What Is Alphabetic Stage

In the full alphabetic phase, the reader attends to every letter in every word. Words are accessed through phonological recoding, or converting graphemes into phonological representations, or put more simply, converting letters into sounds and words. This phase is dramatically more reliable than phonetic cue reading.

What age is the letter name alphabetic stage?

These are children typically 5-7 years old, although older or younger children may fit this stage as well. This is the stage when knowledge of letters and letter sounds begins to take off. They learn to use them in their understanding of phonics for reading and spelling.

What is partial alphabetic stage?

Partial alphabetic: During this stage, children know most letter names but just are beginning to learn the relationship between letters and their sounds. They may be able to guess at how to read a word by its first letter but are not able to systematically decode or sound out words.