CLA- literacy

CHILD LITERACY

-          EMERGENT READING: child attempts to comprehend a message in graphic signs

-          EMERGENT WRIITNG: child attempts to reproduce these graphic signs

BARCLAY- STAGES OF WRITING

1.       Scribbling- random marks on a page

2.       Mock handwriting- wavy scribbles resembling cursive

3.       Mock letters- letter-like shapes resembling conventional letters

4.       Conventional letters- strings of letters a child reads as a sentence

5.       Invented spelling- clusters of letters to make words that are not spelt properly

6.       Approximated/ phonetic spelling- associating sounds with letters

7.       Conventional…