Writing

Question 1

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 1

Phase: Pre-Literate
Scribble Stage- starting point any place on page, resembles
drawing large circular strokes and random marks that do not
resemble print or communicate a message

Question 2

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 2

Phase: Pre-Literate
Symbolic Stage- starting point any place on page, pictures or
random strokes/marks with an intended message

Question 3

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 3

Phase: Pre-Literate
Directional Scribble- scribble left to right direction, linear,
intended as writing that communicates a meaningful
message/idea

Question 4

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 4

Phase: Pre-Literate
Symbolic/Mock Letters- letter-like formations, may
resemble letters but it isn’t intentional, interspersed w/
numbers, spacing rarely present

Question 5

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 5

Phase: Emergent
Strings of Letters- long strings of various letters in random
order, may go left to right, uses letter sequence perhaps from
name, usually uses capital letters, may write same letters in
many ways

Question 6

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 6

Phase: Emergent
Groups of letters-groupings of letters with spaces in
between to resemble words

Question 7

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 7

Phase: Emergent
Labeling pictures- matching beginning sounds with the
letter to label a picture

Question 8

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 8

Phase: Emergent
Environmental Print- copies letters/words from
environmental/classroom print, reversals common, uses a
variety of resources to facilitate writing

Question 9

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 9

Phase: Transitional
Letter/Word Representation-uses first letter sound of word
to represent entire word, uses letter sound relationships

Question 10

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 10

Phase: Transitional
First/Last Letter Representation- word represented by first
and last letter sound

Question 11

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 11

Phase: Transitional
Medial Letter Sounds- words spelled phonetically using BME
sounds, attempts medial vowels, uses some known words,
more conventionally spelled words, one letter may represent
one syllable, attempts to use word spacing, writing is readable

Question 12

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 12

Phase: Fluent
Beginning Phrase Writing- using all of the above skills to
construct phrases that convey a message connected to their
illustration

Question 13

What stage and phase of writing is this student in, and what defines it?

Answer 13

Phase: Fluent
Sentence Writing- Construction of words into sentence
formation, maybe multiple sentences, writing is readable,
may use punctuation, known words spelled correctly, topic
focused, BME with detail