Drawing pictures can help support development of writing skills by giving the student a visual of what they are writing about and also by seeing the subject they may be able to expand on it and attach more words to it.

Ms. Davis asks questions that require the student to use words to answer instead of a yes or no, agree or disagree answer.  By getting them to use more words she is expanding and reinforcing the words they use.

Ms. Davis supports her students by writing down what they are saying and reading ir back to them.  When the student listens to what they have said it allows them to connect their picture to words and gives greater understanding of new found vocabulary.

1.  Drawing pictures support the development of writing skills because the students take ownership of their learning.  The pictures are from their life experiences.  They then can explain what is happening in the picture creating a story. Pictures give a purpose of the words on the page.

2. Ms. Davis asks questions that allows the students to give details about their picture.  Students make connections with the world around them.  

3.  Mr. Davis allows for dictation and writes down what the student said.  She then reads it aloud to the student.  The student makes connections with the picture and the words.  Students also have the opportunity to improve their phonemic skills and practice reading their own story.  

1. Drawing pictures helps support the development of writing by associating meaning with the words. It enhances the literary experience by helping the students visualize what the words mean.

2. Ms. Davis asks leading questions that help the students come up with creative answers to their stories. They are higher order questions that develop predicting and inferencing, i.e., "where would you wear swimming trunks?" 

3. Ms. Davis writes the stories with them, helps develop their phonemic awareness and creates meaning and  places importance to their ideas and pictures. 

1. How does drawing pictures support the development of writing skills?  Drawing pictures supports the development of writing skills because it gives the student a more concrete idea of what is being talked about, it is creative and gives purpose for the words, by enabling the student understand that the picture can be explained with the words they dictate.

2. What kinds of questions does Ms. Davis ask? Ms. Davis is asking questions that promotes critical thinking, and scaffolds on their responses to ask more questions that requires use of more words, and not just yes or no responses. For example, she said, "What story do you want to tell me about your swimming trunk?"

3. How does Ms. Davis support her students to develop their literacy skills? Ms, Davis supports her students literacy skills by teaching phonological awareness by reviewing and identifying letters and sounds with the children. She also uses the scaffolded sentences elicited from the children  to write sentences which also helped to explain their pictures.

Hello, my name Lesia Dukes.  Here are my responses to Ms. Davis's Classroom.  (1)Drawing pictures helps to support the development of writing skill by allowing the kids to be able to see the words and the spelling of the words.   The pictures helps create a visual connection to the words to allow the student a way to remember spelling and structure of word recognition.  (2)Ms. Davis asks the child about emotions in the story like where does she like to go and what do they like to do. Questions like what do they feel or how do they feel about the details in the story.  She discuss sounds of words that help them identify the letters in words. (3) Ms. Davis help support her students to develop their literacy skills by working with them indiviually and being patient with them.  She ask them questions to encourage critical thinking and also allow them to expression their thoughts and feelings.