English Language Arts Grade 1
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Writing Standard 1

Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

• After-School Nutrition Curriculum for Elementary Students
  This curriculum was designed as a comprehensive nutrition program that aims to increase nutrition education and combat food insecurity amongst elementary students. This curriculum was not designed to eradicate food insecurity, but rather to educate and influence students to make healthy food choices. When students meet, they will participate in activities such as general nutrition education, recipe education and implementation, as well as visiting local community resources that can aid them, and their families, to healthy food and meal choices or options.
• After-School Nutrition Curriculum for Elementary Students (Spanish Version)
  This curriculum was designed as a comprehensive nutrition program that aims to increase nutrition education and combat food insecurity amongst elementary students. This curriculum was not designed to eradicate food insecurity, but rather to educate and influence students to make healthy food choices. When students meet, they will participate in activities such as general nutrition education, recipe education and implementation, as well as visiting local community resources that can aid them, and their families, to healthy food and meal choices or options.
• Family Message Journals: Many Purposes for Writing
  This lesson, from ReadWriteThink, describes the use of Family Message Journals. Family Message Journals are tools for learning, thinking, and self-expression. By writing several messages with varied purposes, students begin to experience that journal writing can serve many purposes-it can help them remember; make sense of new information and ideas; and recognize, develop, and share personal thoughts and reactions.
• First Grade On-Demand Opinion Writing Samples
  Sample opinion pieces written by first graders in response to a uniform text-based prompt.
• First Grade Range of Writing Opinion Writing Samples
  These pieces provide examples of opinion writing for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences, over both extended and shorter time frames.
• Magic Slate
  Students can practice their lowercase and uppercase letters.

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