Writing development is one of my favorite reasons to teach kindergarten. What other job can you see growth in students daily? Check out these stages of writing development. Can you guess where these amazing examples fall in the stages? Praise your child wherever they are at. Children develop at various rates and benefit from positive praise on their efforts. As a parent, ask them to read their work to you. Let their confidence shine and remember to avoid correcting their spelling or letter shape. This is a time to let them be proud and share their work. (You can always take mental note of those things and do a fun activity later to reinforce letter shapes or sounds they may have missed)
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| Can you see the word lollipop, socks, flowers? What other words can you see? |
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| Beginning sounds are present here and many other sounds. What words can you read? Feet, flower, slime... |
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| Here a student knows that sounds are created by letters but has not yet firmed up the letter/sound correspondence. |
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| Using sight words to get their message across to the reader. |
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| Students beginning to use the lines on the paper |
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| Here a child labels and writes a sentence to tell the reader more about their writing. |
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| Using some of the sight words we are working on in the classroom to give more information to their reader. |
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| Sentence writing without spaces but many sounds are there to help the reader understand the author's message.  |
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| Adding words to a detailed piece of writing to help the reader understand the message written. |
