Module 2 - Emergent Writing in the Primary Grades Article Reflection

            I completed an undergraduate class at KSU that focused on analyzing students’ writings and drawings. I cannot remember the specifics of the class but I remember looking at students’ sentences/drawings and predicting which stage they were exhibiting. Marie Clay wrote a book called What Did I Write? which sounds like a great examination of children and their writing development.  I agree that children (English and Spanish speaking) grow immensely through the primary grades in their reading and writing skills. At times, it can be difficult to decipher their words and sentences but with practice/experience it becomes easier. This article had two tables from the Blackburn-Cramp Development Writing Scale (which we will use in this reading endorsement class) and the Ferreiro-Teberosky model. Blackburn-Cramp is used for English speaking students in grades one and below, whereas the Ferreiro-Teberosky model is used for students learning to write in Spanish. Both of the charts showed similarities. I agree that language is social and we use it to communicate which relates to Vygotsky’s theory. Language activities are vital for emergent readers and writers, which is why building a writing community in the classroom is essential.