Spelling and writing

History

• 1st English writing system was in the 7th century
• Started looking like our current system in 1348.
• 16th century when they printed English bibles.
• Writing goes back all the way to 4100-3800 BCE
• Sumerians are credited for first writing system.

Lucy Calkins

• Founding director of reading & writing project.
• Founded in 1981
• Writing workshop and writer's notebook

Donald Graves

• 1976 found the writing process lab at UNH
• published twenty-six books

Carol Chomsky

• Repeated Reading
• "The Acquisition of syntax in children from 5 to 10." 

Ruth Culham

• President of the Culham Writing Company
• Workshops
• Six-trait Model

Ernest Horn

• "Father of Spelling Research."

Spelling!

• Proficient spelling is important for a number of reasons: 
• Word Hunting
• Word Journals
• Peer Testing
• Word Sorting

Spelling instruction

• Whole-word approach 
• phonemic approach
• Morphemic approach

"Writing is a medium with which people communicate with themselves and with others at other places and times. "

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• Establish a positive astmosphere
• Respect for and among students
• Routines and expectations

Writing strategies

• Writer's workshop
• Raft writing strategy