Young Children Emerge

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Young Children Emerge

• Into Writing
• By, Jeremiah Mills

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• Many young children become writers before they
  get to kindergarten.
• They may not be able to create words, sentences,
  or paragraphs but they can tell you stories that
  they have made up.
• The rest of the children will be introduced to
  the idea of writing in the first year of school.

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• The development of a young childs writing is
  very similar to that of their reading.

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Three Stages

• 1st - The children make scribbles that represent
  their writing.
• 2nd - Their scribbles become more like words and
  they get into invented spelling.
• 3rd - This is when they become fluent writers.
  Their words are spelled correctly and are in
  proper order.

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• Many teachers try to keep the children from using
  invented spelling, but that does not help the
  children. Allow them to explore and with your
  guidance they will discover the correct way to
  spell.

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• Young children also like to do the same things as
  the older children. They like to label their
  pictures with words and letters, describing what
  they have drawn.

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Introducing young children to writing.

• Children are introduced to writing from their
  parent and teachers as they write.
• Teachers should teach minilessons on writing and
  get the kids involves in writing activities.

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• Teachers also demonstrate writing through morning
  messages, language exercises, and other
  activities that incorporate writing.
• These can be anything from scribbles and random
  marks to words and cursive writing depending on
  their ability.

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Stages of development

• Scribble writing -
• One letter labeling -
• Invented spelling -
• More sophisticated invented spelling with spacing-

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• Invented spelling with application of rules -

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• Kid spelling teaches the students many strategies
  for writing, and gives them permission to invent
  spelling that reflects their level.
• Young childrens writing grows out of talking and
  drawing.
• Kids writing is usually how they talk but written
  on the paper.

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Adapting the writing process for young children.

• Teachers many time simplify the writing process
  for young children by abbreviating the revising
  and editing stages of the writing process.

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Writing centers

• Writing centers can be setup in a kindergarten.
  It is a special place where children can write.
• It should be located at a table with chairs and
  have plenty of supplies.
• Supplies should include pencils, crayons, a date
  stamp, different kinds of paper, journal
  notebooks, envelopes, and anything else you may
  want to keep there.

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Authors chair

• This is a chair that is set apart from all the
  rest.
• Only people who are reading aloud sit in the
  chair.
• Children should be thinking of three things when
  the teacher is reading a book in the chair.

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• Authors write books.
• I am an author.
• If I wrote this published book now, I wouldnt
  write it this way.

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Thank You

• This computer will explode in

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Bibliography

• Reading of the 21st, by Tompkins
• Microsoft Power Point Presentations
• Dr. Mi