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What is Kid Writing?
A systematic approach to phonics, journal
writing, and Writing Workshop
Helps children understand the process of
sounding out words
Helps children learn the sound/letter
relationships
Children see conventional writing during the
underwriting phase
Mini-lessons are taught from the children’s work
Students share their writing with classmates
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Benefits
Reading and writing are reciprocal processes, each strengthens the other.
As children become writers they: begin to focus their attention on print in
the environment use their visual memory to write words
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Developmental Stages of Writing
Level 1: Emerging Makes uncontrolled or
unidentifiable scribbling
Level 2: Pictorial Imitates writing Draws somewhat
recognizable picture Tells about picture
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Developmental Stages of Writing
Level 3: Precommunicative Write to convey a message;
attempts to read it back
Uses letter-like forms and/or
random letter strings
Prints own name or
occasional known word
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Developmental Stages of Writing
Level 4: Semiphonetic Correctly uses some
letters to match sounds
May use one beginning letter to write a word
Usually writes left to right (may reverse some letters)
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Developmental Stages of Writing
Level 5: Phonetic Represents beginning and
ending sounds Spells some high-
frequency words correctly in sentences
Includes some vowels (often not correct ones)
Writes one or more sentences with spaces
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Developmental Stages of Writing
Level 6: Transitional Correctly spells many high-
frequency words in sentences Uses vowels in most syllables (may not be correct) Begins to use simple
punctuation (may not be correct)
Writes more than one sentence
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Developmental Stages of Writing
Level 7: Conventional Correctly spells many high-
frequency words (more than one sentence).
Larger correctly spelled vocabulary:may use phonetic spelling for advanced words.
Usually using capital and lowercase letters and periods and question marks correctly.
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Developmental Stages of Writing
Level 8: Advanced Uses a rich, varied vocabulary
Mays still use phonics-based spelling for advanced words
Have mastered the spelling
of commonly used words
Uses quotation marks, comma and apostrophes correctly
Usually organizes writing into appropriate paragraphs
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Getting started in the classroom
Break into smaller groups
Sit around the teacher/aide/volunteer
Open up writing notebook to the next page
Date stamp the page Pass out a bag of
markers to each child
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Steps in Kid writing Think about the story you want to
share
Draw a picture
Kid writing (guided phonics-based spelling) The child writes the letter/sounds they hear.
Adult writing/Underwriting
Mini-lesson with the whole group
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Stretching Words the Right Way
Adults help children do the kid writing by: slowly sounding out the ENTIRE word exaggerating key consonant sounds
One key sound per word may be
appropriate at the beginning of the year.
Encourage students to “write the letters you think you hear.”
Often children will write inappropriate
letters and that’s okay for now.
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Tips for Kid Writer Helpers
Ask the child to tell you about their drawing.
Repeat the child’s story back as one complete sentence.
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“S-T-R-E-T-C-H” Words
• Say them slowly but DON’T break them down into individual sounds
• Say, “Watch my mouth and tell me what you hear when I say_____.”
• Have them write what they hear.
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What if …. The child has no idea what letter
makes the sound? Encourage the child to use a magic line.
(a horizontal blank line).
The child hears the letter but does not know how to write it? Refer to the alphabet chart.
You are working with a small group and other children say the sound/letter to help out,
Say to the child writing, “Write what you hear.” Say to the other students, “Thanks for helping.”
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Praise the Child for Their Great Writing!
Underwrite the story in adult writing.
Point out any elements in the kid writing that matched the adult writing.
Read the story back with the child, pointing to each word as you read the adult writing.
Have the child read the story back pointing to the words as they read.
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Cautions
Please be careful of: Spelling Printing clearly Using capital letters ONLY where they
belong
PRAISE the child for their attempts and
IGNORE the mistakes.
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Citations
Feldgus, Eileen, and Isabell Cardonick. Kid Writing. 2nded. Chicago, IL: Wright Group, 1999.
"At&t Labs." Text-to-Speech. 2 Dec 2007 <http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php>.
Digital pictures taken by Michele Thomas
Feldgus, Eileen, and Isabell Cardonick. Kid Writing. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: Wright Group, 1999.Ā