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Overview Printables Interactive Video What is the reading-writing connection?There is a close relationship between the skills and understandings required for successful reading and those required for writing. Learning to write supports learning to read, and vice versa. Concepts about Print in Reading and WritingConcepts about print are basic understandings about how written language and books “work.” There are clear links between development of concepts about print in reading and development of early understandings about writing. For instance:
Phonics in Reading and WritingPhonics refers to the knowledge of how sounds are represented by individual letters or groups of letters. Early writing supports the development and practice of early phonics skills used to read. For instance:
Comprehension and WritingReading and writing are both integral to thinking and learning. They remain intertwined as students become proficient in both areas. For instance:
ActivityUse a favorite book to help children better appreciate the reading-writing connection. Adapt the prompts you use to fit a child’s age and needs. Here’s what to do:
What is the relationship between the reading and writing?“Writing and reading are related.” Research has shown that when students receive writing instruction, their reading fluency and comprehension improve. NCTE provides many resources that emphasize the reading and writing connection.
What are the relationship between reading and writing with example?For example, students need to pay sustained attention to speech sounds as well as recognize and manipulate speech sounds in words. Learners demonstrate this ability in reading while decoding words whereas in writing, this ability is revealed through spelling. Another example is verbal working memory.
How does writing help with reading?Show-not-tell in writing helps readers to infer in reading. Plotting in writing helps readers to make predictions in reading. Developing objects as symbols in writing helps readers interpret symbols in reading. Defining a word in writing helps readers to understand the meaning of an unknown word.
What do you believe is the relationship between reading writing and literacy?Writing and literacy are skills that depend on each other for improvement. Writing practice offers a better understanding of language structure, which enhances literacy. Reading offers the exposure to linguistic understanding, a skill that improves our ability to communicate through our writing.
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