Abstract:The current article examined the importance of hands-on writing lessons for first-grade classrooms. The author offered guidelines on differentiation strategies, explaining how resources, instructions, and activities can be modified to the needs of individual students. The author highlighted various areas of focus, such as creativity, differentiation, phonological awareness, and autonomy, using first-grade students’ writing samples. Children’s work samples were obtained from a pilot program called Developmenta… Show more
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