Skills - Foundational Writing
Brief Explanation
- Writers need to learn foundational writing skills so that they can focus more on developing and communicating ideas in their writing.
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Clearly Identified Key Outcomes
Use your programs of study for curriculum outcomes related to print awareness. Please refer to the CESD’s Essential Outcomes work.
Here is a K-9 Scope & Sequence of writing outcomes from the English Language Arts curriculum.

Purposeful Instructional Strategies
- Teach the basics of sentence construction
- Printing skills, including letter spacing and letter formation
- Instruction in cursive writing in grade 3 and up
- Keyboarding skills
- Look at Google Apps
- Spelling
- Word work


Personalization of Learning
- Assistive Technology
- Extra time and support
- Scaffolding with sentence frames, break writing into chunks
- Use of whiteboards for printing practice