Select functional, precise, and descriptive words appropriate to audience and purpose. Use descriptive words. Structure information in clear sequence, making connections and transitions among ideas, sentences, and paragraphs Develop an idea with an identifiable beginning, middle and end. Sequence two or more events. Develop flow and rhythm of sentences Write in complete, coherent sentences.
Vary sentence openers.
Begin to revise writing. Spelling Use appropriate letters to represent most of the sounds heard in a word. Spell a large number of grade appropriate high frequency words correctly. Grammar Use singularand plural nouns correctly. Use simple contractions and singular possessive pronounscorrectively.