A writing sample 'I wnt utsid t plaI' best indicates which stage of spelling development?

• A. Emergent
• B. Letter-name alphabetic
• C. Within-word pattern
• D. Derivational relations

Answer: (B)

This sample shows a child representing the sounds of words with letters, but leaving out many vowels. In the letter-name alphabetic stage, learners spell by using letters whose names cue the sounds they hear, often producing consonant skeleton spellings and omitting vowels or using only a few letters to stand for the sounds in a word. The writing here captures that pattern: the words are recognizable to a reader by their consonant framework, showing reliance on sound-to-letter correspondences rather than memorized word forms or more advanced spelling patterns. Because the text demonstrates using letters to represent sounds and a simplified vowel presence, it fits best with the letter-name alphabetic stage.