| Stage | Writing Development Stages | Reading Development Stages |
| Stage 1 | Pre-Literate stage: This stage has four phases; scribble stage where the writing is in form of circular marks that do not communicate any message, Symbolic stage where the marks and random strokes have intended meaning, Directional scribble stage where linear marks or lines have a meaningful idea and Mock letters stage where the scribbles resemble letter but unintentionally | Emergent Pre-Reader : During this stage, children learn from a wide range of concepts, words, print, images and general talks. |
| Stage 2 | Emergent Stage : This stage is characterized by strings of letters in any order/sequence, groups of letters which are spaced to resemble true words, picture labelling and environmental print ; where the child copies letters from the surrounding environment. | The Novice Reader : Children learn the relationship between letters and sounds and spoken and printed words. They also begin to read high-frequency words.. |
| Stage 3 | Transitional Stage: The stage marks the beginning of understanding and is more improved compared to the emergent stage. Children start with Word representation using first letters or sounds and proceeds to words writing phonetically spelled and during this stage writing is readable | Decoding Reader : Children begin to read familiar stories with improved fluency. |
| Stage 4 | Fluent Stage: This is the final stage off writing development. All the skills above are used to write phrases whose message is connected to the illustrations. Sentence writing also begins where children are able to combine words into a sentence and punctuation might be used. The six writing traits are also evident (conventions, ideas, word choice, voice, organization and sentence fluency | Fluent/ Comprehending Reader : In this stage, reading is done to gain knowledge, qcquire ideas and to explore issues in different perspectives. Reading materials include magazines, textbooks, trade books and journals. The final stage is the expert stage when one becomes an adult (older than 16 years). Learners read broadly for the purpose of exposition and to gain knowledge. |
Both writing and reading are processes that require continuous follow-up from when we are kids to when we become adults. Reading and Writing seem to follow a similar developmental process with each stage indicating significant improvements. The first stage of writing or reading shows illiteracy and lack of understanding. In both scenarios however, the last stage is characterized by fluency and understanding.
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