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

Developmental Supporting Activities Links to the ADEC Comments
Writing Stage Curriculum

 Link sounds to letters,  The student doing

Strings of
naming and sounding
letters
the letters of the
alphabet.
 The child identifies  The teacher
 Using whiteboard and marker
and recognizes the
to wrtie letter “E” on the line.
letter “E” through
written it at the
whiteboard with a
marker.
 The child developing
their fine motor skills
while using the
marker.
this activity in
writing center at
the time centers.
observes the
students and see
how they are able
to write and
recognized the
uppercase and
lowercase of the
letter.

Letter – like  Link sounds to letters,
symbols naming and sounding
the letters of the
alphabet.
 The student did
the activity in the
math center.
 I supersized when
I saw her made a

 The child uses form of letter “a”

geometric shapes to because she was

 Use geometric shapes to form
lowercase of letter “a”.
 The child developing
faced some
form a lowercase of
letter “a”. difficulty when
she writes the
lowercase of letter
their cognitive and
“a”.
thinking skills while
she thing to form a
lowercase of letter “a”.

 Link sounds to letters,  The student doing

Letter – like naming and sounding this activity in the
symbols the letters of the English center.
alphabet.  I observed Salama
have the ability to
 The child uses the rope
concentrate and
to go through the holes
 Using the letters card to form complete the
to form letter “C”.
the letter “C” with rope. activity without
 The child developing
help.
their visual and
cognitive skills while
concentrate holds the
card to enter the rope
into the holes to form
letter “C”.
  Link sounds to letters,
Letter – like naming and sounding
symbols the letters of the
alphabet.
 Begin to form
recognizable letters.
 Using a flashcard to form the  The child developing
uppercase and lowercase of the fine and gross
letter "U" with playdough. motor while forming
letter “U” with
playdough.
Suggestions for the further development of early writing skills
 The teacher should keep child's Focus on storybook by pointing to words and pictures as what the
reader read.
 Give them activities attempts to write their own name and recognizes.
 Give them tracing card to form the letters and numbers.
 The teacher should provide a variety of materials to encourage drawing and writing.
 The student doing
this activity in the
writing center.
 I try to use the
playdough always
because the
students like to
use it, and I prefer
the playdough to
let the students
writing the letter
to developed their
muscles and it's an
enjoyable activity.
Reflections on Observation Task 4: Development of Early Writing
Skills

1. What are developmental writing stages the majority of the students in?
 Letter-like Symbols
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 should introduce the first sound and letter form of their name and show them
how to write it in their name.
 Give the student time and space to show you their creative.