Developmental Stages of Writing PDF

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF WRITING THE STAGES  There are 8 basic developmental stages of writing. 1) Scribbling 2) Letter-Like Symbols 3) Strings of Letters 4) Beginning Sounds Emerge 5) Consonants Represent Words 6) Initial, Medial and Final Sounds 7)...

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF WRITING THE STAGES  There are 8 basic developmental stages of writing. 1) Scribbling 2) Letter-Like Symbols 3) Strings of Letters 4) Beginning Sounds Emerge 5) Consonants Represent Words 6) Initial, Medial and Final Sounds 7) Transitional Phrases 8) Standard Spelling STAGE 1: SCRIBBLING  Random marks on the page  These marks resemble drawing. They contain large circular patterns.  This is how a young writer shows his/her ideas STAGE 2: LETTER-LIKE SYMBOLS  They attempt to make some letters  These tend to be randomly placed throughout the page  Letter-like and number-like symbols are scattered together throughout  They are able to tell about their drawing at this stage. STAGE 3: STRINGS OF LETTERS  They begin to write some legible letters.  They are beginning to understand the letter- sound relationship but are not accurately matching most sounds  They tend to write using capital letters STAGE 4: BEGINNING SOUNDS EMERGE  They begin to understand the differences between letters and words but are not using spacing yet.  The message matches the picture and makes sense STAGE 5: CONSONANTS REPRESENT WORDS  They begin to use spaces  They mix upper and lower case letters  Begin to use punctuation  Their sentences tell ideas STAGE 6: INITIAL, MEDIAL AND FINAL SOUNDS  They can spell some sight words correctly  They may be able to spell sibling’s name and environmental print correctly  Other words are spelled how they sound  Their writing becomes readable STAGE 7: TRANSITIONAL PHRASES  Writing is readable  Their spelling is becoming more conventional STAGE 8: STANDARD SPELLING  They can spell most words correctly  They are beginning to understand root words, compound words and contractions.  This understanding helps them to spell words that are similar IN OTHER SOURCES: 4 Basic Stages in Writing Development Stage 1: Pre-literate Stage 2: Emergent Stage 3: Transitional Stage 4: Fluent PRE-LITERATE STAGE EMERGENT WRITER STAGE TRANSITIONAL WRITER STAGE FLUENT WRITER STAGE RESOURCES  http://www.learningtowrite.ecsd.net/stages%20of %20writing.htm  http://www.isd300.k12.mn.us/ES/kinder/KINDER GARTEN%20INFORMATION/Stages%20of%20 Writing.pdf  media.doe.in.gov/exceptional/.../Developmenta l_Writing_Stages.doc