Six-year-old Nicole wrote a thank-you letter to her grandmother that had all the traditional parts of a letter and showed conventional spelling. This work indicates that as a writer, the child is in the:

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Based on the fact that the child's writing shows conventional spelling and includes all traditional parts of a letter, it can be inferred that the child has moved beyond the emergent stage (wherein writing is primarily comprised of random marks and letters) and the beginning stage (wherein students can spell some words but may not have a complete understanding of conventions such as capitalization and punctuation). The child's ability to write independently and show conventional spelling suggests that they are in the fluent stage of writing development.

Six-Year-Old Nicole Wrote a Thank-You Letter to Her Grandmother That