Observation Task 4: Development of Early Writing Skills

Focus: Identify the early developmental writing stages and strategies within those stages

Objective: Identify the developmental stages and strategies used by your MST to support the development
of early writing skills in students

Procedure: Familiarize yourself with the Observation Table: Development of Early Writing Skills. Identify
the developmental writing stage the student is in, the ADEC outcome that the activity addresses and a brief
description of the activity. For example, K2LP1 Identify beginning sounds heard in words

Table 4: Development of Early Writing Skills (Example)

Developmental Supporting Activities Links to the ADEC Curriculum
Writing Stage
(Identify the ADEC Outcome)

fi ne motor Li nk s ounds to letters, naming a nd s ounding the letters of the

s ki l l s a l phabet.
Writing letters in wet sand

Begi n to form recognizable l etters

fi ne motor Li nk s ounds to letters, naming a nd s ounding the letters of the

s ki l l s a nd a l phabet.
Using tracing cards to form letters correctly.
cogni ti ve
Us e a pencil and hold i t effectively to form recognizable
l etters, most of which a re correctly formed

fi ne motor Li nk s ounds to letters, naming a nd s ounding the letters of the

s ki l l s a nd a l phabet.
Using a playdough mat to form letters
cogni ti ve
Begi n to form recognizable l etters

Suggestions for the further development of early writing skills

Using tracing strong cards.

Give enough time for each activity.

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Reflections on Observation Task 4: Development of Early Writing Skills

1. What are developmental writing stages the majority of the students in? writing letters by
playgough.

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.

- The teacher can put the dots letters and the children can write the letters by playgough and put it
on the dots.
- The teacher can put arrows to help the children how to write the letters correctly.