Join Steve Graham, a prominent scholar and writing expert from Arizona State University, as he dives into essential writing instruction. He emphasizes the profound connection between reading and writing, revealing how teaching both together enriches literacy. Graham discusses the need for clear feedback and how to enhance sentence structure, making writing more impactful. With practical strategies and insights, he inspires educators to foster confident, capable writers in their classrooms.
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Writing-Reading Deep Connection
Writing and reading are deeply interconnected skills that share foundational components.
Writing significantly supports reading comprehension and overall literacy development.
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Shared Pillars of Literacy
Writing and reading rely on shared pillars: lexical literacy and oral discourse.
Foundational skills like orthography, phonology, vocabulary, and grammar support both.
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Teach Handwriting and Spelling Early
Teach handwriting and spelling explicitly in early grades for better writing skills.
Automaticity in mechanics like handwriting frees cognitive resources for higher writing processes.
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Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning
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Nathaniel Swain
The Writing Revolution
A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades
Judith C. Hochman
Kathleen Maloney
Natalie Wexler
The Writing Revolution offers a systematic and evidence-based approach to teaching writing, integrating seamlessly into existing curricula. The method, developed by Dr. Judith C. Hochman, focuses on specific techniques tailored to students’ needs and provides targeted feedback to transform weak writers into strong, confident communicators. It enhances reading comprehension, improves organizational skills, enriches oral language, and develops analytical abilities. The book is a practical guide for teachers to incorporate these strategies into their content instruction, making it a valuable tool for advancing students’ writing and thinking skills[1][2][5].
In this special Science of Reading Essentials episode, Susan Lambert pulls from past episodes of the podcast to give you everything you need to know about science-based writing instruction. Experts include Steve Graham, Ed.D.; Young-Suk Grace Kim, Ed.D.; Natalie Wexler; and Judith Hochman, Ed.D. Listeners will walk away from this episode with a solid foundation for creating a classroom of confident and capable writers, and gain a better understanding of the connection between reading and writing, the role of handwriting and spelling, the power of sentences, and the importance of applying cognitive load theory to writing.
“This is not learned by osmosis. And it's not learned by vague feedback, like, ‘make it better’ or ‘add more details.’ You've got to be very granular.” —Judith Hochman, Ed.D.
"What we see with exceptional teachers is they have their kids write." —Steve Graham, Ed.D.
“The Science of Reading encapsulates decades of research about both reading and writing—because if writing was never invented, we would not have to teach kids how to read.” —Susan Lambert
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