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A second-grade student spells the word "rain" as "rane" during a writing activity. What does this spelling attempt most clearly reveal about the student's phonics knowledge?

A.The student has difficulty hearing individual sounds within spoken words and needs more phonemic awareness work

B.The student does not understand the concept of long vowels and is applying short vowel rules to the word

C.The student understands the long-a sound but has not yet mastered the "ai" vowel team spelling pattern

D.The student is guessing at spellings without applying any systematic knowledge of letter-sound relationships

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