Responding to Writing Feedback
With teacher guidance, re-read own writing aloud to check it sounds right; listen and respond to questions and suggestions from teacher or peers to add detail, clarify meaning, and strengthen writing — this is the scaffolded beginning of writing self-evaluation, not an independent skill
Typical age: 5–7 years
“When your child's teacher asks them to read their own writing aloud and then asks "does that bit make sense?", can your child listen to the feedback and make a simple change to improve it?”
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Needs first
- Checking Your Own Work
Re-reading own writing to check it makes sense is the writing-domain form of the universal self-checking habit
- Feeling of not understanding
Noticing when your own writing doesn't make sense requires the universal comprehension-monitoring habit applied to one's own text
- Simple Stories with Beginning and Ending
Need writing to revise
- Writing Process Vocabulary
Re-reading and responding to feedback is more effective when pupils know terms like 'revise', 'edit', and 'meaning'
- Reviewing Own Writing
Re-reading your own writing to check it makes sense and has the intended effect is the practical application of the writing self-evaluation habit