Emergent
Not yet reading conventionally and in most cases have NOT been exposed to formal reading instructions
What is the emergent stage of spelling development?
First formally taught to read
What is letter name-alphabetic stage?
What is the within word pattern stage?
Students are expected to spell many words of more than one syllable
What is the syllable and affixes stage of spelling development?
What is derivational relations stage?
What is the range of age for emergent writers
Age of typical student during this stage?
What is 4-7 years old?
Age of students typically in this stage
What is 6-9 years old?
Age typical of this stage?
What is 8-12 years old?
Students explore and learn about the word formation processes of English; They are able to generate knowledge of thousands of words
What is generative?
Little, if any direct relationship between a character on the page and an individual speech sound
What is prephonetic?
Using names of the letters as cues to the sounds they want to represent
What is "letter name" stage?
Most difficult pattern of of vowels- neither short or long
What is ambiguous?
A word to which prefixes or suffixes are added
What is a base word?
What is sound?
What are the different stages of emergent writing?
Individual speech sounds
What are homophones?
These affect the spelling and meaning of words
What are affixes?
This stage is important in
What is developing vocabulary?
Principle between emergent and letter name-alphabetic stage
What is alphabetic principle?
Most student master this in this stage of spelling development?
What are beginning and ending consonants?
Bear and bare, deer and dear, and hire and higher
What are homophones?
Students increase this when studying base words and affixes
What is English vocabulary?
Middle school, high school, college, and most adults
Who are the people said to be in this stage?