Reads whole words with phoneme-grapheme mapping
Full Alphabetic
Recognizes some words using visual features
Prealphabetic
Remembers multisyllabic words; analogizes easily
Consolidated Alphabetic
Knows a few phoneme-grapheme correspondences
Partial Alphabetic
This student was asked to write about a favorite celebration with family or friends. She wrote: My favorite celebration Halloween. We go trick or treating. It is fun because you get lots of candy and we get to wear costumes and we get wear costumes to school and we get to show our costumes to friends.
Which of Ehri’s phases does this sample represent?
Full Alphabetic
This student attempted to write a story about mowing the lawn.
Which of Ehri’s phases does this sample represent?
Prealphabetic
This student was asked to write about his favorite season.
Which of Ehri’s phases does this sample represent?
Consolidated Alphabetic
This student was asked to write the following words: fan, pet, dig, rob, hope, wait, gum, sled, stick, shine, dream, blade, coach, fright, and snowing.
Which of Ehri’s phases does this sample represent?
Partial Alphabetic
What skill is most important for a student just learning to read?
Accurate Decoding
Why is it important to build students’ fast and accurate word recognition and spelling?
so that students don’t have to laboriously sound out words
Which scenario describes a child in the prealphabetic phase?
a child who responds “Meow!” when asked, “What is the first sound in cat?”
Which scenario describes a child in the consolidated alphabetic phase?
a child who sees the word inactive and figures out that it means “not active”
The primary area of difficulty for students who fall behind in their reading development is:
underdeveloped foundational reading skills.
What skill is most important for a student just learning to read?
d. accurate decoding
A child sees the word savanna and sounds it out accurately. Which of Ehri’s phases is she in?
c. later alphabetic stage
A child who responds “Bow-wow!” when asked, “What is the first sound in dog?” is in the:
a. prealphabetic stage.
A child who sees the word inactive, and figures out that it means “not active,” is in the:
d. consolidated alphabetic stage.
A child who comes across the new word house, but reads it as horse, is in the:
b. early alphabetic stage.