www.etfoassessment.ca TOOL // Elementary Spelling Their Way Diagnostic What is the tool? Words Their Way Elementary Spelling Inventory What is it used for? The professional development book, "Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction” by Bear, Invernizzi, Templeton, Johnston, provides three spelling inventories, to help determine each student’s developmental spelling stage. Knowledge of each student’s stage helps with instructional planning for word work and word study. The resource also includes detailed instructional ideas for each stage. How do you use it? The inventory is administered orally to the whole class or to small groups for whom you have a concern regarding their spelling and word knowledge. Depending on the grade level (there are three levels); the teacher dictates the words to the students. The teacher then analyzes the results to classify student errors and pinpoint specific areas for instruction. There is a Class Tracking sheet to identify class needs as well as an individual sheet for looking closely at an individual student.
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TOOL // Elementary Spelling Their Way Diagnostic What is the tool? Words Their Way Elementary Spelling Inventory What is it used for? The professional development book, "Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction” by Bear, Invernizzi, Templeton, Johnston, provides three spelling inventories, to help determine each student’s developmental spelling stage. Knowledge of each student’s stage helps with instructional planning for word work and word study. The resource also includes detailed instructional ideas for each stage. How do you use it? The inventory is administered orally to the whole class or to small groups for whom you have a concern regarding their spelling and word knowledge. Depending on the grade level (there are three levels); the teacher dictates the words to the students. The teacher then analyzes the results to classify student errors and pinpoint specific areas for instruction. There is a Class Tracking sheet to identify class needs as well as an individual sheet for looking closely at an individual student.
Elementary Spelling Inventory (ESI)The Elementary Spelling Inventory (ESI) covers more stages than the PSI. It can be usedas early as first grade, particularly if a school system wants to use the same inventoryacross the elementary grades. The 25 words are ordered by difficulty to sample featuresof the letter name–alphabetic to derivational relations stages. Call out enough words sothat you have at least five or six misspelled words to analyze. If any students spell morethan 20 words correctly, use the Upper Level Spelling Inventory.
1. bed I hopped out of bed this morning. bed2. ship The ship sailed around the island. ship3. when When will you come back? when4. lump He had a lump on his head after he fell. lump5. f loat I can f loat on the water with my new raft. float6. train I rode the train to the next town. train7. place I found a new place to put my books. place8. drive I learned to drive a car. drive9. bright The light is very bright. bright
10. shopping She went shopping for new shoes. shopping11. spoil The food will spoil if it is not kept cool. spoil12. serving The restaurant is serving dinner tonight. serving13. chewed The dog chewed up my favorite sweater yesterday. chewed14. carries She carries apples in her basket. carries15. marched We marched in the parade. marched16. shower The shower in the bathroom was very hot. shower17. bottle The bottle broke into pieces on the tile floor. bottle18. favor He did his brother a favor by taking out the trash. favor19. ripen The fruit will ripen over the next few days. ripen20. cellar I went down to the cellar for the can of paint. cellar21. pleasure It was a pleasure to listen to the choir sing. pleasure22. fortunate It was fortunate that the driver had snow tires. fortunate23. confident I am confident that we can win the game. confident24. civilize They wanted to civilize the forest people. civilize25. opposition The coach said the opposition would be tough. opposition
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