Primary Education Writing Strategies
Writing is a main component of daily instruction in the primary grades, third through sixth. Teachers should focus on teaching children to write for a specific purpose according to a structured outline. Students will benefit from interactive instruction in which they see the teacher model the correct writing procedures, then guide them in frequent opportunities to practice the concepts they are learning. This method will enable them to become successful, independent writers. Type of Instruction Students in primary grades need to learn the basics of writing. These include structure, style and content. Teachers should emphasize various types of writing such as narrative, descriptive, informative and comparison composition. These formats can be taught in other subject areas. For example, a teacher can demonstrate the method for informative and comparison writing as part of social studies and science classes because of their factual nature. Narrative and descriptive writing can be taug