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17 Cards in this Set
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Fine Motor Skills
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Physical control of the pencil
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Directionality
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Writing from left to right (in English)
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Authorship
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Writing their name on their work
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Semiotic Understanding
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Learning that signs convey meaning
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Ascenders
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Letters that go above the middle of the line (t, l, b, d)
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Descenders
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Letters that go below the line (y, p, g, j)
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Legibility
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Learning the shapes of individual letters of the alphabet
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Lexis
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Combining individual letters to make words that are meaningful
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Spacing
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Learning that individual words have discrete meanings
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Orthography
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Learning spelling conventions and rules
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Syntax, Grammar and Punctuation
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Learning how to order and punctuate words in a sentence to convey meaning
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Cursive Handwriting
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Joining letters in round, flowing strokes
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Discourse
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Using recognizable genre conventions
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Register
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Manipulating language for different purposes and audiences
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Text-Image Cohesion
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When the text and image(s) link
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Multi-modal text
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Combination of words and images
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Emergent Writing
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Children's early scribbles and letter-like forms
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