Entry #8: To Bless, Address, or Press
In this weeks post I have chosen to bless and address a post because I truly enjoyed the use of real images of what the author was taking about. In Meaghan Jackson's post about invented spellings she used pictures from when she was in school and using invented spellings which is juxtaposed with her writing about the subject showing that her writing was not effected by her use of invented spelling. It showed that even with incorrect spellings she was able to get her points across which allowed her to express herself without judgment and then when she learned correct spellings she was still able to continue to use her writing to get her points across and always know the freedom of self expression through writing.
This reason was a huge reason I chose to bless her post it shows how the use of invented spelling can be used as a way to "walk before you can run." The use of this idea of "children invent their own spellings in their writings, using what they know about letters and sounds (Stahl et al., 1998 p. 343)," is them "walking" and finding their way slowly without judgement so later they can "run" and flourish in the writing and spelling. In her post she even talks about her "running" after these invented spelling works, "I started looking through items from the second grade, I found almost no mistakes in terms of spellings (Jackson, 2022)." Once again showing that this invented spelling did not hinder her attempt to learn correct spelling later.
The only thing that I think I would address is, why did she not include pictures of work without invented spelling? As quoted before she has work from second grade with minimal mistakes, but did not put a picture of one in her post. I think this would have really shown the growth in her spelling in the matter of just a years time. It would have also shown her growth as a writer. I think it could also serve as a nice counter point to the some of the controversy around inventive spelling seeing her rapid growth as a speller.
References:
Stahl, S. A., Duffy-Hester, A. M., & Dougherty Stahl, K. A. (1998).
Everything you wanted to know about phonics (but were afraid to ask). Reading Research Quarterly, 33(3), 338–355.
Jackson, M. (2022, March). Entry #7: Invented Spellings are Good! Blogger. https://jacksonlted601literacy.blogspot.com/2022/03/entry-7-invented-spellings-are-good.html
Matt, I also thought Meaghan's use of her own progress as a speller was a great way for her (and for us) to showcase the ways she was making sense of the readings for the week. I do want to point out though that when "pressing" her ideas, you want to focus on what the author is highlighting from the readings. As you were the "Deeper Dive" expert for this week's discussion, it would have been great to hear what additional quotes from the readings you see as useful when thinking about the points raised in Meaghan's entry. Your goal in these entries is to use your peers to help *you* further clarify and or confirm your thinking about what you read from Tompkins and Stahl, Duffy-Hester, and Doughtery-Stahl.
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