Students have began their work on the Vermont animal report writing. Students are extending their learning after spending a few weeks writing All About Books. This week, lessons included teaching about fragments, run-on sentences, topic sentences, and basic mechanics. The first graders in my class are working independently on the report writing after spending time interactively writing a class report and partaking in many opportunities to orally communicate their ideas. INQUIRE with your child what a complete sentence is and how they opened the section on characteristics.