The Writer’s Notebook

THE WRITER'S NOTEBOOK

These famous writers welcome you to The Writer’s Notebook. Do you recognize any of them?

Emily Dickinson wrote poetry. Frederick Douglass wrote an autobiography. Anne Frank wrote a diary. Mark Twain wrote short stories. William Shakespeare wrote plays.

Now you are the writer! In this section, you will be writing on notebook paper.

Draw yourself.

The Writer’s Notebook (pp. 82–94)

Children learn a variety of writing skills while practicing cursive independently. Activities include poetry, diary or journal notes, autobiography notes, paragraphs, character sketches, short-story notes, play notes, book case notes, book reviews, and thank-you notes. The page footers provide options for extra practice using Writing Journal F.

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Can-Do Cursive

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MULTISENSORY ACTIVITIES

You know the importance of multisensory, active learning. Research is on your side. It supports multisensory teaching to address children’s diverse learning styles: visual, tactile, auditory, and kinesthetic.

Activities with multisensory materials address different senses to teach correct formation and connections. We help children develop their writing skills through explicit, multisensory, play-based instruction.

Each letter lesson begins with a multisensory introduction. There are many fun activities that rotate to add variety and appeal.

Multisensory activities can be hands-on. For example Wet-Dry-Try on the slate. There may also be a digital version of the activity on the Interactive Digital Teaching Tool and Digital Student App.

In this section, children will:

• Move, touch, feel, and manipulate real objects as they learn the habits and skills essential for writing

• Engage with technology in a developmentally appropriate manner

• Develop social-emotional skills