Writing
Online Skill Practice

Online Skill Practice
The online practice below are lessons and practice pages written by teachers. I wrote a lot of the online activities below as part of the Oswego City School District's Test Prep Website.
Some are from other online resources

Writing Conventions

Spell correctly previously studied words (e.g. grade-level multisyllabic, decodable words; irregularly spelled content and high-frequency words) in writing

Use spelling patterns (e.g. word families) in writing

Write legibly all uppercase and lowercase manuscript letters

Use capitalization, punctuation, and spelling rules to produce final products

Capitalization

Use conventional grammar in own speech and writing (noun, pronoun, verb, simple verb tenses, adjective)

Parts of speech

Critter Jumble Spelling

Grammar Blast

Grammar Gorillas

Jumble Spelling

Look Out Below

EZGames

Spelling City.com

Writing Skills and Motivation to Write

Write for different purposes (e.g. tell stories, share information, give directions)

Engage in sharing writing with others (e.g. participate in author’s circle)

Write in a variety of forms and genre [journals, friendly letter/thank you notes, poetry (free verse and shape poems), short report , tall tales, descriptive paragraph, book summary, advertisement]

Write with assistance using different organizational patterns (e.g. compare/contrast, sequence of events)

Use details to explain or clarify information

Make judgments about relevant and irrelevant content to include in writing

Write original text using the writing process (e.g. prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, editing)

Engage in writing conferences with teachers and peers to improve own writing and that of others

Write sentences in logical order

Use paragraphs to organize topics

Write in response to the reading of imaginative and informational texts

Write original imaginative texts using characters, events, and setting

Write to communicate ideas and emotions to a variety of audiences

Use personal voice in writing

Marie L. Smith
Red Creek Central School District
Margaret W. Cuyler Elementary School
Red Creek, NY 13143
Last updated 2/15/09