TEKS Alignment
Daily Writing a Day is aligned to the writing and oral-language strands of the Texas English Language Arts and Reading TEKS (19 TAC Chapter 110, Subchapters A and B), adopted in 2017.
Codes are aligned to, not reproduced from, the official standards. K–5 share one strand numbering and 6–8 shift down by one, but sub-letters can vary slightly by grade. Confirm against your grade's chapter (§110.2–§110.7 for K–5, §110.22–§110.24 for 6–8) before adopting.
Where the strands show up
In K–5, the writing process is strand (11), genres are (12), and inquiry and research is (13). In 6–8, the same strands are (10), (11), and (12). Oral language is strand (1) in every grade.
| Part of the day | K–2 | 3–5 | 6–8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fix It (daily) | (1) oral language · (11)(D) edit for conventions | (1) oral language · (11)(D) edit for conventions | (1) oral language · (10)(D) edit for conventions |
| Monday: Plan | (11)(A) | (11)(A) | (10)(A) |
| Tuesday: Draft | (11)(B) | (11)(B) | (10)(B) |
| Wednesday: Revise | (11)(C) | (11)(C) | (10)(C) |
| Thursday: Quick-write | genre of the week: (12)(A)–(C) | genre of the week: (12)(A)–(D) | genre of the week: (11)(A)–(D) |
| Friday: Edit & share | (11)(D), (11)(E) | (11)(D), (11)(E) | (10)(D), (10)(E) |
| Friday "I can" | (11)(E) share · self-assessment | (11)(E) publish · self-assessment | (10)(E) publish · self-assessment |
- (1) Oral language
- Students listen actively, speak clearly, and work with others. Fix It is done out loud: students explain each fix to a partner and the class.
- (11)(A) / (10)(A) Plan
- Generate ideas and plan a draft for a chosen genre and purpose (K–2: through drawing and discussion).
- (11)(B) / (10)(B) Draft
- Develop drafts into a focused, structured, coherent piece with an engaging idea and details.
- (11)(C) / (10)(C) Revise
- Revise for clarity, word choice, and sentence structure by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging.
- (11)(D) / (10)(D) Edit
- Edit drafts using standard English conventions: complete sentences, verbs, nouns and pronouns, modifiers, conjunctions, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. This is the daily Fix It focus.
- (11)(E) / (10)(E) Publish
- Publish or share writing for an appropriate audience. This is Friday's share.
- (12) / (11) Genres
- (A) literary texts: personal narrative, fiction, poetry. (B) informational texts, including procedural writing. (C) argumentative texts: opinion essays in 3–5, argumentative essays in 6–8; correspondence in K–2. (D) correspondence such as letters in 3–8.
- (13) / (12) Inquiry and research
- Generate questions, find and record information from sources, and share what was learned. Week 33 is the research week.
Genres across the year
K–2
- Letter (12)(C): 10 weeks
- All-about writing (12)(B): 8 weeks
- Personal narrative (12)(A): 7 weeks
- How-to writing (12)(B): 4 weeks
- Poem (12)(A): 4 weeks
- Story (12)(A): 3 weeks
- Wonder & research (13): 1 week
3–5
- Informational writing (12)(B): 8 weeks
- Personal narrative (12)(A): 7 weeks
- Letter (12)(D): 5 weeks
- Opinion essay (12)(C): 5 weeks
- How-to (procedural) writing (12)(B): 4 weeks
- Poetry (12)(A): 4 weeks
- Fiction (12)(A): 3 weeks
- Research writing (13): 1 week
6–8
- Informational essay (11)(B): 8 weeks
- Personal narrative (11)(A): 7 weeks
- Letter (11)(D): 5 weeks
- Argumentative writing (11)(C): 5 weeks
- Procedural writing (11)(B): 4 weeks
- Poetry (11)(A): 4 weeks
- Fiction (11)(A): 3 weeks
- Research writing (12): 1 week
Scope and sequence
Each band's genre (with its TEKS code) and Fix It conventions focus for every week. Dates assume the typical Texas 2026–27 calendar that the site uses by default.
| Week | Theme | K–2 | 3–5 | 6–8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1Aug 17 | New Beginnings first week of school | Personal narrative (12)(A) Capitalize the first word of a sentence | Personal narrative (12)(A) Complete sentences, not fragments | Personal narrative (11)(A) Sentence fragments |
| Week 2Aug 24 | Friends and Teamwork | Personal narrative (12)(A) End marks: period and question mark | Personal narrative (12)(A) Capital letters and end punctuation | Personal narrative (11)(A) Run-ons and comma splices |
| Week 3Aug 31 | Our School | All-about writing (12)(B) Capitalize names and the word I | Informational writing (12)(B) Capitalizing proper nouns | Informational essay (11)(B) Capitalizing proper nouns and proper adjectives |
| Week 4Sep 7 | Helpers and Jobs Monday is Labor Day | How-to writing (12)(B) Complete sentences: who + what they do | How-to (procedural) writing (12)(B) Commas in a series | Procedural writing (11)(B) Compound sentences: comma + FANBOYS |
| Week 5Sep 14 | Family Stories many schools begin celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month around now | Personal narrative (12)(A) Plural nouns (-s, -es) | Personal narrative (12)(A) Commas in dates and addresses | Personal narrative (11)(A) Commas after introductory words, phrases, and clauses |
| Week 6Sep 21 | Autumn and Change | Poem (12)(A) Adjectives and the articles a/an | Poetry (12)(A) Comparative and superlative adjectives | Poetry (11)(A) Comparative and superlative forms, including irregular ones |
| Week 7Sep 28 | Amazing Animals | All-about writing (12)(B) Subject–verb agreement (is/are, runs/run) | Informational writing (12)(B) Subject–verb agreement | Informational essay (11)(B) Subject–verb agreement with tricky subjects |
| Week 8Oct 5 | Kindness Counts | Letter (12)(C) Capitals and commas in a letter (Dear ___, / Love, ___) | Letter (12)(D) Friendly letter parts and commas | Letter (11)(D) Business letter conventions and formal tone |
| Week 9Oct 12 | Mysteries and Wonders | Story (12)(A) Past-tense verbs (-ed) | Fiction (12)(A) Verb tense: past, present, future | Fiction (11)(A) Consistent verb tense |
| Week 10Oct 19 | Smart and Safe Online around Digital Citizenship Week | Letter (12)(C) Question marks and asking sentences | Opinion essay (12)(C) Apostrophes in contractions | Argumentative writing (11)(C) its/it's, your/you're, their/there/they're |
| Week 11Oct 26 | Harvest and Food | How-to writing (12)(B) Commas in a series | How-to (procedural) writing (12)(B) Homophones (to/too/two, there/their/they're) | Procedural writing (11)(B) Semicolons |
| Week 12Nov 2 | Making Choices | Letter (12)(C) Irregular past-tense verbs (ran, saw, went) | Opinion essay (12)(C) Irregular verbs | Argumentative writing (11)(C) Pronoun–antecedent agreement |
| Week 13Nov 9 | Service and Thanks many schools honor veterans this week | Letter (12)(C) Capitalize days, months, and holidays | Letter (12)(D) Capitalizing holidays, titles, and historical events | Letter (11)(D) Capitalizing titles, organizations, and events |
| Week 14Nov 16 | Gratitude | Poem (12)(A) Pronouns (I/me, he/him, she/her) | Poetry (12)(A) Subject and object pronouns | Poetry (11)(A) Pronoun case (I/me, who/whom) |
| Week 15Nov 30 | Inventions and Problem Solving first week back after Thanksgiving break | All-about writing (12)(B) Adverbs that tell how and when | Informational writing (12)(B) Singular possessive nouns | Informational essay (11)(B) Plural and irregular possessive nouns |
| Week 16Dec 7 | Codes and Patterns around Computer Science Education Week | How-to writing (12)(B) End marks review (. ? !) | How-to (procedural) writing (12)(B) Commas after introductory and sequence words | Procedural writing (11)(B) Transitions and conjunctive adverbs |
| Week 17Dec 14 | Winter and Traditions last week before winter break | Personal narrative (12)(A) Capitalize names of holidays and places | Personal narrative (12)(A) Quotation marks in dialogue | Personal narrative (11)(A) Punctuating dialogue |
| Week 18Jan 4 | New Year, New Goals first week back after winter break | All-about writing (12)(B) Complete sentences review | Informational writing (12)(B) Run-on sentences | Informational essay (11)(B) Complex sentences: subordinating conjunctions and commas |
| Week 19Jan 11 | Dreams and Leaders the week before Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Letter (12)(C) Verbs was and were | Opinion essay (12)(C) Compound sentences with coordinating conjunctions | Argumentative writing (11)(C) Parallel structure |
| Week 20Jan 18 | Kind Words Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Letter (12)(C) Contractions (can't, don't, it's) | Letter (12)(D) Commas with yes, no, and names (direct address) | Letter (11)(D) Commas with appositives and nonessential clauses |
| Week 21Jan 25 | Weather and Sky | All-about writing (12)(B) Plural nouns review | Informational writing (12)(B) Adverbs, including comparative adverbs | Informational essay (11)(B) Misplaced and dangling modifiers |
| Week 22Feb 1 | News and Facts around National News Literacy Week | All-about writing (12)(B) Capitalize names of places | Informational writing (12)(B) Capitalizing geographic names | Informational essay (11)(B) Quotation marks for direct quotations and article titles |
| Week 23Feb 8 | Friendship Valentine's Day is this weekend | Poem (12)(A) Describing words for the five senses | Poetry (12)(A) Prepositions and prepositional phrases | Poetry (11)(A) Commas between coordinate adjectives |
| Week 24Feb 15 | Leaders Who Made a Difference Monday is Presidents' Day; many schools celebrate Black History Month | All-about writing (12)(B) Capitalize titles of people (Mr., Mrs., Dr.) | Informational writing (12)(B) Abbreviations and titles of people | Informational essay (11)(B) Active and passive voice |
| Week 25Feb 22 | Texas, Our Home Texas Independence Day is early next week | All-about writing (12)(B) Commas in dates | Informational writing (12)(B) Commas with cities, states, and dates | Informational essay (11)(B) Commas review: dates, places, introductory elements |
| Week 26Mar 1 | Books We Love many schools celebrate reading this week | Letter (12)(C) Capitalize book titles | Opinion essay (12)(C) Titles of books and stories | Argumentative writing (11)(C) Italics vs. quotation marks for titles |
| Week 27Mar 8 | Into the Future last week before spring break | Story (12)(A) Prepositions (in, on, under, behind) | Fiction (12)(A) Commas in compound sentences review | Fiction (11)(A) Relative pronouns: who, that, which |
| Week 28Mar 22 | Earth and Nature first week back after spring break; Friday is Good Friday | Poem (12)(A) Spelling high-frequency words | Poetry (12)(A) Good/well and irregular comparisons (good, better, best) | Poetry (11)(A) Commonly confused words (affect/effect, than/then, accept/except) |
| Week 29Mar 29 | Speak Up! | Letter (12)(C) Subject–verb agreement review | Opinion essay (12)(C) Pronoun–antecedent agreement | Argumentative writing (11)(C) Vague pronouns and pronoun clarity |
| Week 30Apr 5 | Play and Sports | Personal narrative (12)(A) Contractions review | Personal narrative (12)(A) Plural vs. possessive nouns | Personal narrative (11)(A) Apostrophes review |
| Week 31Apr 12 | Art and Imagination | Story (12)(A) Exclamation points | Fiction (12)(A) Interjections and exclamation points | Fiction (11)(A) Colons and dashes |
| Week 32Apr 19 | Our Earth around Earth Day | Letter (12)(C) Letter capitals and commas review | Letter (12)(D) Letter format review | Letter (11)(D) Formal vs. informal language |
| Week 33Apr 26 | I Wonder… | Wonder & research (13) Asking sentences review | Research writing (13) Spelling plurals (-y → -ies, -f → -ves) | Research writing (12) Integrating quotations from sources |
| Week 34May 3 | Calm and Confident testing season in many schools | Personal narrative (12)(A) Capitals and end marks review | Personal narrative (12)(A) Fragments and run-ons review | Personal narrative (11)(A) Sentence variety: combining sentences |
| Week 35May 10 | People Who Help Us Grow many schools celebrate teachers and families now | Letter (12)(C) Mixed review: capitals and commas | Letter (12)(D) Mixed review: commas | Letter (11)(D) Mixed review: punctuation |
| Week 36May 17 | Summer Is Coming | How-to writing (12)(B) Mixed review: verbs and nouns | How-to (procedural) writing (12)(B) Mixed review: capitals and apostrophes | Procedural writing (11)(B) Mixed review: usage and commonly confused words |
| Week 37May 24 | Looking Back, Looking Ahead last week of school | Personal narrative (12)(A) Mixed review: the whole year | Personal narrative (12)(A) Mixed review: the whole year | Personal narrative (11)(A) Mixed review: the whole year |
Every Fix It item also reviews conventions from earlier weeks, so the sequence spirals. Weeks 35–37 are mixed review.