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Emergent Writing Skills In Preschool Children With Language Impairment, Stacey Lynne Pavelko Jan 2011

Emergent Writing Skills In Preschool Children With Language Impairment, Stacey Lynne Pavelko

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Much research demonstrates that alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, and emergent writing are all significant predictors of later reading and writing outcomes, and that children with language impairments (LI) are particularly at risk for later literacy difficulties. Further, children with LI consistently demonstrate depressed emergent literacy skills in the areas of phonological awareness, print concepts, and alphabet knowledge; however, little is known about their emergent writing skills. Therefore, the purposes of this study were twofold: (1) to compare the emergent writing skills of preschool children with language impairment to their typically developing peers using a range of writing tasks and a …


First Grade Fairy Tale Thematic Unit: Improving Writing, Chelsi Gross Jan 2008

First Grade Fairy Tale Thematic Unit: Improving Writing, Chelsi Gross

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

This project integrated writing and literature to better teach first grade students how to write. The thematic unit utilizes a variety of learning styles and ties varying schools of thought together into one succinct unit through 14 lessons, one being a celebration. Each lesson is designed to incorporate Colorado State Writing Standards, Step Up to Writing, 6 Trait Writing, and the Writing Process. Upon review, this project was found to be well laid out, successful in addressing a range of learning styles, and easy to implement. However, the project may be at times too difficult for struggling writers and may …


Embellishing The Art Of Writing Instead Of Impairing It During First-Grade Studies, Maria Carmen Canelo Jan 2000

Embellishing The Art Of Writing Instead Of Impairing It During First-Grade Studies, Maria Carmen Canelo

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


A Writer's Workshop Approach To Teaching The California English-Language Arts Standards In Writing, Katherine Anne Maloney Jan 1999

A Writer's Workshop Approach To Teaching The California English-Language Arts Standards In Writing, Katherine Anne Maloney

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


A Guidebook For Implementing A Writer's Workshop, Kimberly Mackay Hartnett Jan 1998

A Guidebook For Implementing A Writer's Workshop, Kimberly Mackay Hartnett

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to provide beginning teachers or teachers new to writing instruction with a step-by-step guideline for implementing writer's workshop in a K-3 classroom. The first eight weeks of writer's workshop are outlined and defined complete with prompts and reflections teachers can use to make this strategy responsive to the needs of their students.19 440 0 Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, San Bernardino, 1998.


Making Writing Meaningful For Students, Michelle Denise Potter Jan 1997

Making Writing Meaningful For Students, Michelle Denise Potter

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Supporting The Emergent Writer In Grade 1, Donna Wakeland Stark Jan 1996

Supporting The Emergent Writer In Grade 1, Donna Wakeland Stark

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Writing Workshop In A Whole Language Classroom: Effects On Reading Comprehension, Written Language, And Writing Skills, Kathleen Muriel Dodd Jan 1995

Writing Workshop In A Whole Language Classroom: Effects On Reading Comprehension, Written Language, And Writing Skills, Kathleen Muriel Dodd

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


Publishing Class Books In First Grade: Making The Reading-Writing Connection, H. Lawrence Heywood Jan 1995

Publishing Class Books In First Grade: Making The Reading-Writing Connection, H. Lawrence Heywood

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


The Effective Use Of Journal Writing In A Fourth Grade Classroom, An Inservice For Elementary School Teachers, Susan Ann Brown Jan 1995

The Effective Use Of Journal Writing In A Fourth Grade Classroom, An Inservice For Elementary School Teachers, Susan Ann Brown

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


This Too Is Writing: Writing In The Holistic Classroom, Iris Anne Tramp Jan 1994

This Too Is Writing: Writing In The Holistic Classroom, Iris Anne Tramp

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.