Free Home Schooling
Writing Resources
Free Writing Resources
Whether it's shopping lists, a daily journal, or a thank you note to
Grandma, writing is a skill every learner needs to master.
When I was in third grade, our writing lessons consisted of picking a title
out of a hat and making up a story with that title. And who doesn't recall
writing a story with all the weekly spelling words in it?
Real life experiences using writing are so numerous, I can't think of any
reason to teach it out of context in boring ways.
• Here’s a real life skill that can be exercised by writing letters and
notes of encouragement. Children love to send and receive mail. Allow your
child to sign a get well card or add a note on a thank you card. Pretty soon
she’ll be sending her own cards, notes, and letters.
• Making homemade books involves children in the research and writing
process. The motivation involved and satisfaction of completion keep a child
coming back for more!
• Child made posters about history, science, etc. can be labeled and details
added for interest. Hang these around the house.
• Put a photo of your family on a large piece of paper. Next have your child
come up with five sentences about the picture. Write these sentences with
the correct punctuation.
• Keep a family book of synonyms. In the center of a notebook page draw a
circle and write a basic word in it such as “big”. Around the circle put
spokes coming out. On each spoke write a more specific word to use. (large,
gigantic, monstrous) These can be added to any time and used to make writing
more exact and vivid.
• Write 5 facts about (any topic). Put them in order and write a paragraph.
• Cut out a picture from this magazine. Write ten describing phrases for the
picture.
• Give your child a section of the comics. Now have him write the
conversation using quotation marks correctly.
• As your child watches you write, he'll want to join in with this grown-up
activity. As you write your grocery list, have your child write down a
couple items he'd like on his own grocery list. He can carry it around and
find his items as he goes along with you.
Spelling
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teaching tool. The nice thing about this book is that it covers all levels
through high school. There’s no need to invest in another program.
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