Are the weekend writing homeworks just for her or are all the students doing that? Honestly, my ds is in 2nd and I don't remember him ever being asked to write a full page in 1st. But maybe that is just a statement on what's wrong with HIS school!
If the writing is just for her maybe you could get the teacher to be more flexible in the topics? And to make it more interesting for your daughter, maybe you could teach her about different kinds of writing. So, for example, you could pick a subject, "breakfast" as in your example. But then each assignment could be a different take: write a narrative (describe what you ate), write a persuasive paper (make an argument for or against eating breakfast), write an informative paper (why do we call it breakfast, what do people in other culture's eat for breakfast?), write a realistic story, write a humorous story, write a fantastical story...etc.
Idk, that seems like it would be more interesting and fun. Just an idea.
