Early+Years+Learner+-+Writing

Engagement with an early year’s literacy learner
Name: W Sex: M Age: 6 Grade: 1 Writing Level: Emergent

According to Hills “Phases in literacy development” an early writer “may use repetitive sentences such as I like”, this is exactly what W wrote when asked to write about the story. Having been given a range of implements to write with he chose to write in texta, using a different colour for each letter. I think this hampered his writing and as a result made several writing errors.

Using the writing sample and the “Emergent and early writing assessment sheet” (Hills 2008, p290) W would be in the early writing phase. He constructed a meaningful sentence using the correct words to convey his meaning. His letter formation, was not particularly clear however, it was obvious what letters they were. He made a good attempt at spelling the words for example he wrote “liced” for liked and “be cos” for because. It is interesting to note that he was unable to spell his surname, his first name was written beautifully in Victorian text however I had to offer guidance with his surname. This could be because he rarely needs to write his surname and does not see it written very often.