CHELSEY- THE STAGES IN WRITING DEVELOPMENT + WRITING AS A STAGE, A PROCESS, A TRAIT - WEEK SIX

 

Hey folks, have you ever taught that there are numerous stages that a child goes through in order to become a fluent writer? Have you heard of the writing process until now? I'm certain that before learning about the writing process, you assumed the child or  children was purposely writing that way. This week's class focuses on a variety of topics in depth.

Different stages in writing

 Ladies we all can agree that writing development is a learning process that takes years to complete. For young children, the process of writing and drawing has different learning curves depending on the child. Every child, however, goes through comparable stages of development with their art and writing. Each level of the writing development process is distinct. Understanding how written language represents verbal and cognitive ideas is a developmental process unto itself. When children are learning new skills, they progress through different stages of development these include Preliterate, Early Emergent, Emergent, transition and fluency. What I appreciate about this topic   is that after viewing the video, I was able to obtain a better understanding of what teachers can expect about different stages and become more knowledgeable of how we can support our students during their development. Additionally, The many demonstrations from my colleagues with their unique techniques to help students at a specific point in the writing process also sparked my interest.

Six writing Traits

Any writer can tell you that mastering the art of writing is difficult. We all can all testify to that statement and we all   can agree it can be even more difficult to teach our students to do so. The 6+1 Trait is a way of teaching, modeling, and assessing the instruction of writing.  This model identifies six important features , Ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions are the 6+1 traits in writing. There were various aspects of this topic that piqued my interest, as well as how educational it was. To begin, I was able to grasp that the Six Traits model allows teachers and students to focus on one or two parts of writing at a time, producing a more manageable and successful manner for students to learn how to write. Furthermore, it provides particular feedback to students through the evaluation of their work. Finally, the Six Traits assist both the student and the teacher in identifying areas of writing in which the student needs to develop. To achieve good writing as a teacher, we must include the Six Traits.

I really appreciate the visuals of the numerous charts and graphic design, as well as the utilization of songs in the lesson to help children grasp the writing process. Overall, the class was quite effective, educational, and well executed. I also learned a lot of useful knowledge that I will utilize when I return to the classroom. 

 

CHELSEY -CHALLENGES IN THE TEACHING OF WRITING+ STAGES OF WRITING DEVELOPMENT - WEEK FIVE

 

adLadies, we can all agree that teaching is a magnificent profession since it is rewarding to have an impact on children's lives. However, many people are unaware of the challenges that come with this field of work. This week, we will examine a quick description five main challenges in the teaching of writing that teachers encounter in today's classrooms these include Multidimensional nature of writing ,    writing as a decontextualized task, Absence of prosody, body language, and facial expression in writing, Writers cannot assume shared context with the reader,   Writer’s limited information about reader’s knowledge, opinion, and reading competence  and a brief overview of the stages of  writing  development .we also analyze the implications of these strategies and how teachers should incorporate the usage of various writing strategies to overcome the challenges.  What piqued my interest in this class session was discovering how closely interwoven reading and writing are and how important they are. Reading and writing are important parts of thinking and learning. They remain intertwined as students’ progress in both areas. The absence of these two components could
present numerous difficulties in the teaching of writing. Additionally, I love how it incorporates a video that explains, illustrates, and gives a quick description of what is required from teachers and students at various stages of writing. Furthermore, I appreciate the abundance of images used to show us what the different stages of writing looks like. The video below demonstrates how our students and/or children progress through the many stages of writing as they mature.

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Week #5

I must say that this week was really interesting, and I want to thank Miss Quinn and my other classmates for making it a very entertaining lesson this week. We discussed the difficulties in writing instruction and the stages of writing development. I must admit that these topics were a mouthful. I've learned a lot because honestly speaking I had no knowledge of these topics. After learning these I now realize that I can improve my students writing by implementing different strategies. before I get into that we went through the important stages which are the emergent stage, early stage, transitional stage, and fluency writing. My thoughts are that children love expressing their thoughts and ideas verbally. Putting those thoughts on paper (writing) happens in stages that kids work through at their own pace. However Some will develop writing skills quickly; for others, it will take longer. We also did an activity with strategies to assist children to write at various levels. My group worked on the early emergent stage, in which we took a sample from a child and used an approach to help them improve their writing. The approach we utilize is tracing with dots, which allows the child to easily trace letters. As the child uses this strategy, their writing will improve and they will be able to create the letters on their own. I don't have any recommendations because it was a truly fantastic week.

TRENDS IN WRITING - BEST PRACTICES IN WRITING INSTRUCTION - WEEK FOUR

Ladies, I must say that we have learned a huge amount of information about varieties  of writing-related topics. This week, the main emphasis was on the various writing strategies teachers may employ in the classroom. One of the things I admired or like the most about this week's class was how much I learned from the numerous presentations. It was a great idea to involve every student in an exercise where they had to demonstrate how to use each strategy. Demonstrating   the importance of utilizing a rubric to the class and how it can benefits teachers, parents, and students spark my interest the most. I never knew how crucial it was as a teacher until the presentation. Although there was a lot to learn in this class, one concept particularly stood out to me  which I think is very important in my opinion. Teachers are aware that writing is challenging, and improving one's writing is even more challenging. When writing or learning how to construct a piece of writing, students are less likely to give it their all. . Teachers can diversify instruction to ensure that every student learns in a different way by now utilizing the different varieties of writing strategies in the classroom.  By doing this, student participation in their learning is increased and teacher-student communication is improved. Overall, the class session was really fruitful and pleasant,  A  loner time span for each demonstration of the  strategies would have been helpful to the new students as a further recommendation

Blog Week#3 - Eight Writing Process for expository writing

One thing  for certain... by time we are finished with this course we will be great writers. This week looks at the eight steps of writing an expository essay: Step 1- ideas to execute the course needs to be clear and legitimate to move forward in the right direction. the researcher has to keep in mind how to bring the ideas to life to fit the best needs for the reader is the second step. Thirdly, idea tailor made for the reader narrowed into a circumscribed and focused topic. Planning, gathering, reporting, researching, observing, experiencing and viewing information. Step five (5) entails determining the context what to use and how and how to develop the story's purpose Step 6  this step focuses on the design of the written piece its sense of direction and informational. we were given the opportunity to formulate a topic of which I chose " the scarcity of water in Antigua and Barbuda" focusing on cause and effect. Am really excited as am able to conduct one on one interviews with managers at Antigua Pluming and Utility Authority to get  direct information for my essay to be lit!!!