Step Up To Writing!
http://www.stepuptowriting.com/
Common Proofreading Symbols
http://webster.commnet.edu/writing/symbols.htm
Writing will likely include themes covered in the literature, district-wide writing domains and assessments, writing prompts for key social studies standards, as well as self-generated topics and daily journal writing. A research report will be due before the end of the sixth grade year.
Your child will have a writing folder, containing the district rubric used to grade the district writing assessment papers, as well as useful tools for writing more descriptively and powerfully.