MY DRAFT BOOK

My Draft Book is a developmentally appropriate teaching tool follows the use of our other journals, My Pictures and Stories and My Writing Journal, creating a strong writing continuum during the primary years. This 58 page booklet is designed to help kindergarten/first grade students better understand basic narrative and expository text forms (which includes both explanatory and opinion text). Through the vehicle of writing process, My Draft Book supports students in using narrative and expository elements to create more fully developed pieces that reflect the characteristics of both text forms. It is these two broad ideas, understanding text forms and process, which will help students meet the writing standards outlined by the Common Core State Standards Initiative.