Stages of Spelling Development
How many stages of spelling development are there?
5
A famous board game to practice spelling
Scrabble
Students grow increasingly in their use of phonological, semantic, and historical knowledge to spell words through what?
Spelling Strategies
True or false: Spelling is best learned through sounding out words out-loud.
False. It is best learned through reading and writing.
What are two ways teachers examine students’ misspellings?
Weekly spelling tests and diagnostic tests.
In the emergent stage, what age do students begin using primarily uppercase letters to spell words?
A. 3-5
B. 1-2
C. 6-7
D. Occurs randomly
A. 3-5th
The book that contains the answer to every spelling word
Dictionary
True or False: The traditional “sound it out” strategy does not help students spell unfamiliar words.
True. A more strategic approach is the “think it out” approach.
How many minutes a day should a student spend on their spelling list?
5-10 Minutes
Why do teachers classify and analyze the words students misspell?
To gauge their level of spelling development and to plan for instruction.
What stage(s) of spelling development are most young adolescents in?
4th & 5th
True of false: Teachers use spelling activities first to teach students the beginnings of how to spell.
False. They use them to expand their knowledge of spelling that they already have.
What are the two most important ways students learn to spell?
Through daily reading and writing activities.
How should spelling tests be administered? Who should be picking the words?
Student's should collaborate and choose the words that are on the spelling tests (based on the content).
What are the 2 diagnostic tests used in correcting students mistakes in spelling?
1. Developmental Spelling Analysis (DSA)
2. Qualitative Spelling Inventory (QSI)
At what stage do students break words into syllables and apply their knowledge about one-syllable words to spell longer words?
Stage 4: Syllables and Affixes Spellings
This spelling activity involves teachers preparing word cards for students. Students then separate the word cards into 2 or more categories according to spelling patterns and other criteria.
What word activity is this?
Word Sorts
The strategy that is a more complex version of “Sound it out”
Think It Out
On what days of the week does the teacher: 1. Give the students a pre-test for the spelling test 2. Students administer practice tests to each other and 3. The final spelling test is administered by the teacher?
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
How do teachers classify students’ spelling errors in order to plan for instruction?
They use the five stages of spelling development.
What are the names of each of the stages?
1. Emergent Spelling
2. Letter Name-Alphabetic Spelling
3. Within-Word Pattern Spelling
4. Syllables and Affixes Spelling
5. Derivational Relations Spelling
What are the names of the 6 spelling activities given in the book?
1.Word walls
2.Making words
3.Word sorts
4.Proofreading
5.Dictionary use
6.Spelling options
What are the 4 important spelling strategies?
1.Sound it out
2.Apply affixes
3.Proofread
4.Check a dictionary
What are the 5 steps to a more effective study strategy than just using the spelling words in sentences?
1. Look at the word and say it yourself
2. Say each letter in the word to yourself
3. Close your eyes and spell the word to yourself
4. Write the word, and check that you spelled it correctly
5. Write the word again, and check that you spelled it correctly
This diagnostic test has two forms, one for K-6 and one for grades 6-8. The test includes 20 to 25 spelling words according to difficulty. The test can be administered to small groups or a whole class.
Which diagnostic tool is this?
Qualitative Spelling Inventory (QSI)