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Tag: Words Their Way
The Weekly Spelling Test
I often hear that the weekly spelling test is not supported by research. More explicitly, I hear that (or biweekly) spelling lists and tests with the…
Diagnostic Spelling Assessment
Diagnostic Spelling Assessment Following are accurate and teachable spelling assessments and corresponding recording matrices to help teachers determine what students know and what they do not know. Each assessment…
Spelling Tests and Instruction
Learn how to diagnose and remediate spelling deficits.
Words Their Way® Spelling Inventories v. the Diagnostic Spelling Assessment
Teachers who are committed to differentiated and individualized spelling to help students catch up, while they keep up with grade-level instruction believe that spelling assessment should…
The Problem with Words Their Way®
According to noted spelling researcher and author, J. Richard Gentry, "Words Their Way is a guidebook for studying words; it is not a spelling curriculum. The original preface…
Spelling Scope and Sequence
Defining a specific year-to-year instructional scope and sequence (the Common Core spelling Standards are far too generic) with colleagues provides a game plan and also defines…
How to Teach Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
Prefixes, roots, and suffixes: These word parts that are, indeed, the keys to academic vocabulary—the types of words that students especially need to succeed in school.…
Free Instructional Spelling Resources
Find relevant articles, free resources (including the Diagnostic Spelling Assessment), and spelling teaching tips in this collection from the Pennington Publishing Blog.