Question: list the phases in the development of spelling and discuss the first two.
According to the research of Ehri (2005), there are four phases in the development of spelling: pre-alphabetic, partial alphabetic, full alphabetic, and consolidated alphabetic. In the pre-alphabetic phase, children use visual cues to remember how to spell words, such as the shape or color of the letters. For example, they may spell "bike" as "BK" because they notice the two tall letters in the word. In the partial alphabetic phase, children begin to use some letter-sound correspondences to spell words, but they do not have a complete understanding of the alphabetic principle. For example, they may spell "cat" as "KT" because they only focus on the consonant sounds.
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