Developing Reading and Writing Skills

Developing Writing and Reading Skills
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Developing Writing and Reading Skills
The concepts of reading and writing development are closely connected as they reinforce each other. According to Kim et al., (2018), the ability to write well makes students better readers as they can easily comprehend complex concepts and vice versa. Further, Kim et al argue that the skills acquired during reading enhance better writing in students (2018). Writing and reading connect through language fluency, language acquisition, a better understanding of text models, grammar and syntax development, and vocabulary development. This means that when a student is good at reading, chances to develop better writing skills are high.
Stages of Writing Development
Stages of writing can be defined as the process through which students progress through different stages as they acquire and perfect their ability to write. Importantly, the stages are not linear, sometimes students might be oscillating back and forth through the stages to attain fluency. The stages of writing help teachers and parents understand which stage of writing a child is at and what interventions can be used to give instructions. Further, for ELLs, instructors are allowed to understand the student's understanding of language and what help can be used for each student.
The first stage of writing is prewriting, which helps students to engage in activities and instructions that promote the writing process. Additionally, this stage help students to develop motor skills and connections between written and spoken language. Students engage in activities such as using symbols, drawing letters, or scribbles.
Notably, the emergent stage involves preschool students. According to Puranik and Lonigan (2014), the emergent stage forms the foundation of basic skills that contribute to the success of fluency and literacy in reading and writing in the future. Further, this stage is defined by portraying meaning and not observing writing rules. It involves children between 5-7 years. At this stage, the student understands basic phonics ,which ranges between letter patterns and sound. At this stage, educators can use audio support for letters.
In the early writing stage, students understand the basic rules of conventional writing , and learners can construct simple sentences that observe spelling and grammar. At the transition st...