Violet Is Teaching Her 6-Year-Old Child to Write Sentences

question 127

Multiple Choice

Violet is teaching her 6-year-old child to write sentences. She notices that, most of the time, if he can't spell a word, he makes up his own spelling. Which of the following approaches should she follow to make her son a competent writer over time?

• A) She should be overly concerned about how he forms letters and words and should send him for after-school coaching sessions.
• B) She should discourage him from writing so that he knows he must pay more attention.
• C) She should give him fewer writing opportunities and instructions so that he improves independently.
• D) She should encourage him to apply what he has learned in one paper to another paper.

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