M8L1_writing development stages

What do you think is the correct sequence of the following developmental stages in writing skills development? Drag and place them under the numbers.

Children understand that letters represent sounds but do not represent all sounds in words.

Semiphonetic Stage

Children spell most words correctly.

Conventional Stage

Children understand spelling patterns that include silent letters and digraphs.

Transitional Stage

Children represent most of the sounds with letters.

Phonetic Stage

Children scribble and write mock letters or real letters that do not correspond to sounds.

Pre-Communicative Stage

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Semiphonetic Stage

Children understand that letters represent sounds but do not represent all sounds in words.

Phonetic Stage

Children represent most of the sounds with letters.

Transitional Stage

Children understand spelling patterns that include silent letters and digraphs.

Conventional Stage

Children spell most words correctly.

Pre-Communicative Stage

Children scribble and write mock letters or real letters that do not correspond to sounds.

How similar are English-Spanish emergent bilingual students' stages of writing development?

Generally the same; some children will write the same letters and symbols in both languages but read them differently in English and in Spanish.

Generally similar; some children will write the same words in both languages but read them differently in English and Spanish.

Generally similar; some errors are made because of different letter–sound relationships in the two languages.

Some errors will be caused by different letter–sound relationships in the two languages. Vocab and sentence structure become more complex.

Writing is generally correct. Vocabulary and sentence structure become more complex.

Rubin & Galván Carlan (2005)

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