Mrs. Hicks is grading her fifth grade classes' spelling quizzes. She notices that one of her students, Matt, is having difficulty with some words. For example, he wrote the spelling for the word "cantaloupe" as "cantellope." Having knowledge of child development, Mrs. Hicks knows that Matt is using ________ spelling.

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Inventive spelling is when children spell words the way they sound, which is common in early literacy development.

Mrs Hicks Is Grading Her Fifth Grade Classes' Spelling Quizzes