Question 1

1.1The wrong pencil grip can make it difficult for the learner to form letters,
which will result in a learner not being able to this can also cause hand fatigue,
reduce writing speed and uncomfortable and pain due to this reasons a learner
would be negatively as a result this will impact the leasrning process.
The tripod grip it has best position handwriting and can speed up the childs
muscls to become stroger and more durable while writing.
1.2 five activities to develop pencil grip
1. Tracing Shape Line
Give the learner worksheet with various shapes and line to trace and draw
according to the dots.
2. Cutting and Paste
They will be cutting the different type of transport from the magazine.
3. Playdough
The learner will roll, pinch and mold playdough and make a bird’s nest.
4. Spraying with a spray bottle
Putting a plain sheet on the wall ___________ and give them three different
colors in each bottle for them to spray on the sheet.
5. Drawing
Give them a sheet with different colored dots and tell them to join them
according to their colors.
Question 2
Question 3
3.1 Seven Stages of a child developing writing skills.
1. Scribbling
Learner have no knowledge of writing and they are still in a process of learning
how to hold a pencil.
2. Mock handwriting
The learner can now hold a pencil but not in a position of writing, however they
start making progress in drawing over the page (lines)
3. Mock Letters
The learner can write few letters but do not know how to separate them and
much sounds with the letters.
4. conventional letters
Learner can write letters and match them with their own letter sounds.
5. invented Spelling
At this stage learners are able to spell full short words correctly that are familiar.
6. Appropriate Spelling
Learners are now confident spelling words gradually move into formulating short
sentences.
7. Correct Spelling
Learner can now spell more words correctly.
3.2. Two development Stage of Writing where the Grade R learner should be at
the age of 6.
a. Transitional stage
When learners start to realize that words are made up of sounds, and that
letters represent these sounds, they stop using random letters in their writing.
Instead, they start trying to match the sounds they hear in a word to letters they
know.
b. Fluent Stage
In this stage children begin to use "dictionary" spelling rather than "invented"
spelling. The spelling may not be accurate, but children are now aware that
different spellings can have different meanings. They'll even begin to memorize
some words, especially tricky but common words (like "was," "and," "the"), so
that they can spell them correctly.