Bear+Spelling+Assessment

I administered the Bears spelling inventory test to Desmond. Immediately, I was blown away by his drive to do a great job with the spelling inventory. I also administered the spelling inventory to 3 other students at the same time, which caused my case study student to be very competitive. Demond spelled fourteen out of 25 spelling words correctly. After completing the test, I was able to determine that he is in the late "within word pattern" stage to middle "derivational relations" stage. He has a strong foundation of the bases and sight words. However, he knew that he was spelling certain words wrong during the test which started to discourage his spirit. He did a phenomenal job overall, He correctly spelled 7/7 consonants, 5/5 short vowels, 6/6 digraphs, 5/7 blends (which should be linked to his speech deficits), 5/5 unaccented final syllables, and 5/5 bases. Other vowels in “within in words” was one of his weaknesses where he only scored 3/7, syllable junctures he scored 3/5, and with harder suffixes he scored 1/5.
 * Spelling Test ** :

I did notice that for 3 of those types of words, the misspelled sections he used previously learned words. For example, for the word “preparing” he spelled it “prepAREing” and for the word “inspection” he spelled it “inspMACHINE”. Vowel-consonant-vowel is a challenge for him with harder suffixes as well. This test really assisted me with analyzing his weaknesses. I know that I have 3 major areas of focus with him. 1) Other vowel “within word” pattern, 2) syllable junctures, and 3) harder suffixes. It helped me pin point which direction I need to take him in.

I am going to work to combine his spelling and vocabulary learning to make the link between meaning and spelling. I will focus on ambiguous vowels in words with multiple syllables. We will be making a word sort notebook that he can keep with him since he takes 8 classes with 8 different teachers. I want to use actual content that he is working on in his other classes to build up his weaknesses. So I will be getting with teachers to identify their current curriculum to align our word sorts will actual text and material that he works with on a daily basis. Also, since my student really enjoys technology, I will be using an application that examines suffixes in a fun way. It is hosted by Harcourt School called, “Book Buddy”. The link is below: www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/arthur/skill.html .