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Using Students' Invented Spellings as a Guide for Spelling Instruction That Emphasizes Word Study

The Elementary School Journal, 1994
This article outlines a theory of developmental spelling that has evolved from qualitative research on children's invented spelling. We show how an analysis of students' invented spellings can inform teachers when to teach what. Examples of 3 students' (ages 6, 8, and 14) invented spellings are provided, and an alternative approach to spelling ...
Marcia Invernizzi, Mary Abouzeid, J. Thomas Gill   +2 more
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Spelling: From Invention to Strategies

Voices from the Middle, 2002
Veteran educator Howard Miller shares a set of strategies that can propel middle school writers (and "inventive" spellers) into the role of being responsible and strategic in this Voices from the Middle article.
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Invented spelling activities in kindergarten: the role of instructional scaffolding and collaborative learning

International Journal of Early Years Education, 2020
There is considerable evidence on the connections between emergent literacy-related skills in preschool-age and successful reading and writing.
Ana Albuquerque, Margarida Alves Martins
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A Rasch Analysis of the Astronaut Invented Spelling Test

2011
The Astronaut Invented Spelling Test (AIST) was designed as an assessment tool for monitoring the literacy progress of students in the early years of schooling. The test uses an invented spelling format, in which children are encouraged to try to write words that they have probably not been taught how to spell.
Roslyn Neilson, Russell F. Waugh, Deslea Konza   +2 more
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Kindergartners' Development Toward “Invented” Spelling and a Glottographic Theory

Linguistics and Education, 2001
Abstract Twenty-six kindergartners were individually interviewed once a month from October to May with two tasks. The children were first asked to write seven words— cement , ocean , punishment , motion , tomato , karate , and vacation . Two sentences (“Daddy kicks the ball” and “The man is eating a cookie”) were then written in the children's ...
Constance Kamii, Roberta Long, Maryann Manning   +2 more
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An Introductory Examination of Children’s Invented Spelling in Spanish

NABE Journal, 1981
In recent years one of the areas of interest in children’s composition research has been invented spelling. Studies of native English speaking children’s original compositions have led investigators to conclude that young writers predict the spelling of words by utilizing not only their knowledge of sound-letter correspondences but also their knowledge
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Guiding Children's Invented Spellings: A Gateway Into Literacy Learning

The Journal of Experimental Education, 2013
This teaching study tested whether guiding invented spelling through a Vygotskian approach to feedback would facilitate kindergarten children's entry into literacy more so than phonological awareness instruction. Participants included 40 kindergarteners whose early literacy skills were typical of literacy-rich classrooms, and who were receiving a ...
Gene Ouellette, Monique Sénéchal, Allyson Haley   +2 more
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Pathways to Literacy: A Study of Invented Spelling and Its Role in Learning to Read

Child Development, 2008
Abstract This intervention study tested whether invented spelling plays a causal role in learning to read. Three groups of kindergarten children (mean age = 5 years 7 months) participated in a 4-week intervention. Children in the invented-spelling group spelled words as best they could and received developmentally appropriate feedback.
Gene, Ouellette, Monique, Sénéchal
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Invented spelling in kindergarten: The relationship with finger-point reading

Reading and Writing, 1999
The relationship between ability to invent spellings and ability to finger-point read memorized text was examined in 109 kindergartners in whole-language classrooms. It was hypothesized that letter name knowledge and phonemic awareness would account for ability in finger-point reading, but that invented spelling, because it requires the left-to-right ...
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Invented Spelling

2023
Yi Ding, Yangqian Shen
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