ILTS 206 Sub-Area 2 Practice Question #19
In learning to write, a child begins to use letters to represent words. He has begun to leave spaces between words and to mix upper- and lowercase letters. As his writing development progresses, this child would likely next begin to:
It is most likely that this child will move next into the phonetic stage of writing development. Phonetic writing is characterized by the intentional use of letters that represent the sounds in words. Often the child will use the first letter or the beginning and ending sounds to represent the entire word.