Understanding is enhanced by oral reading and discussion in the early stages. After reading fluency has been reached by your child, reading for meaning in school subject areas as well as for enjoyment in free time helps your child add to his comprehension skills. How To Teach Writing Becoming proficient in the four forms of writing prepares a student to communicate well in both formal and informal settings throughout his life. These skills give him new ways to share his life with others. A student must first learn to write complete, accurately punctuated sentences, then spend time writing brief paragraphs that describe people, places, things, and actions.
Description is the first of four basic kinds of writing.
A child can develop his writing content and style while mastering mechanical skills such as capitalizing proper names and using commas through descriptive writing. As your child's skill increases with description, have him add stories about events in his life to letters or journals. Informative Writing or exposition. Students learn to give helpful information about things they know how to do and things they learn. This can include research papers, science projects, recipes.