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Writing

Grade 1

Published by Spectrum®an imprint of Carson-Dellosa Publishing LLC

Greensboro, NC

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Spectrum WritingGrade 1 Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Writing Basics

Lesson 1 Name Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Lesson 2 Tell How You Feel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Lesson 3 Tell How It Looks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Lesson 4 Describe It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Lesson 5 What Is a Sentence? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Lesson 6 Write a Sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Lesson 7 Answer a Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Lesson 8 Ask a Question . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Chapter 1 Post-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 2 Writing a Story

Lesson 1 Tell When . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Lesson 2 What Is a Story? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Lesson 3 Tell About a Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Lesson 4 Tell What You Saw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Lesson 5 Use Time-Order Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Lesson 6 Write a Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Lesson 7 Write a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Lesson 8 Tell Today’s Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Lesson 9 Tell an Old Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Lesson 10 Tell a New Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Lesson 11 Stay on Topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Chapter 2 Post-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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Spectrum WritingGrade 1 Table of Contents

Chapter 3 Writing to Inform

Lesson 1 What Is a How-to? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Lesson 2 Write a How-to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Lesson 3 Share Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Lesson 4 Tell What You Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Lesson 5 Compare It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Lesson 6 Write a Friendly Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Lesson 7 Share Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Lesson 8 Write a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Chapter 3 Post-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Chapter 4 Writing an Opinion

Lesson 1 What Is an Opinion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86Lesson 2 Write Reasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88Lesson 3 Select a Topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Lesson 4 Write an Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Lesson 5 Why I Should Have a Pet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Chapter 4 Post-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Writer’s Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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Spectrum WritingGrade 1

Chapter 1 Lesson 1Writing Basics

Everything has a name . Look at each picture . Then, write the name of what you see .

1. I see a .

2. I see a .

3. I see a .

NAME

Lesson 1 Name ThingsChapter 1


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4. I see a .

5. I see some .

6. I see two .

7. I see many .

NAME

Lesson 1 Name Things


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Words are used to tell how people feel . How do the people in these pictures feel? Write the word under each picture .

1. 2.

3. 4.

NAME

Lesson 2 Tell How You Feel


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Complete each sentence to tell how each person feels .

1. This boy is because .

2. This girl is

because .

NAME

Lesson 2 Tell How You Feel


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Words are used to tell how things look . How does the shell in this picture look? We might use the words bumpy or lumpy .

Look at each picture . Answer the question .

1. Does this sheep look hard or soft?

2. Does this flower look blue or red?

3. Does this ring look shiny or dull?

NAME

Lesson 3 Tell How It Looks


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4. Is the duck wet or dry?

5. Is the pan hot or cold?

6. Is the boy short or tall?

7. Is the apple red or green?

NAME

Lesson 3 Tell How It Looks


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Sometimes, more than one word is used to tell how something looks or feels . Trace the words .

I see a , ball .

Write the two words that tell how each thing looks .

1. It was a , day .

2. She is a , cat .

warmcold

snowy

cutetanbig

big blue

NAME

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3. Mike came in with , shoes .

4. Here is my , dress .

5. I see a , mouse .

cleanmessy

red

stripedbluepink

smalllargegray

NAME



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Read each question . Write your answers on the lines .

1. What words tell about a puppy?

2. What words tell about a storm?

3. What words tell about a birthday cake?

4. What words tell about a winter coat?

NAME



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A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought .

Here is a sentence about the girl in the picture below .

She is asleep .

Look at this sentence again .

She is asleep.

Here are some more sentences . Circle the capital letter at the beginning of each sentence . Circle the period at the end .

1. The girl is waking up .

2. Her name is Pat .

3. Pat sits up in bed .

4. The sun is up .

5. Now, Pat is up, too .

A sentence always begins with a capital letter .

A sentence always ends with a period .

NAME

Lesson 5 What Is a Sentence?


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Here is a group of words .

She has over .

It has a capital letter at the beginning . It has a period at the end . But, it does not tell a complete thought . So, it is not a sentence .

Circle each group of words below that is a sentence .

She runs home . Up the hill .

Calls to me . I like to play .

NAME

Lesson 5 What Is a Sentence?


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