1998
Grade 5: Informational, Narrative, or Persuasive(Opinion/argument) Having read two articles on climate change the student may be asked to make a claim. Prompt: Are humans responsible for climate change? Answer yes or no and then use the information in the two articles to support the claim. A good response: Makes an introduction States a clear claim Provide reasons listed in article Group ideas logically Use precise/academic language Has a conclusion Academic Solutions 1998
How can you help? Argue more!! No. Simply help your child make sensible arguments. Child: Mom can I play my x-box? Mom: Can you give me three reasons why I should let you play a video game? Try not to sound combative rather actually encourage him through the process. Synthesize! Have your child read the direction portion of recipes and synthesize the information. Mom: What order do I mix in the ingredients? Child: You need to do the dry ingredients separately. Mom: Why do you think that is? Lead her to, Because it won t blend right if you add the wet stuff too early. Academic Solutions 1998
