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Getting Started with Emergent Writing
Developed by the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education using federal funding, Special Education – State Program Improvement Grants for Children with Disabilities, CFDA # 84.323A.
Emergent Writing
• What is it? – The marks, scribbles, lines, and randomly selected
letters of beginning writers• During emergent writing students are
learning:– how to use a pencil– experiment and construct understandings– that writing is communication– to represent their ideas
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Getting Started with Emergent Writing
• Easy & Engaging Activities
• Teaching Strategies– Support Interaction– Modeling– Instructional Feedback
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Support Students in Selecting a Topic
• Verbal/Signed choices based on student
• Pictures
• Objects/Tactual Symbols
• Personal Remnant Books
• Classroom Remnant Lists/ChartsCenter for Literacy & Disability Studies, UNC-CH
Offering Verbal ChoicesTammy Lanning’s Classroom, Progressive Education Program,
Asheville NC
Classroom ListNancy Nation, 2006, North Shelby School, Shelby NC
Writer’s Topic Book
Krista Wilson, Valley Springs Middle School,Asheville NC
Nancy Nation, North Shelby School,Shelby, NC
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Pictures
• Magazines• Internet• Coupons & newspaper inserts• Personal pictures• Classroom pictures
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Tapping Into What Students KnowUsing Meaningful Pictures
Julie Brickhouse, Eastern Elementary, Greenville NC
Offer Tactual Choices From Real Experiences
Kelly Lane, TC Roberson High School, Asheville, NC
Using the Braille Flip Chart to write an “I Like” book
Rereading the writing after itcomes off of Braille Labeler
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Use Remnant BooksElaine & Jake Palmer, Charlotte, NC
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Group WritingFrom Tammy Lanning, Estes Elementary School, Asheville NC
Pencils Are Pointless Without.... a Meaningful Purpose
• Journaling• Emails, cards, notes, and letters• Picture/tactual captions• Signs & posters• Poetry• Write books• Activity related to current book
Offer a VARIETY of activities-avoid burnout
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JournalingJulie Brickhouse, Eastern Elementary, Greenville NC
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Writing is Small GroupsToy Dills-Booth, North Shelby School, Shelby NC
Sharing WritingToy Dills-Booth, North Shelby School, Shelby NC
Home Journal Entry June, 2004
Topic: Going to the Movies
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Developed by the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education using federal funding, Special Education – State Program Improvement Grants for Children with Disabilities, CFDA # 84.323A.
Home Journal Entry June, 2004
Topic: Going to the Movies
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Home Journal EntryAugust, 2005
Topic: Going to Greensboro
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Home Journal EntrySeptember, 2005
Topic: Going to the Doctor’s
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Home Journal EntrySeptember, 2005
Topic: Meeting Steffi
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Home Journal EntrySeptember, 2005
Topic: Mom being gone for two weeks
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Home Journal EntrySeptember, 2005
Topic: Mom being gone for two weeks
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Home Journal Entry December, 2005
Topic: My New Remote Control Dinosaur
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School Journal EntryJanuary, 2006
Topic: Bingo Game (which Jake won!)
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This module was developed by the Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education
using federal funding, Special Education – State Program Improvement Grants for
Children with Disabilities, CFDA # 84.323A.