School Improvement in Maryland
Writing to Express Grades K - 3

Students demonstrate their ability to write to express personal ideas by selecting a form and its appropriate elements (e.g., plot, dialogue, rhyme scheme, etc.).

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Group related ideas and maintain a consistent focus          
Develop a topic sentence and supporting sentences          
Use relevant descriptions, including sensory details, personal experiences, observations, and research-based information to make a topic or message clear to the reader          
Write to express personal ideas in stories, poems, plays, and other writings that convey a message and include well-chosen detail to develop the impressions          
Improve the clarity and focus by revising writing based on given or self-generated criteria, and on others’ responses