Letter Name- Alphabetic Spelling
What age do students enter into this stage?
Typically 5-7 years old
Should students have background knowledge when coming into this stage?
Yes, should have a bit of knowledge to build on
What stage number does this fall within the five stages of spelling?
Stage 3
Should students have background knowledge coming into this stage?
What age do students start this stage?
3-5 years old
Students learn to represent _______ in words with letters. ( hint: because of the link between letters and sounds)
Phonemes
What grade does this stage typically begin?
Third or fourth grade
How old are students when they begin in this stage?
typically 7-9 years old
What age do students begin this stage?
11 and 12
Students in this phase learn the difference between _____ and writing.
Drawing
Their writing can be difficult to _____ unless teachers are familiar with the spellers way of representing sounds in writing.
Decode
By the end of this stage, they should be able to spell how many syllable words?
Two syllable, and some longer words
What type of vowel patterns do they experiment with in this stage?
Long vowel patterns
What stage number does it fall in, within in the 5 stages of spelling development?
stage 5
Spelling in this age represents early expression of the _____ and other written _____ concepts
alphabet, and language
Alphabetic
Students learn common _______ and _________ to spell multisyllabic words
prefixes and suffixes
By the end of this stage, students can spell most _____ syllable words correctly
one syllable words
What does this stage explore?
the relationship between spelling and meaning
Towards the end of this stage, students should understand that _____ represent sounds in words
sound
By the end of this stage, students should be able to use _____ blends, _____, and _____ vowel patterns
consonant blends, digraphs, and short vowel patterns
They learn about adding what types of endings to nouns and verbs?
Inflectional endings
What are other concepts learned throughout this stage?
r- controlled vowels, complex consonant patters, and diphthongs
What is the focus in this stage? (specifically)
Morphemes
Main focuses in this stage are (3)
how to make letters, direction of writing on a page, letter- sound matches