While observing Molly I noticed she is very quiet and has a good group of friends in school. As I watched Molly read, I believe the reading development stage she is on would be an early reader. Molly can use pictures to figure out what is happening in a story and sounds out words to figure out what a certain word means. I believe Molly is on the transitional stage for spelling. She does a good job with spelling but she often spells words by how they sound. She will often add more letters that are needed or she will leave letters out when extra letters are needed.
