Writing

     
 * **What is writing? **
 * Writing is the ability to share ideas with an audience through printed language. First, children learn to use letters to formulate messages to use to communicate. Later, they learn to make a more meaningful message by planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.
 * **Why do we assess it? **
 * To make sure a student can communicate properly. It helps the teachers know if a student is able to break down language into its smallest parts: letters that represent sounds. Then use it to make words or sentences.
 * **Ways to help a child develop writing skills. These different ways can be used by a teacher or parent. **
 * Let the child see you writing; talk about what you are writing as you write.
 * Keep paper, pens, and markers available to encourage writing in the classroom or at home.
 * Encourage your child to make lists: of TV shows to watch, places to go, things to buy, friends to visit, etc.
 * Try writing a story together. First, you write a line. Then let the child write the next line. Take turns until the story is finished!
 * Encourage the child to write greeting cards and notes to people he/she loves. Encourage him/her to use phonetic spelling for words he/she does not yet know how to spell. Encourage him/her to write the sounds they hear.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Something very important to remember! The child is still learning. Do not be critical of mistakes in punctuation, spelling etc. Point out what he/she has done well, and gently, gradually make corrections as they get more experience with putting ideas on paper.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">References:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">(2001). //The Michigan Literacy Progress Profile//: State of Michigan Department of Education.

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