In my experience as an early education teacher, I have found that it is crucial to engage little learners with activities that are both enjoyable and meaningful. That’s why I created the Guided Directed Draw & Write for Beginning Writers Activities as the next step in writing for little learners, following the Alphabet Directed Drawings.
Beginning Writing
For little learners, the writing process begins with guided drawing, which is a crucial first step. The Alphabet Guided Directed Drawings activity teaches students to follow a pictorial guide to draw images representing the beginning sound. They can then practice tracing or writing the focus letter independently.
After mastering the early stages of writing, little learners can advance to drawing, tracing a sentence, and responding to it in writing. This is where the Guided Directed Draw & Write for Beginning Writers Activities come in handy. These activities provide students with clear pictorial directions to create a guided drawing in the provided space. Then, they can trace the sentence and write their response.
53 Different Activities for Morning Work, Writing Stations, or Independent Practice
Streamline your morning routine, writing practice, or independent work with these 53 varied activities. Simply download and print them to get started in no time!
What’s Included:
53 Guided Directed Draw & Write Activities (editable writing option)
Draw
Trace sentence
Respond to sentence with writing
Print & Go
Includes short & long vowels and (2) options for letter Xx.
A: Apple, Apron
B: Ball, Butterfly
C: Cat, Cake
D: Donut, Dress
E: Elephant, Envelope Eraser
F: Flower, Fish
G: Gift, Glue
H: Hamburger, House
I: Ink, Ice Cream
J: Jellyfish, Jam
K: Kite, King
L: Ladybug, Lion
M: Mouse, Milk
N: Nest, Necklace
O: Octagon; Oval
P: Pencil, Popcorn
Q: Queen, Quilt
R: Rainbow, Robot
S: Snail, Sock
T: Tree, Table
U: Umbrella, Unicorn
V: Vase, Volcano
W: Watermelon, Watch
X: X-Ray; Fox
Y: Yo-yo, Yarn
Z: Zoo, Zeppelin
Standards
RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
RF.K.1b Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
RF.K.1c Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
RF.K.1d Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.K.3a Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
RF.K.3b Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
RF.K.3c Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.3d Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
L.K.1a Print many upper- and lowercase letters.
L.K.1f Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
L.K.2a Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.
L.K.2b Recognize and name end punctuation.
L.K.2c Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
L.K.2d Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
