Kids:

• Write 3-5+ sentences about their day (daily)

• Include a topic sentence (beginning)

• Add one or two detail sentences (middle)

• Use a conclusion sentence (ending)

Parents:

• Give children a summer journal

• Help with ideas and organization

• Provide accurate spelling for tricky works

• Offer praise and support

Step 2 Choose "Speak"

Step 3 Practice Speaking.

Password: learnlanguages

• Draw and label a picture with letters or words

• Say a sentence about the picture

• [Kids can try to copy what the parent writes]

Parents

• Write what your child says

• Make a drawing together

• Kids write one or two short sentences about their day

Parents:

• Help with correct spelling

• Correct capital/lowercase letters together

• Support letter formation (top to bottom)

• Draw a picture to match the words together