Where do your first grader's copy work sentences come from?

[madteaparty]

My DD (public K) cannot fluently read yet--She goes to a very ....relaxed school and she seems to be of the persuasion that only sight words are worth reading. She can't be bothered with sounding things out 😂.

Anyway, she seems to enjoy writing more. She wrote to me recently "A cat is coming" by way of persuasive argument.

So this summer, I think I will have her copy some sentences. I don't think I want a full curriculum, but if any copywork heavy ones are recommended, I'd love to hear. Thank you!

[EKT]

We used WWE for first grade, and both my girls loved it--lots of copywork in there. 

 

But honestly, if you just want plain copywork (and not a full language arts curriculum), I would simply pull sentences from whatever novel or picture book you happen to be reading aloud. (Just copy them out yourself on handwriting paper and have your child copy it on the lines below. Easy-peasy!) 

[CTVKath]

My daughter is finishing first grade and her copywork throughout the year came from her Phonics book or whatever reader she was reading aloud that day. I would either handwrite the copywork or I'd type it in the free online Zaner-Bloser copywork creator.

[Bluegoat]

Poetry, Beatrix Potter, the Bible, any other book you enjoy.  Sayings, and things like the months of the year, can also be useful.

[wendyroo]

This year, my K'er requested Plants vs. Zombies copywork.

 

Today's sentence is:

"Zombie Kings fall out of the sky to sit on their thrones and transform Peasant Zombies into Knight Zombies."

 

My second grader prefers Star Wars and Lego copywork.

 

Wendy

[WoolC]

Aesop's fables, poems, sentences from what we're currently reading aloud. I just write the sentences on HWT paper and my son copies beneath.

[2_girls_mommy]

One of mine used the handwriting program from Rod and Staff in 1st grade that was all copywork. 

 

For the other, I did like a PP, and just wrote things from books or other places for her to copy. 

[Hunter]

For 1st grad level, I use alpha-phonics as copywork. It is free now.

http://blumenfeld.campconstitution.net

My preferred hardcopy version. I order from the seller RemnantMan.

https://www.amazon.com/Phonics-Success-Samuel-L-Blumenfeld/dp/1495144216/ref=pd_sim_14_14?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1495144216&pd_rd_r=GPV08F3N3KNC7D5HX1H1&pd_rd_w=ye0KJ&pd_rd_wg=YYs36&psc=1&refRID=GPV08F3N3KNC7D5HX1H1

 

Don Potter's supplementary reader for Alpha-Phonics

http://www.donpotter.net/pdf/blumenfeld-first-readerssta.pdf

or in hardcopy

https://www.amazon.com/First-Readers-Anthology-Blumenfelds-Phonics/dp/1481169556/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=0XP7YEAVW0S24Y5A7AY7

 

And the NIrV Bible in large print. The sentences are nice and short, and the punctuation is consistently exactly what is taught in most early grammar curricula. It is advertised at a 3rd grade reading level.

https://www.christianbook.com/bible-large-print-italian-slate-blue/9780310743927/pd/743920?event=AAI

 

I also make up my own summary sentences from whatever I am teaching for content subjects, and use those as copywork.

Edited May 25, 2017 by Hunter

[bluejay]

 

This year, my K'er requested Plants vs. Zombies copywork.

 

Today's sentence is:

"Zombie Kings fall out of the sky to sit on their thrones and transform Peasant Zombies into Knight Zombies."

 

My second grader prefers Star Wars and Lego copywork.

 

Wendy

 

 

I'll bet they will love game and sci-fi math too. Mine does. :D

 

Anyway, for copywork, we use McGuffey's, Beatrix Potter, DK Classics, FLL, Alice and quality fairy tale books.  I love "Treasury of Children's Literature."  We also do copywork from history and science books. 

Edited May 25, 2017 by bluejay

[bwdiaz]

Last year I just googled quotes from the movies and books my first grader liked in order to get her interested in copywork. She was a reluctant writer.

 

"Do or do not, there is no try."

"Run, you clever boy. And remember me."

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."

"The ones that love us never really leave us."

 

That sort of stuff we did early on while she was still building muscle memory and getting better at making letters correctly. We got into longer passages of better grammar quality as the year passed. This year for second grade I predominantly drew from her lit readings.

[SporkUK]

I use Ultimate Phonics free word list which has a page or two of words followed by a page of sentences for each lesson. For us, they read the words and sentences and then they pick one sentence to copy but for a kid who really enjoys writing or copying there would be plenty to use. 

[Momto6inIN]

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe series was a big hit here for copywork for 1st and 2nd grade both.

 

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