Written Expression | Writing Conventions | Producing Text | ||
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Ideation |
Images can often be helpful to support students thinking and ideation.
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Planning to write |
Planning is more than just pre-writing. It is a multi-step process that involves contemplation of ideas, vocabulary, and language, activation of prior knowledge, organization of knowledge, and ongoing or recursive planning. Students ability to effectively plan is related to their developmental stage. There are many pre-writing tools that support the pre-writing planning process. |
Organization |
Many tools that support pre-writing and planning also support written organization. No Tech Check with your Media specialist for resources on NoodleTools |
Vocabulary |
Students who struggle with vocabulary benefit from word banks with targeted vocabulary words included. These can be with pre-filled or created “on the fly” through whole group, small group or individual conferencing.
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Transferring ideas from thinking to paper |
Speech to text is useful for students who can speak their ideas in an organized way, but struggle to write with the same clarity. Using an organizer prior to speaking is necessary for many students regardless of their writing format. Refer to the Planning and organizing sections of the toolfinder |