ELA21.1.38

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 1

ELA21.1.38

Develop and edit first drafts using appropriate spacing between letters, words, and sentences and left-to-right and top-to-bottom progression.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • A first draft should be reviewed and edited for appropriate spacing and page progression.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Develop and edit first drafts.
  • Use appropriate spacing between letters, words, and sentences in a draft writing.
  • Write from left-to-right and top-to-bottom in a draft.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • There is a writing process involved in creating a writing project, and first drafts should be reviewed and edited to ensure they follow the basic concepts of printed text.
  • There are rules of writing that should be followed to create a text that can be shared with others.

Vocabulary

  • Develop
  • Edit
  • First drafts
  • Appropriate spacing
  • Left-to-right progression
  • Top-to-bottom progression
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