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    Learning To Write: Is This An Easy Process?

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    Learning to write requires coordination of multiple brain functions including attention, motor skills, memory, visual processing, language, and higher-order thinking. The brain does not have dedicated writing centers like it does for speech. Writing relies on speech areas and involves coordinating neural networks across both brain hemispheres. Direct instruction and practice are needed to learn writing. Dysgraphia is a neurological disorder affecting writing skills and often co-occurs with other learning difficulties. Strategies like graphic organizers, dictation, speech-to-text, and accommodations can help students with dysgraphia develop writing skills.

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    Learning to write requires coordination of multiple brain functions including attention, motor skills, memory, visual processing, language, and higher-order thinking. The brain does not have dedicated writing centers like it does for speech. Writing relies on speech areas and involves coordinating neural networks across both brain hemispheres. Direct instruction and practice are needed to learn writing. Dysgraphia is a neurological disorder affecting writing skills and often co-occurs with other learning difficulties. Strategies like graphic organizers, dictation, speech-to-text, and accommodations can help students with dysgraphia develop writing skills.

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    Learning to write requires coordination of multiple brain functions including attention, motor skills, memory, visual processing, language, and higher-order thinking. The brain does not have dedicated writing centers like it does for speech. Writing relies on speech areas and involves coordinating neural networks across both brain hemispheres. Direct instruction and practice are needed to learn writing. Dysgraphia is a neurological disorder affecting writing skills and often co-occurs with other learning difficulties. Strategies like graphic organizers, dictation, speech-to-text, and accommodations can help students with dysgraphia develop writing skills.

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    Learning to

    Write
    Is thi s an easy pro cess?
    Writing is the blending of:

    1. Attention

    2. Fine-motor coordination

    3. Memory

    4. Visual Processing

    5. Language

    6. Higher-Order Thinking
    Writing relies heavily on speech because most of us
    sound out words in our head as we write them down.

    The brain does not perceive


    writing to be a survival skill.
    The brain has no writing
    centers comparable to those for
    spoken language.

    Writing requires the


    coordination of numerous
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    neural networks and systems.

    Learning to write requires


    direct instruction and practice.
    Right- handed = left parietal lobe is activated

    left-handed = right parietal lobe is activated


    Spelling is closely linked to Reading

    - You break apart a spoken word into sounds and


    encode them into letters representing each sound
    - As children learn to represent words in writing
    with the alphabet, they often encode words by
    their initial consonants, followed by their ending
    sounds
    - Example: ( horse – hrs, and monster = mstr)
    What is Dysgraphia ?

    Spectrum disorder
    describing major
    A neurological disorder It is usually associated
    difficulties in mastering
    that can stem from several with other learning
    the sequence of
    causes problems
    movements necessary to
    write letters and numbers

    Spatial Dysgraphia =
    Dyslexic Dysgraphia =
    Motor Dysgraphia = spatial processing
    lesions may exist in the
    problems with muscles function in the right
    left parietal lobe
    hemisphere
    1. Graphic Organizers to organize
    the writer ’s thoughts

    2. Record what you want to write


    down

    Strategies to 3. Have an adult scribe

    4. Talk while writing


    Consider
    5. Use the computer ( speech to text
    ) example = Co-Writer

    6. Use visual aids ( example =


    Inspirational Software)
    Accommodations Strategies

    Provide Provide partially completed outlines

    Correct Correct spelling in first draft

    Reduce Reduce copying of printed work ( ? Flashcards)

    Allow Allow additional time for written work

    Encourage Encourage keyboarding skills

    Allow Allow students to use print or cursive

    Teach Teach students how to use spell check


    Planning Think Sheet

    TOPIC:
    ___________________________
    • Who am I writing for?
    • Why am I writing this?
    • What doe I already know about this?
    • How can I group my ideas?
    • How will I organize my ideas?
    Analyzing a 3rd
    grader’s
    writing sample

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