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Click below to watch a short video clip that shows Lynn Reichle and her second grade students going on a writing adventure called Writers' Workshop.

A child's writing development parallels their development as a reader. Print awareness develops in young children as a result of being read to by adults and having other literacy experiences.

Part of print awareness is the realization that writing is created with instruments such as pens, pencils, crayons and markers. Children began to imitate the writing that they see in the environment.

At first glance, the efforts of a young child may look like meaningless scribble, but a closer look at these early attempts at writing will reveal something more. Children who have not yet entered school engage in scribbling as an attempt to create writing that has meaning.

Writing: An Introduction

By: North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (2004)

This article provides an introduction to writing development and how to teach the writing process.

Questions About Writing Instruction

By: Partnership for Reading (2001)

The following are answers to frequent questions teachers have about writing instruction.

Teaching Writing to Students with LD

By: Russell Gersten, Scott Baker, and Lana Edwards (1999)

Effective writing instruction for students with disabilities incorporates three components: adhering to a basic framework of planning, writing, and revision; explicitly teaching critical steps in the writing process; and providing feedback guided by the information explicitly taught. Learn more about methods for using these components in this article.

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