Writing to inform
Compose informative or explanatory texts using drawing, dictating, or writing that name a topic and supply some information about it
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“Can your child write a few sentences explaining something they know about — like how butterflies grow or how to make a sandwich — naming the topic and sharing some facts?”
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- Activity. Compose informative or explanatory texts using drawing, dictating, or writing that name a topic and supply some information about it
What to notice. Write or dictate two or three facts about a familiar topic • Label diagrams or drawings with informative details • Name a topic and provide relevant details about it
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Can your child write a few sentences explaining something they know about — like how butterflies grow or how to make a sandwich — naming the topic and sharing some facts?
Compose informative or explanatory texts using drawing, dictating, or writing that name a topic and supply some information about it
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- Write or dictate two or three facts about a familiar topic
- Label diagrams or drawings with informative details
- Name a topic and provide relevant details about it
“Can your child write a few sentences explaining something they know about — like how butterflies grow or how to make a sandwich — naming the topic and sharing some facts?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Writing Composition
- Age range
- Ages 5–7