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Publication Date: 2021-Nov
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Sentence Writing Intervention for At-Risk Writers in Upper Elementary Grades
Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, v36 n4 p367-379 Nov 2021
Fluent production of a variety of grammatically correct sentences is essential to overall writing quality across genres. Sentence-production skills become increasingly important as students prepare to transition from the elementary grades to middle-school. Many students in the upper-elementary grades, however, struggle with sentence production skills--especially writers with a learning disability. This paper provides useful information for educators focusing on improving the quality of sentence-level writing skills for students with learning disabilities in Grades 3-5. Specifically, guidance is provided for using: (1) assessment to inform sentence-level intervention; and (2) a sequence of instructional practices for improving foundational sentence-level production skills.
Descriptors: Sentences, Grammar, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Intervention, At Risk Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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