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.
A) creative
B) inventive
C) imaginative
D) incorrect
B) inventive. Before they memorize conventional word spellings, children frequently invent their own made-up versions, a process called inventive (or sometimes invented ) spellings.
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