Writing Fluency
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Fluency
- Handwriting
- Transfer of ideas to print
Handwriting Fluency/Legibility
Writing Tracker
Pre- and Post- Extended Writing
Fluency Rubric
The ability to use language easily and accurately.
Volume - the number of words, sentences, paragraphs, and/or pages.
Stamina - self-regulated
Frequency - how often writing occurs
Automaticity - immediate, automatic response to a writing prompt
Link to Literacy In Action Module 1 - Writing Fluency (Introducing Writing Tracker)
New!! Ingredients of Good Writing - Elaine Weber MISD 2017 March Version
Writing Fluency: A Key to Success on Next Generation Assessments - The Teaching Channel
New!! Low-Stakes Writing: Writing to Learn, Not Learning to Write Edutopia - UPCS
Use low-stakes writing every day, in every subject to foster student voice, self-confidence, and critical thinking skills.
Low-stakes writing is a tool to help students build comfort with sharing and developing their thoughts through writing. A defining element of low-stakes writing is how it's graded -- the grade doesn't carry a lot of weight. This removes much of the pressure from having to do the assignment a certain way, putting value instead on student thought, expression, and learning, rather than punctuation, grammar, or getting a correct answer the first time.
Strategies
1: Grade Low-Stakes Writing Simply
2: Have Students Share Their Low-Stakes Writing
3: Differentiate Learning Through Group Work
4: Use Challenge Questions Instead of Giving Traditional Feedback
5: Create Open QuestionsSample Low-Stakes Writing Prompts You Can Use in Your Classroom Today
Here is a list of low-stakes writing prompts from University Park Campus School teachers that you can adapt to fit your needs.
New!! The Handwriting Debate - NASBE Policy Update H2989 Vol. 19, No. 7 Sept. 2012
Deveopment of Handwriting Speed and Legibility - S. Graham, 2001
Additional information on Handwriting and Keyboarding Rates
Handwriting Speeds for Copying and Compositional Tasks
Handwriting in the Time of Common Core - Shanahan on Literacy Sept 2012
- Handwriting
- Transfer of ideas to print
Handwriting Fluency/Legibility
Writing Tracker
Pre- and Post- Extended Writing
- number of words
- coherence
- even-ness consistency
Fluency Rubric
- Writing is even, consistent,
- Content is coherent
- Writing is sustained
The ability to use language easily and accurately.
Volume - the number of words, sentences, paragraphs, and/or pages.
Stamina - self-regulated
Frequency - how often writing occurs
Automaticity - immediate, automatic response to a writing prompt
Link to Literacy In Action Module 1 - Writing Fluency (Introducing Writing Tracker)
New!! Ingredients of Good Writing - Elaine Weber MISD 2017 March Version
Writing Fluency: A Key to Success on Next Generation Assessments - The Teaching Channel
New!! Low-Stakes Writing: Writing to Learn, Not Learning to Write Edutopia - UPCS
Use low-stakes writing every day, in every subject to foster student voice, self-confidence, and critical thinking skills.
Low-stakes writing is a tool to help students build comfort with sharing and developing their thoughts through writing. A defining element of low-stakes writing is how it's graded -- the grade doesn't carry a lot of weight. This removes much of the pressure from having to do the assignment a certain way, putting value instead on student thought, expression, and learning, rather than punctuation, grammar, or getting a correct answer the first time.
Strategies
1: Grade Low-Stakes Writing Simply
2: Have Students Share Their Low-Stakes Writing
3: Differentiate Learning Through Group Work
4: Use Challenge Questions Instead of Giving Traditional Feedback
5: Create Open QuestionsSample Low-Stakes Writing Prompts You Can Use in Your Classroom Today
Here is a list of low-stakes writing prompts from University Park Campus School teachers that you can adapt to fit your needs.
New!! The Handwriting Debate - NASBE Policy Update H2989 Vol. 19, No. 7 Sept. 2012
Deveopment of Handwriting Speed and Legibility - S. Graham, 2001
Additional information on Handwriting and Keyboarding Rates
Handwriting Speeds for Copying and Compositional Tasks
Handwriting in the Time of Common Core - Shanahan on Literacy Sept 2012