Argument Writing Components
Joan Sedita reviews the components of writing an argument piece in this short video.
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Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading
The Knowledge and Practice Standards define the knowledge and skills that all teachers of reading should possess to teach all students to read proficiently. These competencies can be used to guide professional development for educators.
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The Assessment of Written Syntax
In this International Dyslexia Association Perspectives article, Dr. Melissa Lee Farrall discusses that no single assessment will describe an individual’s skill in written syntax. Farrall gives educators examples of how to assess the component skills of writing that support the development of written expression.
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The Role of Complex Sentence Knowledge in Children with Reading and Writing Difficulties
In this International Dyslexia Association Perspectives article, Dr. Cheryl Scott and Dr. Catherine Balthazar, discuss the research about sentences as a unit of oral and written language. They discuss sentence complexity, how to identify students at risk for syntactic problems, and intervention practices to support these students.
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Syntax: Somewhere Between Words And Text
Emphasis on sentence-level instruction is critical to bridge the word-to-text gap for reading and writing. The PaTTAN webinar focuses on the relationships between words, sentences, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Explicit instruction can capitalize on and foster these relationships through purposeful selection of words, texts, and instructional activities. By utilizing effective instructional practices at the sentence level,…
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Stratégies pour développer l’écriture manuscrite et améliorer les habiletés en littératie
L’écriture manuscrite est une tâche fonctionnelle, mais complexe qui permet, par l’action réciproque de processus perceptivo-moteurs simples et de processus cognitifs de haut niveau, de communiquer des pensées à l’aide d’un code écrit (Abbott et Berninger, 1993; Overvelde et Hulstijn, 2011).
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La connaissance des lettres et l’acquisition de l’écriture
Apprendre à écrire une langue alphabétique comme le français implique notamment que les enfants comprennent le principe alphabétique au tout début de leur scolarisation ; en d’autres mots, ils doivent saisir que les segments de la langue orale (les phonèmes) sont à mettre en relation avec les signes écrits (les graphèmes).
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Self-Regulated Strategy Development To Enhance Reading and Writing
Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD), an evidence-based framework for teaching strategies for reading and writing.
