1. Preliterate: Drawing - uses drawing to stand for writing
- believes that drawings / writing is communication of a purposeful message
- read their drawings as if there were writing on them
2.
Preliterate: Scribbling - scribbles but intends it as writing
- scribbling resembles writing
- holds and uses pencil like an adult
3.
Early Emergent: Letter-like forms - shapes in writing actually resemble letters
- shapes are not actually letters
- look like poorly formed letters, but are unique creations
4.
Emergent: Random-letters or letter strings - uses letter sequences perhaps learned from his/her name
- may write the same letters in many ways
- long strings of letters in random order
- MOST OF OUR KINDERGARTNERS ARE AT THIS STAGE ALREADY. WOW!
5.
Transitional: Writing via invented spelling - creates own spelling when conventional spelling is not known
- one letter may represent an entire syllable
- words may overlay
- may not use proper spacing
- as writing matures, more words are spelled conventionally
- as writing matures, perhaps only one or two letters invented or omitted
6.
Fluency: Conventional spelling - usually resembles adult writing
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I find that CM does try to sound things out and creates her own spelling if she's unsure. I keep reminding her about leaving a space between words (you may notice she uses her finger to space it) but she seems to have trouble remembering that. :) All in all I think she's doing pretty well, maybe even entering the transitional phase.-? She Loves school and reading and writing tho, thanks to Ms. Hawas. :)
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Zuko does alot of writing and drawing at home, I would say he's at a stage 5 from observing his work. He loves to read and write. -AA
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy CM and Zuko love to read and write. Stage 5 is what we are working on right now. When students sound out their words when they write it is easy to see if they really know their letter sounds. Ask your child to write the sentence "I went to the store yesterday." If they are able to write "I w t the s y" then they are at the beginning of stage 5 which means they are using the beginning sound to represent the whole word. If they are able to write "I wnt to the str yestrda" then they are sounding out each letter to make a whole word. We definitely have some amazing authors in our class.
ReplyDeleteTD sounds out everything now it seems like. I love when we read and she keeps trying until she gets close to the real word. She is doing so well with her writing and reading.
ReplyDeleteI cant wait to get Isaiah's books that we ordered, so he has more to choose from at home to read himself. He really enjoys reading so far! I think he has memorized the words but he does pretty good at reading Goodnight moon
ReplyDeleteThe books should be in this week sometime. We have STAR books in class which are books that I read to the class over and over for a week. By reading the same books over and over we able to work on prediction, comprehension, and retelling together. So far our STAR books are The Kissing Hand, The Little Red Hen, and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. If Isaiah sees these books, he can tell you exactly what they are about. :)
ReplyDeleteAyanah enjoys reading her books and doing her homework. It appears she gets frustated when she doesnt know a word. Thank you in advance for all that you do in educating our children
ReplyDeleteA lot of students get frustrated when they don't know a word and it really hurts to see them struggle but at the beginning of kindergarten this is what happens. This is why during Reader's Workshop I'll read a book to the class, we talk about it together, I let them quietly read for 10 minutes without any distractions, and then we discuss the books we read together. The more time they have exploring books the better they will get. I want them to know that reading is fun and I will help them become amazing readers. :)
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