Beginning First Graders'"Invented Spelling" Ability and Their Performance in Functional Classroom Writing Activities.

Richgels, Donald J.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Beginning First Graders'"Invented Spelling" Ability and Their Performance in Functional Classroom Writing Activities.

Richgels, Donald J.

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v1 n1 p85-97 Mar 1986

Explains how to administer and score a test of early spelling ability, how to assess what the test revealed at the beginning of the school year about 26 first graders' knowledge of the function of letters in written language, and how to use that information in "natural" writing projects. (HOD)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Childhood Education, Grade 1, Informal Assessment, Knowledge Level, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Primary Education, Reading Ability, Reading Readiness, Reading Writing Relationship, Spelling, Tests

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Language: English

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