STAGES OF WRITING cribble/Pictorial Stage ‘+ Combines pictures and scribbles to represent writing ‘© Shows some evidence of over-all form (scribble lists look like lists) Pre-Communicative Stage Interested in having ideas written down + Strings together random letters and letter-ike forms * General uses uppercase letters Prints own name or an occasional known word ‘+ Beginning to use letter sound relationship with support ‘Semi-Phonetic Stage + Uses letter-sound relationships © Writes a complete thought * Beginning to write from left to right * Understands that print holds meaning Phonetic Stage © Writes left to right © Uses consistent letter-sound relationships ‘© Spells some words correctly © Writes several related sentences © Uses both upper and lower case letters * Includes some vowels Transitional Stage = Correctly spells well-known words + Includes vowels in most syllables © Demonstrates a beginning knowledge of punctuation and its use © Experiments with different forms of writing © Writes longer passages independent Stage ‘© Uses more complex sentence structure © Uses larger vocabulary © Writes more complex stories, books and reports * Correctly spells many high frequency words © Edits and revises written work