MY WRITING EXPERIENCE

(PREPARATORY)

The Editorial Board

AuthorLourdes Grace M. Esteves holds a master’s degree in Special Education and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology both from the University of the Philippines in Diliman. She has doctorate units in Child and Family Studies from Miriam College. Her preschool career started at Montessori School and Claret School. She is a composer of children’s songs and poems, a scriptwriter, a choreographer, and a director of children’s stage plays. She has also organized and facilitated several teacher training seminar-workshops as outreach projects to as far as Mindanao.

Consultant-ReviewerMona R. Alagar holds a master’s degree in Pre-Elementary Education from St. Joseph’s College in Quezon City and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from St. Paul College in Quezon City. She is currently the preschool area coordinator and a college instructor at St. Pedro Poveda College.

My Writing ExperiencePreparatoryTextbook

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TO THE LEARNER

My Writing Experience will help you discover how fascinating it is to work with basic lines and shapes. Mastering this skill will allow you to form letters and words that will guide you as you go along. The activities in this book are easy and fun that you will look forward to working on the rest of the pages! Remember, your teachers and parents are also there to guide you as go through each activity.

The Author

TO THE TEACHER

My Writing Experience has been designed to prepare your pupils to master the basic writing skills beginning with lines and shapes. This practice will enable your pupils to understand the formulation of letters starting with basic strokes in writing. The activities have been prepared in such a way that the children will find it challenging and fun to do while learning takes place with ease. Some identified activities come with Dear Parents. This is a vital part in the development of your pupils. Assistance from their parents and an assurance of what they are doing is right will boost their interest to learn more. So, as educators, let us make each activity a memorable experience for our pupils and let them know that learning is indeed fun!

The Author

TABLE OF CONTENTS

UNIT 1 All about Me .......................1Lesson 1 I Can Draw Different

Kinds of Lines ................................. 2Lesson 2 I Can Color My Drawings Using

Different Strokes ........................ 7Lesson 3 I Can Write My Name ...................... 10Lesson 4 I Can Write the Letters

of the Alphabet ........................... 12Lesson 5 I Can Write Numbers

and Number Words .....................44Lesson 6 I Can Copy and Write Words .........47Lesson 7 I Can Copy Phrases ............................55Lesson 8 I Can Copy Sentences .......................62

UNIT 2 My Family and Friends .......... 63Lesson 1 This Is My Family ..............................64

Lesson 2 Preparing for Cursive Writing ........69Lesson 3 Writing the Alphabet in Cursive ....77

UNIT 3 My School and My Community .. 137Lesson 1 Writing Words ................................. 138Lesson 2 Writing Phrases and Sentences ... 150

UNIT 4 My Beautiful World ............ 181Lesson 1 Copying Sentence Groups

and Short Poems ........................ 182Lesson 2 Writing a Journal ........................... 225Lesson 3 Writing a Letter ............................. 230

All about Me

1

It Is Fun Time

with Writing!

My Writing Experience–Preparatory2

I Can Draw Different Kinds of L ines

Tell what type of line your teacher is showing. Then make the same line using your arms.

1. 2.

3. 4.

5.

vertical line horizontal line

crooked line

diagonal line curved line

LESSON

1

All about Me �

Trace the outline of each picture. What kind of line is it made up of? Draw a straight , curved , or crooked line on the line beside the picture.

______ 3. ______ 4.

______ 5. ______ 6.

______ 1. ______ 2.

My Writing Experience–Preparatory�

Trace the broken lines to form the picture.

Draw objects using the given straight lines.

1. 2.

3. 4.

Dear Teacher,

Pleasedonumber1asexample.Createordrawadoorfromthegivenverticalline.

All about Me �

Trace the broken lines to form the picture.

Draw objects using the given curved lines.

Dear Teacher,

Pleasedonumber1asanexample.Createanappleusingthegivencurvedline.

1. 2.

3. 4.

My Writing Experience–Preparatory�

Trace the broken lines to complete the picture.

1. 2.

3.

Draw objects using the given crooked lines.

All about Me 7

Trace the square. Color it with a red crayon using horizontal strokes.

Trace the rectangle. Color it with a blue crayon using vertical strokes.

Copy the name of each shape on the line.

I Can Color My Drawings Using Different Strokes

Dear Parents,

Demonstratetoyourchildthehorizontalandverticalstrokesincoloring.Guideyourchildonwhatstrokestouseincoloringtheshapes.

rectangle

LESSON

2

square

My Writing Experience–Preparatory�

Trace each shape. Color it using diagonal strokes.

Dear Parents,

Demonstratetoyourchildthediagonalstrokeincoloring.

triangle

Copy the name of each shape on the line.

diamond

All about Me �

Trace each shape. Color it using circular strokes.

Dear Parents,

Demonstratetoyourchildthecircularstrokeincoloring.Startfromthecenter,thenmoveoutwarduntilthewholeshapeisshaded.

circle oval

Copy the name of each shape on the line.

My Writing Experience–Preparatory10

Read what the girl is saying.

I Can Wri te My Name

Dear Parents,

Readwithyourchildthesentencesinthespeechballoon.Thenhelphimorheridentifyhisorherfirst,middle,andlastnames.

Write your fi rst name.

My name is Grace Miranda Esteves.My fi rst name is Grace. My middle name is Miranda. My last name is Esteves.How about you? What is your name?

LESSON

3

Write your middle name.

Write your last name.

All about Me 11

Write your complete name on the lines below.

Dear Parents,

Practiceyourchildinwritinghisorhercompletename.Lethimorherwriteonlytheinitialletterofhisorhermiddlenamewithaperiod.