Lecture 9 - Writing Development Flashcards
Are children learning to read and write before attending school?
Yes
Children’s intrinsic ______ and ______ toward writing changes over time.
Interest
Motivation
Writing is typically judged by _______.
Product
When treating writing, what is there a need to look at?
2
Writing processes
Underlying foundations of writing
What sort of writing do children do between 1-5 years, according to Case-Smith?
(3)
Copies “X”, squares, + triangles
Draws “+” and “O”
Imitates “-“ and “ | “
What sort of writing do children do between 4-10 years, according to Case-Smith?
(2)
Letter writing
Name writing
What sort of writing do children do between 6-15 years, according to Case-Smith?
(2)
Writing words
Writing sentences
What is the Framework of Writing?
4
Transcription (spelling + writing)
Planning what to write
Revision writing
Types of writing
What do children have trouble with in the beginning?
Transcription (spelling and writing words accurately)
Young children’s processes are _______ and include difficulty with _______ and ______.
Sequential
Planning
Revisions
What writing product is typically looked at with young children?
Narratives
What elements are contained in Written Language?
6
Content
Syntax
Organization
Genre (Discourse)
Cohesion
Knowledge of word/sentence paragraph boundaries
What elements are contained in Writing?
7
Fine motor coordination
Letter formation
Spatial organization
Size/letter relationships
Pencil grip
Ability to copy from near/far
Expressive modality (Keyboarding/ Act of writing)
What is PreWriting?
1+5
Experience with letters and words during…
- Shared reading activities
- Print at home
- Print at school
- Print in immediate environment
- Availability of writing instruments (e.g., crayons, pencils, markers) and writing surfaces.
What do written spelling skills (i.e., print and cursive) develop alongside?
(2)
Decoding stages
Oral spelling stages.
Berlinger et al. (2002) reported decoding exerted a consistently significant direct influence on _______ and ______ in typically developing writers from 1-6 grade.
Therefore, the ability to correctly decode words may facilitate __________ which strengthens the probability that children will learn to represent letter forms correctly in ______.
Handwriting
Spelling
//
Correct spelling
Memory
The ability to efficiently decode words helps develop __________ from memory during reading and spelling activities.
Routines for the automatic retrieval
Motor development and written language development data includes age ranges paired with ________.
Written skills
What is Early Writing Development (1-3) characterized by?
Imitating/writing/drawing of vertical (|) and horizontal (-) lines
What happens to writing around 3-4 years of age?
Initial lines develop into independently drawn circles (O) and intersecting lines (+)
What happens in writing between 4-6 years of age?
Basic lines and shapes (X,Δ, □) become actual letters, such as capital “X” and “A”
Children have been observed to progress from writing/scribbling swirls to writing ___________.
One letter to represent a word, sentence, or phrase
Children may begin to use symbols (letters) without having any __________. and may not know or be able to identify __________ in the alphabet or the conventions of writing ___________.
Letter-sound correspondences
All of the letters
Left to right
What do children enrolled in daycare or school learn to do earlier than unenrolled children?
(4)
Form shapes
Letters
Numbers
Writing their names
Most children who have experience with print in their homes will begin to experiment with ____________.
Writing without focused instruction
What might children from high print homes (access to books, joint book reading) may go through sooner than children with little experience with print?
Logographic reading stage
___% of the U.S. are left handed and ___% are right-handed.
10%.
90%
What do we also need to note about children’s writing to know if they need an OT referral?
(1+2)
How they write during evaluation
- Letter size
- Body positioning
What are children asked to write in Early School Writing?
3
What they are thinking
Write in their own fashion their own way
Copy teacher’s writing
Do writing and drawing have the same arm /hand movement patterns?
No
What are children in classes K-1st grade taught to do?
3
Talk
Draw
Write stories
In early school writing, children use their ___________ as characters in fictional playdate stories.
Friends and family
To become a conventional writer, what must the child understand?
(5)
Sound symbol relationships
Words as stable, memorable units
Text as a stable, memorable object
Spelling and basic sentence grammar
Adult models
What are Early Writing Types (1st grade)?
2
Chronological
Nonchronological