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DearParents/Guardians,

Wehavebeenteachingstudentshowtowritecompletesentenceswithcorrectcapitalizationatthebeginning,
spacesbetweenwordsandendmarksattheend.AsyoucanseeinthepacketfromCurriculumNight,(and
alsoonthewebsite),wehavebeenhavingstudentsusetheirSentenceBuddytocheckeachsentenceafter
theywriteit.Wewillsoonbetransitioningtoamoreadvancedtooltochecktheirsentences.Itiscalledthe
SentenceCheckerandisshapedlikeahand.WehaveincludedaSentenceCheckerbelowandwouldlike
toexplaineachsectiontoyou.Wewillbeusingthesewhenweconferencewithstudentsabouttheirwriting.
Thesectionsalignwelltothewritingassessmentrubricsthatwillbeusedfortheirquarterlywritinggrades.

Thethumbremindsstudentsto checkforacapitalletteratthe
beginningofeachsentenceandthewordI,andlowercaselettersinthemiddleofwordsandsentences.Later
intheyearcapitallettersatthebeginningofpropernounswillbeexpected.

Thepointerfingerremindsstudentstocheckforappropriatespacingbetweenletterswordsandsentences.
Letterswithinthesamewordshouldhavesmallerspacesthanthespacesusedbetweenwords.Thespaces
betweenwordsaresometimesreferredtoasfingerspaces.

Themiddlefingerremindsstudentstochecktobesuretheywroteallthesoundstheyhearineachword.
Currentlystudentsarenotrequiredtospellallwordscorrectly,buttowritethelettersthatcorrespondtoallof
thesoundsthattheyhearintheword.

Theringfingerremindsstudentstochecktomakesurethattheirsentencemakessense.(Isitacomplete
thought?)

Thepinkiefingerremindsstudentstochecktomakesurethattheirsentenceendswiththeappropriate
endmark.Theyaretaughtthataperiodshouldbeusedattheendoftellingsentences,aquestionmark
shouldbeusedattheendofaskingsentencesandanexclamationmarkshouldbeusedattheendof
sentencesexpressingexcitementorsurprise.

Wheneditingwithstudents,wewillputacheckmarkbyfingersthatwerecompletedcorrectlyintheirwriting
andcirclethefingersthatincludedmistakeswithintheirwriting.Thisisatoolforustousetohelpyouandyour
childidentifystrengthsandareasforimprovementintheirwriting.StudentswillalsohaveareusableSentence
Checkerattheirdesktoselfchecktheirownwritingbeforeturningitin.

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