There are 5 stages of spelling development: 1. Emergent spelling (ages 3-5) where children make letter-like scribbles without sound associations. 2. Letter name-alphabetic spelling (ages 5-7) where children learn consonant and short vowel sounds and spellings. 3. Within-word pattern spelling (ages 7-9) where children learn long vowels, r-controlled vowels, and more complex consonant patterns. 4. Syllables & affixes spelling (ages 9-11) where children apply spelling rules to multisyllabic words and learn inflectional endings and homophones. 5. Derivational relations spelling (ages 11-

1. Five Stages of Spelling Development

3. How to make letters

4. The direction of writing on a page

6. Consonant sounds

7. Short vowel sounds

9. r-controlled vowels

10. More-complex consonant patterns

12. Rules for adding inflectional endings

13. Syllabication

15. Vowel alternations

16. Latin affixes and root words

17. Greek affixes and root words

18. Etymologies