There are 5 stages of spelling development: 1. Emergent spelling (ages 3-5) where children make letter-like scribbles without sound associations. 2. Letter name-alphabetic spelling (ages 5-7) where children learn consonant and short vowel sounds and spellings. 3. Within-word pattern spelling (ages 7-9) where children learn long vowels, r-controlled vowels, and more complex consonant patterns. 4. Syllables & affixes spelling (ages 9-11) where children apply spelling rules to multisyllabic words and learn inflectional endings and homophones. 5. Derivational relations spelling (ages 11-

1. Five Stages of Spelling Development

2. Stage 1: Emergent SpellingIn this stage children are able to string scribbles, letters, and letter-like forms together, but they do not associate the marks they make with any specific phonemes. This stage is typical of students 3- to 5-year-olds. Thestudents learn these concepts:The distinction between drawing and writing

3. How to make letters

4. The direction of writing on a page

5. Some letter-sound matchesStage 2: Letter Name-Alphabetic SpellingIn this stage, children learn to represent phonemes in words with letters. At first, their spellings are quite abbreviated, but they learn to use consonant blends and digraphs and short-vowel patterns to spell many short-vowel words. Spellers are 5- to 7-year olds, and children learn these concepts by:The alphabetic principle

6. Consonant sounds