Young-Suk Kim|Stephanie Al Otaiba|Cynthia S. Puranik|Jessica Sidler Folsom|Luana Gruelich
The contributions of vocabulary and letter writing automaticity to word reading and spelling for kindergartners
Florida State University|Southern Methodist University|University of Pittsburgh|Andrews University
present study examined relation alphabet knowledge fluency letter names sounds letter writing automaticity unique relations letter writing automaticity semantic knowledge ie vocabulary word reading spelling coderelated skills phonological awareness alphabet knowledge questions addressed using data 242 englishspeaking kindergartners employing structural equation modeling results showed letter writing automaticity moderately related separate construct alphabet knowledge fluency marginally p 06 related spelling accounting phonological awareness alphabet knowledge fluency vocabulary furthermore vocabulary positively uniquely related word reading spelling accounting phonological awareness alphabet knowledge fluency letter writing automaticity