WTW Ch2 Flashcards
T/F: Spelling is a conservative measure of what students know about words in general, so if students can spell a word, then we know they can read the word
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These consist of lists of words specially chosen to represent a variety of spelling features at increasing levels of difficulty
Spelling Inventories
An analysis that helps identify what orthographic features students know and what they are ready to study as well as their approximate stage
Feature Guide
These help you plan instruction for developmental groups
Classroom Composite Form
How many errors do students need to generate to determine a spelling stage?
5
Spelling inventory that consists of 26 words, beginning one, has CVC words, and inflectional endings. Used for kinders-early 3rd grade because it assess features of the emergent stage through the within word pattern stage
Primary Spelling Inventory
Spelling inventory that has 25 increasingly difficult words that start with bed and end with opposition; used for grades 1-6 to identify students up to the derivational relations; recommended for grades 3-5
Elementary Spelling Inventory
This spelling inventory is used in upper elem to high school and even college; they help identify what students in the syllables and affixes and derivational relations stages are doing in their spelling; 31 words
Upper-Level Spelling Inventory
a reversal where b is written backwards and should be counted as correct
static
reversals when the letters are present but out of order
kinetic
what can be used to determine a starting place for instruction
completed feature guide
where should instruction begin
at the point where a student first makes two or more errors on a feature
how should you group students?
with students as close as possible to their instructional level
what do you use to verify what types of orthographic features students have mastered, what types of features they are using but confusing, and the degree to which they are applying their spelling knowledge in actual writing
qualitative spelling checklist
how often should you use the inventories on emergent learners
assess daily spelling or writing inventory results
factors of this inventory include the number of phonemes represented in a student’s spelling with credit for identifying phonemes and representing those sounds with phonetically logical letters even if incorrect
kinder spelling inventory
this inventory is useful for conducting individual testing and for obtaining grade-level information; spans from grades 1-8 with 20-30 words; useful for reporting spelling achievement in terms of grade levels
McGuffey Spelling inventory
this inventory is divided into four achievement levels corresponding to four of the five stages of development word knowledge: letter name-alphabetic, within word pattern, syllables and affixes, and derivational relations
Viise’s Word Feature inventory
how many times in a year should you do the inventories to assess progress
up to 3
these mini-inventories: fine-tune placement, act as a pretest for a feature or unit of study before instruction to determine what students already know, act as a posttest administered several weeks after instruction to determine what students have retained overtime. they are also more thorough and confirm the stage designation and placement
spell checks
what should you use to track your students’ progress and guide conferences
goal-setting/ monitoring charts
how should groups be
fluid
what is the benefit of assessing orthographic knowledge with English learners
observe that they are applying the rules of phonology and orthography from written form of their primary language to English
