My 1st grade son needs to write a paragraph but is having a very hard time grasping the concept. How can I help him with this? He doesn't under stand that the paragraph has to blend/flow and be about the same topic all the way through. What shoudl I do?

Answer 1

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Teaching him a basic outline like what I wrote above.

Level 1 sentences = main idea
Level 2 sentences = reason why main idea is true
Level 3 sentences = example to prove reason correct