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In each grade kindergarten through fifth, students will study and write a variety of types of text in the four major genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. Listed below are the types of texts that will be emphasized at each grade level.

Grade K
Participate in writing behaviors by using authors' models of language. Write by using models.

Grade 1
Stories, journal entries, letters, response logs, simple poems, oral retellings.
Second Grade Links Third Grade Links Grade 2
Personal narratives, creative stories, skits (familiar stories/experiences), structured, informative presentations and narratives.

Grade 3
Simple narratives, short reports, letters (friendly), directions, instructions, poems, learning logs, notes.
Fourth Grade Links Fifth Grade Links Grade 4
Personal narratives, imaginative narratives, research reports, logs, diaries, journals, rules, instructions, letters of request, letters of complaint.

Grade 5
Research reports, news articles, business letters, letters to the editor, poetry, clarification essays, feature stories.
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Texts in Genre

Grade Levels Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Drama
Grade K Picture books
Caption books		 Short informational
texts		 Nursery rhymes
Word plays
Finger plays		 Puppet play
Reenactments of
familiar stories
Grades 1-2 Storybooks
Short chapter
books		 Newspapers
Telephone books
Signs/labels		 Short poems
Word plays
(alliteration/rhyme)		 Skits
Short plays
Grade 3 Short stories
Novels
Fantasies
Fairy tales
Folktales		 Biographies
Letters
Articles
Procedures/instructions
Charts		 Proverbs
Riddles
Limericks
Simple poems		 Skits
Plays
Grade 4 Legends
Novels
Fantasies
Fairy tales
Fables		 Autobiographies
Informational books
Diaries
Journals		 Concrete poems
Haiku		 Skits
Plays
Grade 5 Tall tales
Myths		 True experiences
Newspapers
Magazines
Schedules		 Narrative
Lyric
Cinquain		 Skits
Plays
 

Resources

Professional Organizations

International Reading Association (IRA)
800-336-READ; www.reading.org

North Carolina Reading Association (NCRA)
(910) 949-2403; Mary Ellen Skidmore, Executive Director

National Council of the Teachers of English (NCTE) (Elementary Section)
800-369-6283; www.ncte.org

North Carolina Association for the Education of Young Children (NCAEYC)
800-982-4406; www.ncaeyc.org

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
800-424-2460; www.naeyc.org

Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA)
(734) 647-6940; www.ciera.org

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