The development of a writer's checklist involves four key steps that can be adapted for extensive needs students in grades 3-4. First, teachers must identify individual student strengths and needs in writing, particularly focusing on areas such as idea prioritization and organizational structure comprehension. Second, teachers should align the checklist with grade-level state or Common Core State Standards expectations. Third, required information from the writing prompt should be identified and incorporated. Fourth, teachers must include relevant expectations from the assessment rubric (Jagaiah et al., 2019).

For implementing this checklist with extensive needs students, I would make several modifications. First, I would significantly reduce the number of steps in each checklist to prevent cognitive overload. For example, the planning checklist might focus on just 2-3 main elements rather than the full range of planning components. Second, I would incorporate visual supports alongside written instructions to aid comprehension. Finally, I would implement the checklist using the gradual release of responsibility model with extensive scaffolding and frequent checks for understanding.

The key is to maintain high expectations while providing appropriate supports through simplified language, visual aids, and increased guided practice opportunities before expecting independent application of the checklist strategies.