Responding to a message by Dan, to Charles on ...
DT>Approximated spelling is not gibberish.  It is a child's best attempt to 
DT>spell using the decoding skill they have available.  Many documented 
DT>cases support this idea of approximated spelling (though it is called 
DT>invented spelling but that is incorrect...it is not invented it is 
DT>approximated and is temporary).
But what is the point in it?  Do you think the children are learning 
how to write and read by marking nonsense on a piece of paper?
I think we're bashing our heads together over this issue, Dan, and 
neither of us is convincing the other.  I feel like I've made all of 
my arguments before and you keep pointing to non-existant research 
to support your arguments.  You're going to spend your time having 
children write things on paper (even though you told me they can't 
hold a pencil to do worksheets) and which nobody can read two days 
later, all in the interest of teaching kids to write their stories.  
So be it.
Chuck Beams
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cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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