Letter Name Stage of Spelling Development

 

Students at this stage are ready to engage in word study activities to explore the following linguistic features:

 

Initial Consonants

b, m, r, s

p, n, t, g

c, f, d, g

j, k, l, w

 

Final Consonants

_d, _t, _s, _ll, _g, _f

 

Short A, CVC Word Family

ad, an, at, ag, ap , ar, all, ack, ang

 

Short E, CVC Word Family

ed, et, en, eg, ell, eck

 

Short I, CVC Word Family

it, ig, id, in, ip , ill, ick, ing, ink, ir

 

Short O, CVC Word Family

ot, ob, og, op, ock, ox

 

Short U, CVC Word Family

ut, ub, ug, um, un, up, uff, ush, ump, ur

 

Digraphs

Ch, sh, th, wh

 

S-Blends

sp, sn, sm, st, sk, sw

 

R-Blends

br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, wr

 

L-Blends

bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl

 

More Blends

K, ck, nd, ng, nk

 

Easy Contractions and Beginning Homophones

sp, sn, sm, st, sk, sw

 

Final Sound |y| as in puppy and lady

 

Adding ‘s’ to naming words

 

coming soon

 

 

Additional Features to be added soon to this page include:

Ø  Word lists to support these features

Ø  Games and web sites

Ø    Samples of student’s writing at this stage

Ø    Characteristics of student’s at this stage