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Benefits And Benefits Of Writing

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Writing and its Benefits
The first phase in writing; invented spelling, is illustrated by Kelli, a first grader. Young children use invented spelling as a vehicle to express their thoughts. When exposed to various types of print, or writing; cereal boxes, signs, television, billboards, and any books that are read to them, the child will mimic the sounds they hear of the words they wish to write. The writings may appear as scribbles or unconventional writing to the viewer, but to the child it is meaningful, logical writing. The concern for the parent and their child’s invented style of spelling is that the child will later have difficulty transitioning to a more standard, conventional style of spelling. The opposite is true, invented helps …show more content…

As time passed, she progressed at reading and acknowledged ways of standard spellings. With teacher encouragement, Kelli worked with her skill of invented spelling that lead her to spelling more words correctly. Beth, a good speller who used invented spelling in the beginning of the school year, and at the end of the school year progress had been seen in her standard writing skills; the “g” was used instead of a “j” in “gently” and a “y” was used instead of an “e” in “merrily”. To help gauge this, teachers may implement meaningful activities such as: songs or nursery rhymes. Less and less (as a child is encouraged and given the freedom to use invented spelling, as they learn to pick up the sounds heard in the words), they will seek help spelling words from the teacher, increasing their confidence level. At some point the teacher may have the child share their writings with them or to another child, but never putting any correction marks on their paper; instead the teacher will have the child say the word or words in question and instruct the rest of the class to listen to a particular point (beginning, middle, or end).
From Invented Spelling to Standard Spelling
To also guide the child from invented spelling to standard spelling, the teacher will look at

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