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=1st Grade Communication Arts - Writing=

**Websites**
[|Switch Zoo] This site lets students mix and match different animal parts to create a new animal. [|Usage Notes] [|Acrostic Poem Website] This is a website that allows students to construct and print out their own acrostic poems.

Lessons
[|Apples Story Web] Students use Kidspiration to make a story web about apples [|Kid Pix Story Time] Students use Kid Pix Deluxe to design a background and picture then write a short story about what’s happening in their picture. [|Thankful Turkeys] Students use Kid Pix Deluxe to draw a turkey (using all the important parts – body, feathers, feet, head, waddle, beak, etc.). They write 2-3 sentences about what they are most thankful for during the Thanksgiving holiday. [|Narrative Storywebs] Students will make a story web using 8 adjectives/words that describe themselves. Students will then use each of those adjectives/words in a sentence to write a “story” about themselves. These sentences are then converted into a story web at completion that can be printed out and graded or displayed. [|Nouns Web] Children use Kidspiration to make a noun web (with/without sentences) [|Acrostic Poems] Students will make acrostic poems using a word of choice by the teacher. [|Feelings Book] Students will create a Feelings book using the appropriate templates attached. [|Download Feelings Book Template]

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