Liann Pelser's List: Developing Writing Skills

How writing develops in young children. Suggested activities.

Ideas for teachers and parents: brianstorm, model, value, provide materials, etc...

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Ideas to inspire writing: Writing Dreams into Stories, Coffee House for sharing writing, DOL's (Daily Oral Language), Writing to Learn.

Story starters. Blackline masters to help children begin writing.

K-Grade 6 ideas to teach children to write. Suggests: celebrate all writing, journal back and forth, create alternate endings of stories, create simple scenarios first orally then written.

Teaching the process. Read to children. Teach parts of story. Build characters. Illustrate with crayons or watercolours. Bind books.