Writing: Response 13

By: Gaby, Paige, Hannah S.,

Maggie
Writing Reading Rockets Course Material
Writing development parallels develop as Broad set of skills in order for a student to write
readers well

Print awareness develops through literacy Basic writing skills: spelling, capitalization,
experiences and the imitation of writing seen in punctuation, handwriting/keyboarding, and
one’s environment sentence structure

Correlation with print and meaning Text generation: word choice (vocabulary),
elaboration of detail, and clarity of expression

Writing processes: planning, revising, and

editing one’s work

Writing knowledge: understanding of

discourse and genre
The Importance of Teaching Handwriting
- Handwriting is a basic tool that is used in Example:
a variety of different subjects, for
example- taking notes, taking tests, and When children learn how to form the letter ‘M’,
doing classroom work as well as they can also be learning it’s sound.
homework for all content areas.
-Handwriting, reading and spelling skills can
help to reinforce early achievement across
these areas.
- Handwriting in the earliest grades has
been linked to basic reading and spelling
achievement.
Instruction in Handwriting

- The early years of schooling are especially

critical for handwriting instruction; once -Teach children formation of
children have formed counterproductive letters.
habits in handwriting, such as poor pencil
hold or inefficient letter formation, those -separate reversible letters
habits can be very difficult to change such as b and d.
down the road.
-teach similarly formed letters
together.

-focus initially on motor

pattern rather then perfect
legibility or size.
Guided Writing
In break out rooms discuss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGCVRWxr
2LE&feature=emb_title
What did the teachers do in order to guide her
students through the writing process?

Would you use this technique in your own

classroom?

If yes, why?

If no, what would you do instead?