Are you ready to take on this inventive spellings quiz? There are different steps that children go through before they can spell different words correctly, either verbally or in writing. Do you know the specifics surrounding inventive spelling? This quiz is designed to help access this stage and some of the common signs in students and how to motivate them to be better while not crushing their progress. Give it a try!
A child's attempt at spelling.
Relationships between sounds and letter symbols.
When a child makes up their own words.
When a child begins to read.
Transitional
Semiphonetic
Correct
Phonetic
Fosters creativity.
Strengthens a child's understanding of sound-symbol relationships.
Lets the child take the role of the teacher.
Strengthens math skills.
True
False
Beginning spelling
Language spelling
Phonetic spelling
Symbol spelling
True
False
When the child starts to read chapter books.
3rd Grade
When the child starts to write and spell.
Preschool
True
False
Learns to spell.
Can read a picture book.
Knows the basic rules of spelling and grammar.
Can read a chapter book.
True
False
Correct stage
Phonetic stage
Semiphonetic stage
Precommunicative stage
True
False
True
False
True
False
Precommunicative
Correct
Transitional
Semiphonetic
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