big question how do we teach early writing? imagine you have been asked to teach in reception...
DESCRIPTION
Emergent - Early Writers Use visual aidsTRANSCRIPT
Big QuestionHow do we teach early
writing?Imagine you have been asked to teach in reception class. The children you have know 44 grapheme representations. What would their next steps be? How would you teach them to write?
Emergent - Early Writers
Use visual aids
Is it a word we need to Fred talk? Use Fred
fingers to listen to each sound within that word.
Remind children to use a finger space before
repeating the process for the next word.
Children to have a go independently writing the
modelled sentence. Support the children
verbally if needed, use this time to observe what
they can do independently.
Each child to say their own sentence before
going off to write independently.
Becoming Independent - Early Writers
The level of scaffolding and support will decrease as a child becomes more independent.
Becoming Independent - Early Writers
Always encourage any child to say the sentence that they want to write. This is an excellent opportunity to correct any grammatical errors e.g. bought instead of buyed.
Becoming Independent - Early Writers
It may not be necessary anymore for them to count the words as
they will have had lots of experience at ‘Holding a sentence’.
Becoming Independent - Early Writers
Children should become less reliant on the use of sound strips as their phonic knowledge is more developed.
Becoming Independent - Early Writers
Modelling at this stage needs to focus more heavily on using fingers spaces, capital letters and full stops.
Becoming Independent - Early Writers
THIS NEEDS TO BE REINFORCED IN
ALL READING AND WRITING ACTIVITIES.
Independent – Early WritersOnce a child is writing simple sentence independently we would now look at up levelling what they are able to do.
Independent – Early Writers
Children should now be taught to write compound sentences using connectives such as and, because, but, so
Independent – Early Writers
Over the course of Year 1 children might work towards securing the following but only if they are ready!!!!
Independent – Early Writers
2A sentences two adjectives describe one noun.Example: The grumpy, old man opened the door.
Independent – Early WritersList sentences - 3 adjectives and a nounExample: It was a long, dark, leafy lane.She gave a long, slow, mean laugh.
Independent – Early WritersQuick question – to engage the reader. Using who, where, what, why, when, how – 5 bottoms on a rugby post!