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Observation Task 4: Development of Early Writing Skills

Table 4: Development of Early Writing Skills
Developmental Writing
Stage

Supporting Activities

Using the small white

boards and markers
to practice writing
the letters.

Links to the ADEC Curriculum

Link sounds to letters,

naming and sounding the
letters of the alphabet.
Use the whiteboard
markers to form letters
they recognize correctly.

Use tracing cards to

practice writing the
letters correctly.

Link sounds to letters,

naming and sounding the
letters of the alphabet.
Use the markers to form
letters they recognize
correctly.

Writing letters in
sand.

Link sounds to letters,

naming and sounding the
letters of the alphabet.
Begin to form letters they
are able to recognize.

Comments

Using this activity help

students develop their
fine motor skills also it
helps to recognize the
formation of the letter.

Using this activity for

the low level students
help them to be able to
recognize the form of
the letter easily and be
able to practice writing
it in an easy way.

This activity help

students develop their
physical skills while the
students will be also
able to recognize the
formation of the
letters because they
enjoy playing by the
sand.

Suggestions for the further development of early writing skills

Let students format the letters in drawing area using paints and put them on the wall.
Use the playdough mate to form the letters.
Use clays to form the letters.

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Reflections on Observation Task 4: Development of Early Writing

Skills

1. What developmental writing stages are the majority of the students in?
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Using the small white boards and markers to practice writing the letters.
Use tracing cards.

2. Describe and explain two (2) suggested strategies that the teacher can use to help
the majority of the students within their developmental writing stage.
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Teacher can ask students to format the letters when they are in the drawing area
using paints and colors because students enjoy drawing, also using different
colors to format the letters will help students to be able to memorize the letters.
When teacher put the students' colorful letters on the wall they will feel happy
and proud also it will help them recognize the letters.

Use clays to form the letters. Teacher can use this strategy to change the usual
routine and help students to recognize the letters in a new way instead of the
usual activities she do.