Writing

CURRICULUM FOCUS

This week in Writing, we are learning to be authors.

VOCABULARY

Author: A person who writes the book 

Illustrator: The person who draws the pictures for a book. 

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Using the picture prompt ask your child to write a story based on the ideas. 

Focus on using the correct writing techniques like using finger spaces, capital letters at the beginning of a sentence, and writing on the solid line. Draw a picture that matches your story. 

At the end of your child’s writing, ask them to edit their writing. Making sure all magic words are spelt correctly and they have used lower case letters to write their words.