Development of Spelling (W5)

Question 1

What are the (4) spelling development stages & associated ages?

Answer 1

• Emergent (TD: 2-5 y/o)
• Letter Name (phonetic) (TD: 5-8 y/o)
• Within-Word Pattern (TD: 7-10 y/o)
• Syllables and Affixes (TD: 9-14 y/o)

Question 2

Characteristics of the ‘emergent’ spelling development stage.

Answer 2

(ages: 2-5 y/o)
- Random marks, representational drawings, random letters & numbers
- Move towards representing some letter-sound matches

Question 3

Characteristics of the ‘letter name’ or ‘phonetic’ spelling development stage.

Answer 3

(ages: 5-8 y/o)
- Mastering the alphabetic principle: represent each sound in a word, from L to R
- Consonants represented first; move towards vowels

Question 4

Characteristics of the ‘within-word pattern’ spelling development stage

Answer 4

(ages: 7-10 y/o)

- Begin to master patterns of the English system (especially vowel patterns)

Question 5

Characteristics of the ‘syllables and affixes’ spelling development stage.

Answer 5

(ages: 9-14 y/o)
- Most one syllable words are spelled correctly
- Learn conventions for syllable juncture
- Learn how to add common word endings

Question 6

What does it mean that spelling development has derivational relations?

Answer 6

-Learn to derive spellings from base words/word roots

Question 7

Phonological errors in spelling development or poor spellers (3)

Answer 7

• Deletion of less salient phonemes (particularly in ‘internal’ locations & in unaccented syllables)
• Substitutions (within phoneme classes, nasals, liquids, stops, voiced/voiceless cognates)
• Order (placement of liquids and nasals in a word or syllable sequence)