Special Education Writing Intervention Curriculum - First Grade

Imagine a stress-free writing time, every day, all year!  This 1st grade special education writing intervention curriculum is filled with sentence starters, word banks, organizers, checklists and more! Step-by-step scaffolds make it easy to teach personal narratives, opinion, informational, procedural (how-to), and friendly letters.

 

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For Students:

• Increase engagement and improve attitudes toward writing.
• Prevent “I don’t know what to write” and learned helplessness.
• Boost confidence. Students are willing to try when they know it won’t be too hard.
• Accelerate progress with more writing practice and less wasted time.

For Teachers:

• No prep.  Print and go.  Save yourself hundreds of hours adapting materials.
• Have writing for the entire year planned and ready.
• Easy for paraeducators to use with small groups.
• Get ideas for writing IEP goals, present levels, and progress reports.
• Spend more time teaching and less time managing avoidance behaviors.

 

Research Supports:

• Scaffolding
• Task repetition
• Models and exemplars
• Graphic organizers
• Feedback

Effortlessly incorporate all of these into your writing instruction!

 

This Writing Toolkit Includes:

4 Standards-Based Genres

1. personal narrative
2. opinion
3. informational & procedural
4. friendly letters

 

35 Weekly Prompts

• 10 narrative prompts
• 10 opinion prompts
• 7 informational prompts
• 3 procedural prompts
• 5 friendly letter prompts

 

Every Prompt Has:

• a model
• planning organizer with sentence starters
• brainstorm list
• word bank
• background knowledge briefs (for informational writing)
• writing paper
• revising & editing checklists

 

Time-Saving Teacher Tools:

• Notes for each genre
• Example schedule (1 prompt per week)
• Tied to standards (CCSS, TEKS, Florida’s BEST)
• IEP goal examples
• Present level examples
• Progress report statements
• Rubrics
• Conference record
• Leveled writing paper options
• MORE prompts that may be used for writing journals and extra practice
• Organized list of sentence starters for reference

 

Can be used for:

• Special Education Students - Tier 3
• Small Group Interventions - Tier 2
• Summer School and Extended School Year - ESY
• ESL Students
• Homeschool Students
• Any Reluctant Writers

While these resources are tied to 1st grade level standards, they are appropriate for special education students of any age working at this level.

 

FAQ: Should units be taught in a certain order?

• No, there is no prescribed sequence.  You can order topics to match what is being taught in your general ed curriculum.
• All prompts are evergreen.  They can be used at any time during the school year. (They are not tied to certain months or holidays.)

 

FAQ: What is the difference between 1^st grade and 2^nd grade levels?

• The first grade level has handwriting lines.
• The second grade level has more sentence starters to choose from.
• They have the same prompts and different models for every prompt.

 

 

FAQ: Is this a PDF download?

• Yes!  You will receive a zipped folder of PDF files.  No physical items will be shipped.
• Pages: 700+

 

 

Background:

When my school adopted Writing Workshop, my special education students were overwhelmed.  They needed lots of support to reduce their cognitive load and break tasks down into manageable steps.  I spent many hours adapting writing tasks to their individual levels.  My students stopped avoiding writing and started to feel successful and confident.  In fact, general ed teachers noticed and asked to use my resources with their struggling students, too.  I’m happy to share my work with you in the hopes it will lighten your workload and make writing time more enjoyable and stress-free for everyone. 

 

 

Writing Student™ Intervention Bundles:

Sentence Writing Bundle - Kindergarten

Special Education Writing Intervention - 1st Grade

Special Education Writing Intervention - 2nd Grade

Special Education Writing Intervention Curriculum K-2 

 

I appreciate your support and feedback!

 

Copyright © Angela Dansie

 

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