Sppelling

A child who writes the letter L for the word hippopotamus is in which of Gentry's stages of spelling development?

• precommunicative stage

• early stage

• phonetic stage

• none of the above

Which is NOT TRUE about Invented Spelling?

• a sound-letter approach

• allows a child to apply their knowledge about phonemes and letters

• should be discouraged

• is part of a child's development as a speller

Spelling variations for the same sound should be:

• taught all at once

• taught incrementally

• memorized

• none of the above

According to Gentry, which child is in the phonetic stage of spelling development?

• Abby, who spells cake correctly

• Jonathan, who spells his as hiz

• Molly, who spells her name with a T

• Michael, who places random marks on a page

Early spelling skills are best taught when teachers build a bridge between what two skills?

• context clues and affixes

• context clues and letter patterns

• phonological/phonemic awareness and letter patterns

• none of the above

Spelling instruction should include information on ___________.

• letter-sound associations

• spelling patterns

• word meaningsword meanings

• all of the above