How Do I Write...? Scaffolding Preschoolers' Early Writing Skills.

Providing preschoolers with rich writing experiences can help to lay a foundation for their later reading and writing success. Early writing experiences can be greatly enhanced by how preschool teachers answer young children's questions about writing and engage them in productive writing instruction...

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Published in:Reading Teacher Vol. 66; no. 8; pp. 650 - 660
Main Authors: Cabell, Sonia Q., Tortorelli, Laura S., Gerde, Hope K.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell May2013
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          Cabell, Sonia Q.
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          Research scientist, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
          Assistant professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
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        Scaffolded instruction
        Emergent literacy
        Individualized instruction
        Composition (Language arts) achievement
        Study & teaching of language composition
        Preschool education
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          Scaffolded instruction
          Emergent literacy
          Individualized instruction
          Composition (Language arts) achievement
          Study & teaching of language composition
          Preschool education
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        Achievement gap
        Assessment
        Assistive technologies
        At-risk factors
        Early childhood
        In-service
        Informal
        Instructional intervention
        Invented spelling
        Phonics, phonemic awareness, phonological awareness
        Remediation
        Rubrics
        Self-perception, self-concept
        Strategies, methods and materials
        Struggling learners
        Teacher education, professional development
        To inform instruction, as inquiry
        To learners in which of the following categories does your work apply?
        Writing
        Writing strategies
      ab: Providing preschoolers with rich writing experiences can help to lay a foundation for their later reading and writing success. Early writing experiences can be greatly enhanced by how preschool teachers answer young children's questions about writing and engage them in productive writing instruction. With appropriate scaffolding, early writing provides support for children's overall literacy development. Taking an individualized approach to writing instruction allows teachers to capitalize on children's literacy skills at each level of development. This article provides a framework for teachers to evaluate and understand the writing that young children produce and research-based guidance on how to shape instruction in response to each child's strengths. Scenarios are presented to illustrate the varied child-centered responses teachers can use to support and develop foundational literacy skills through writing across typical preschool classroom contexts (i.e., centers, journals, morning message).
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