• Stages of Writing


    Stage

    1. Pictures/Scribbles
    2. Random letters/Copying  (ex.  parsemd)
    3. Beginning sound correct  (ex. b____  for ball)
    4. Consonants  (ex. bl  for ball       frnd  for friend)
    5. "Phonetic" or inventive spelling using consonants and vowels (ex. bol  for ball     frend for friend)
    6. Correct spelling  (ex.  ball and friend)