Primary - Words Their Way Spelling Inventory - Single Student.xlsx

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1	Name:																				Primary Words Their Way
2		Emergent				Letter Name-Alphabetic				Within Word Patterns						Syllables and Affixes		Scoring			➡	The Primary Words Their Way Spelling Inventory may be used to determine a students’ strengths and areas of need. This will allow educators to determine the focus for phonics instruction. Dictate each word to students and then provide a sentence which provides context.
3		Consonants Initial Final				Short Vowels		Digraphs		Blends		Common Long Vowels		Other Vowels		Inflected Endings		Feature Points		Words Spelled Correctly
4	1. fan	f	FALSE	n	FALSE	a	FALSE											0		FALSE
5	2. pet	p	FALSE	t	FALSE	e	FALSE											0		FALSE
6	3. dig	d	FALSE	g	FALSE	i	FALSE											0		FALSE
7	4. rob	r	FALSE	b	FALSE	o	FALSE											0		FALSE	➡	Once students have written all of the words, analyze each response to determine the features they have included. You are analyzing phonics skills application as opposed to providing a number of correct responses.
8	5. hope	h	FALSE	p	FALSE							o-e	FALSE					0		FALSE	➡
9	6. wait	w	FALSE	t	FALSE							ai	FALSE					0		FALSE
10	7. gum	g	FALSE	m	FALSE	u	FALSE											0		FALSE
11	8. sled					e	FALSE			sl	FALSE							0		FALSE
12	9. stick					i	FALSE			st	FALSE							0		FALSE	➡	For example, if a student spells bed as BAD, he gets a check in the initial b cell and the final d cell, but not for the short vowel. If a student spells train as TRANE, she gets a check in the initial tr cell and the final n cell, but not for the long vowel pattern. If unneccesary letters are added, give the speller credit for what is correct, but do not check "Correct" spelling.
13	10. shine							sh	FALSE			i-e	FALSE					0		FALSE	➡
14	11. dream									dr	FALSE	ea	FALSE					0		FALSE
15	12. blade									bl	FALSE	a-e	FALSE					0		FALSE
16	13. coach							ch	FALSE			oa	FALSE					0		FALSE
17	14. fright									fr	FALSE	igh	FALSE					0		FALSE
18	15. chewed							ch	FALSE					ew	FALSE	-ed	FALSE	0		FALSE
19	16. crawl									cr	FALSE			aw	FALSE			0		FALSE	➡	Each of the phonics skills are tallied at the bottom of each column. By looking at where students begin to make errors, you will determine an instructional need in terms of grapheme-to-phoneme knowledge. If a student spells more than 22 words correctly, you may want to use the Elementary Spelling Inventory.
20	17. wishes							sh	FALSE							-es	FALSE	0		FALSE	➡
21	18. thorn							th	FALSE					or	FALSE			0		FALSE
22	19. shouted							sh	FALSE					ou	FALSE	ed	FALSE	0		FALSE
23	20. spoil													oi	FALSE			0		FALSE
24	21. growl													ow	FALSE			0		FALSE
25	22. third							th	FALSE					ir	FALSE			0		FALSE	➡	A tracking form is provided to group students by a common phonics instructional need. These groups should be responsive and flexible as students master concepts or require further review.
26	23. camped															-ed	FALSE	0		FALSE	➡
27	24. tries									tr	FALSE					-ies	FALSE	0		FALSE
28	25. clapping															-pping	FALSE	0		FALSE
29	26. riding															-ding	FALSE	0		FALSE
30	Totals		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0		0	0
31			/7		/7		/7		/7		/7		/7		/7		/7		/56	/26
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