Child writes letters to convey a message and can read it back. Child dictates one or more sentences, copies it, and can read it back. Child dictates one or more sentences and copies it. Level 5 Child begins to use spaces between words. Child uses familiar words and invented spelling to convey a short simple message.
Child uses initial consonants to represent words.
Child writes familiar words. Child uses invented spelling and some conventional spelling. Child writes a single, factual, understandable sentence independently. Child uses both phonetic and sight strategies to spell words. Child writes some sentences related to topic and some not related to topic.