Writing Development
The first writing sample I was given seems to written by a first grader who is in the early and transitional stages of writing development based on the examples provided in the
Stages of Writing Development video. The writing is spaced out between each word and for the most part I am able to identify what is meant by the student. However, the words are not all spelled correctly; the student is showing initial and final consonants with spelling errors within the word. The letters are almost fully formed but there are a few that look like the student was confused between. Their letter f looks like a t with a hook and then the t look like a backwards j with a cross.
This writing was done on lined paper and it looks like the student grasped the concept of keeping the words on the lines. Except for one mistake, the child did have appropriate usage of lower and upper case letters. There are pictures drawn at the top of the sample which show me the student is able to express what s/he means …show more content…
The pictures on the top of the first sample were still blob-like, whereas the pictures on the second one had stick figures with clothing and objects around them. The student even included word bubbles for his/her characters. On the actual picture sample there is no writing by the student other than her name which shows me the student is most likely in the early-emergent writing stage, based off the examples in the Stages of Writing Development video. She used object parts to create her pictures like simple lines, squares, triangles, and circles. Our textbook says this means the child is between the ages of 4 and 13 (Berk and Meyers, 2016, p. 304). I determined the child must be in Kindergarten because her writing is not developed enough for her to express her picture in her own words, but it shows that she grasped the pencil-pinching method for writing and drawing (How to Teach Your Child Fine Motor
Stages of Writing Development video. The writing is spaced out between each word and for the most part I am able to identify what is meant by the student. However, the words are not all spelled correctly; the student is showing initial and final consonants with spelling errors within the word. The letters are almost fully formed but there are a few that look like the student was confused between. Their letter f looks like a t with a hook and then the t look like a backwards j with a cross.
This writing was done on lined paper and it looks like the student grasped the concept of keeping the words on the lines. Except for one mistake, the child did have appropriate usage of lower and upper case letters. There are pictures drawn at the top of the sample which show me the student is able to express what s/he means …show more content…
The pictures on the top of the first sample were still blob-like, whereas the pictures on the second one had stick figures with clothing and objects around them. The student even included word bubbles for his/her characters. On the actual picture sample there is no writing by the student other than her name which shows me the student is most likely in the early-emergent writing stage, based off the examples in the Stages of Writing Development video. She used object parts to create her pictures like simple lines, squares, triangles, and circles. Our textbook says this means the child is between the ages of 4 and 13 (Berk and Meyers, 2016, p. 304). I determined the child must be in Kindergarten because her writing is not developed enough for her to express her picture in her own words, but it shows that she grasped the pencil-pinching method for writing and drawing (How to Teach Your Child Fine Motor