Spelling

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Strategies for parents to practice spelling with their children at home. || (Internet based tool that is a fun and interactive way to practice for spelling and vocabulary tests each week. || K-6 and Special Education Great for practicing sight words! || www.spellingcity.com Includes: Create your own spelling and vocabulary tests, games, importing of Dolch words, etc. It can be tailored to meet any need. || Since this is an internet based activity is might be something you can use in the classroom if you have technology, pass on to the media center teacher, or put in a newsletter, or curriculum night information. || Swartz || [] || K-6 || [] || Word builder || 60 ways to practice spelling || Great to track progress from quarter to quarter and discuss at conferences. || Two tests which are designed to assess the word knowledge of elementary students. Useful to see spelling strategies students are using. Students do not get to study the list prior to the testing. || Elementary || Spelling City || My students love this site. It does involve a cost, but our parent group purchased for us. Each week you can input spelling ilst and it will generate different games and tests. Fun for the kids! || Online Spelling test, it also tests their vocabulary skills. || [] || 1-8 Discovering Spelling Patterns || This is an alternative for "normal" spelling tests for students with learning disabilities; spelling rubric provided. || All (learning disabilities) || [] Three spelling strategies are described: developing phonemic awareness, exploring sounds, and discovering spelling patterns. ||  || An example from the site: [] || This is a great website to help support spelling with spell check games, phonemic spelling activites and over 100 spelling practice activites. || [] ||  || || 4th grade or higher ||  || The two files include directions for the assessment and the feature guide to grade the spelling assessment and look for phonic patterns students are misspelling. For example the suffix, -tion. ||  || Sam Shuster [] k-6 []
 * Student Name || Assessment || Grade Levels || Strategy || Comments ||
 * Dana Saenz || [[file:Spelling Assessment.pdf]] || K-3 || This assessment allows for you to be able to see where the child is at and individualize for that student to be successful. || The spelling assessment tool is designed to gain insight into the child's knowledge of writing. ||
 * Dana Saenz || [[file:Spelling Word Practice.doc]] || k-3 || Spelling || This helps children hear the sounds in words by developing phonemic awareness, and then exploring sound/symbol relationships and spelling patterns.
 * Don Mackewich || http://www.spellingcity.com/ || Grades 2-8 || This website allows the teacher to put spelling words on the site and then assess how the students do with the words. || I think the students will like this site because it is an internet based sight. It is a fun way to practice spelling. ||
 * Elizabeth McKenna || Spelling and Vocabulary Website
 * Marisa
 * Lori Losinski || [|Spelling Inventory] || K-5 || This spelling inventory provides teachers with a detailed assessment of student spelling skills. || Great to use at the beginning of the year, mid, and end of the year to chart progress. ||
 * Lori Losinski ||  || 1st (home page has a link to k-8 sections) || [] || Interactive games that work on spelling and word building skills. ||
 * Melissa Johnson || [] || Primary Grades || []
 * Kristy Trombley || [] || k-3 || [] || Games and activities for k-1 spellling. ||
 * Jessica Johnson || [[file:Elementary Spelling Inventory.docx]][[file:Directions for Administering spelling test.docx]] || Elementary ||  || A quick spellig assessment to see what students are struggling with. ||
 * Jessica Johnson ||  || Elementary || [|www.kidsspell.com] || Kids have fun learning how to spell using games. You can also create your own games by putting in your own spelling lists. ||
 * Stephanie Hayward || Primary and Elementary Spelling Inventory
 * Michelle Wilczak || [] || 1st-5th || [] || This assessment is a wonderul aternative for students with disabilities or any student. The spelling strategy site has numerous strategies that students of any age can use. ||
 * Carey Thomsen || [|Early Elementary Spelling Assessment] || 1-3 || [|Spelling Bingo] || This site also has an upper elementary spelling assessment. ||
 * Marietta Leon || [[file:vowel spelling word patterns assessment.doc]] || 1-2 || This assessment allows you to see what vowel patterns students struggle with the most. || This assessment will be useful for teacher who are looking to assess students in the area of phonics. The results will tell you what vowels students need work on. ||
 * Marietta Leon || [|Spelling Word Ideas/Activities] || 1-2 || These strategies help students practice their spelling words. || Many of these strategies for practicing spelling words can either be done in school or at home. Students are given ample time to work with their spelling words. ||
 * Kristi Miller ||  || 1 || http://www.dolchword.net/dolch-first-grade-memory-game-1.html || This would be a perfect game for students to play on the computer during centers or free time. It not only helps them with their reading/word recognition/spelling but also would help them with their technology skills. ||
 * Melinda Wavra || [|Spelling Inventory] || K-5 || [|Spelling strategies] || A list of 60 hands-on spelling activities for early elementary students. ||
 * Kelly Gartrell || [] || 8-12
 * Traci Gabow || []
 * Betsy Mueller || [] || 1-6 || Many different interactive games, tests, and spelling practice
 * Joanne Haberkamp || [|www.spellingcity.com] || All || []
 * Julie Gregor || [|Spelling tests] || K-2 || [|Spelling strategies] || The Scholastic website offers different strategies for phonemic awareness, exploring sounds and high frequency words ||
 * Jessica Fisk || [|www.heinemann.com/shared/.../E01731/5**SpellingInventory**.pdf] || K-6 || [] || This assessment can help a teacher assess a student's ability to work with consonants, vowels, digraphs, blends, and suffixes. The strategy website provides games for second grade students. The language games teach spelling. ||
 * Jessica Hebel || [|Spelling Games] || elementary || Create your own spelling list or use their list. Play games with their spelling words. ||  ||   ||
 * Elizabeth McKenna || Words Their Way (Higher Level Inventory)
 * Jan Allardyce || [|Monster spelling test] || Grades K-2 || [|Spelling games and strategies] || includes bingo ||  ||

Kristi Miller []

Rachel Messer Strategies: K-5: This article gives a few strategies for Spelling reinforcement [] Assessments: K-5: Great information for an alternative to traditional spelling tests []