5What is more fun than playing Minecraft. For most boys and girls, not much. So, why not use their love for their favorite game to teach them to write. Learning can be fun when it feels like a game!

Writing for Minecrafters: Grade 1 features well-loved video game characters and concepts to encourage first grade writing practice. With Steve, Alex, zombies, creepers, and villagers to inspire them, young Minecrafters will be eager to fill the pages with their own words. Colorful art and engaging prompts invite kids to expand their vocabulary, practice proper grammar and capitalization, and write full sentences and paragraphs.

Kids will get to express their creativity and writing skills with lessons in:

• vocabulary development
• adding detail with adjectives and adverbs
• past, present, and future tense structure
• grammar and sentence structure
• pre-writing strategies and idea building
• Informational, opinion, and narrative writing

Reinforce classroom learning and help them meet the National Common Core language arts standards with this kid-friendly tool. Writing for Minecrafters is the best way to get all kids excited about writing.