Districts can choose from a menu of training and support options including in-person, online, or a combination of both. More Information Contact Support. Establish a Common Writing Approach Implementing Step Up to Writing in every grade establishes a common writing approach across grade levels and content areas.
Propel Students Forward with Explicit Instruction Step Up to Writing instructional strategies and writing lessons help students understand the importance of each step in the writing process.
Program Features. Emphasis on using technology for research and to produce and publish work. Explicit focus on supporting students in producing organized, clear, and coherent writing. View Efficacy Report Reviews and Evaluations. Step Up to Writing provides the specialized instruction to meet the needs of diverse student groups. General Education Strategies boost student writing to the next level Solid structure across the types of writing assignments Revision guidance Consistent strategies and multiple opportunities for practice English Language Learners Oral language development is encouraged Students develop an academic vocabulary Students stay actively involved Emphasis on relating and organizing information.
Smith, K. Featured Step Up to Writing Resources. See all Step Up to Writing Resources. Build confident, skilled writers at every level across your school or district today. Do you see the same old starts over and over again?
Start where the action is. Not at the beginning of the day, when nothing is happening. Begin when the volcano starts oozing lava or as you walk onstage for the talent competition. Tension and drama brings narrative writing to life. The reader must believe the protagonist will fail: the tornado is too strong, the villain is too evil, the black forces of depression are too overwhelming. Yet, through strength, talent and determination, somehow our main character triumphs in the end.
You need to build up momentum. Start strong, but save your best arguments and strongest messages for further into your writing. Think of dialogue as a mini play within the story. Quotations from real people can also be powerful. The words of an expert, a celebrity, or an ordinary person affected by an issue, can add strength and vibrancy to informative or persuasive writing.
If I tell you I am generous, do you believe me? No way. But if I buy all of your raffle tickets to help cancer research, are you more convinced?
In informative and persuasive writing, engage or convince the reader by showing them one example to reflect a larger issue, e. Everyone gets up, gets dressed, travels to school. So why write about it? Browder and Fred Spooner. Which words and communicative responses does the student already use? An assessment of communicative functioning should target:. Focusing on the mechanics of writing will often prevent a student from understanding and accomplishing the purpose of writing.
Think beyond the traditional ways students have learned to write, and focus on making writing meaningful. Teach students how to copy words from labels, books, and other sources. Provide lists of words your students can copy from to increase their engagement in academics and leisure activities. For example, you can provide a list of words students can copy into search engines to access educational content for school solar system, dinosaurs, U. Once you teach students this skill, they can also use the print within their environment to develop their spelling proficiency.
When learning to copy words, some students may need assistive technology to circumvent weaknesses in fine motor skills. Once students learn to copy other words, they can progress to spelling words after hearing them spoken. Try these strategies to boost emerging spelling skills:.
Note: If students have not acquired sufficient spelling skills to write sentences, then they may require the use of selection-based writing software in which words or combinations of words are presented within arrays on a computer screen. Students who can engage in narrative writing are able to articulate what they know and share their perspective on the world around them.
Carefully plan instructional activities to help students acquire narrative writing skills:. You can help improve the quality and clarity of student writing by prompting them to check their own work. For example:. Writing instruction for students with disabilities is a complex process that must be carefully and deliberately planned. These were just a few suggestions to get you started. For more guidance—and practical information on how to teach other academic content areas to students with developmental disabilities—check out More Language Arts, Math, and Science for Students with Severe Disabilities.
I need an advice s the teaching strategies to kids with learning difficulties. Starting by teaching phonics , hoe else should I proceed. Fitzroy Readers are so far very effective. Many of these have sections on teaching literacy skills, including writing, to students with learning difficulties. Amazing article. All the 7 steps are just wonderful for students. I want to add one more method by which you can try to teach them writing skills. You can ask students to read some story of their choice and ask them to write the same story in their own words, it will help them to write on the beginning stage because they know the story and just need to write by themselves.
Writing a story without reading can be difficult for students but if they have read the story can write it. Thanks for sharing the significant information.
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