Foundation skills for writing

  Writing is more complex skill than reading and it may co-occur with reading disorder or independently. 

1.Eye hand coordination and 

2.Ability to segment phonemes is essential 

3.The basic motor functioning :enhanced using hand exercises such as working with clay, beading and finger tapping.

 4.Spelling :To improve spelling, phonics instruction and teaching of letter writing is used (following numbered arrow cues, hiding letter and visualizing writing letter, utilizing the numbered cues to write letter and finally checking the letter as compared to sample). 

5.The skill to retrieve letters : To master automaticity the ability to retrieve letters, educational games and activities are useful. 

To target higher order skills of writing an essay, which involve planning, organizing, reviewing and editing skills, practice using concept maps and different aids and strategies are employed. 

Writing clubs and self-regulated strategy development have shown to be useful.

handwriting, spelling, sentence construction, typing, and word processing is essential for elementary school students so that they can clearly communicate their ideas in writing