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WordsTheirWayPrimarySpellingInventoryFeatureGuide StudentsName Teacher Grade Date WordsSpelledCorrectly: /26 SpellingStage: FeaturePoints: /56 Total: /82SPELLING STAGESEMERGENTLETTERNAMEALPHABETICWITHINWORDPATTERN

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How to fill out Bear Primary Spelling Inventory:

1. Start by gathering a sample of the student's writing, preferably containing at least 200-250 words.
2. Carefully review the Bear Primary Spelling Inventory instructions and guidelines to ensure accurate administration.
3. As you analyze the student's writing, categorize the spelling errors into specific stages based on developmental spelling patterns.
4. List down all the different errors observed in each stage, making note of the student's level of spelling proficiency.
5. Once you have identified the specific stage that best reflects the student's spelling abilities, record the corresponding stage on the Bear Primary Spelling Inventory form.
6. Finally, calculate the student's spelling inventory to assess their overall spelling development.

Who needs Bear Primary Spelling Inventory?

1. Classroom teachers can benefit from using the Bear Primary Spelling Inventory to evaluate students' spelling skills and determine appropriate instructional strategies.
2. Speech-language pathologists can utilize the inventory to assess language and literacy skills in children with speech and language disorders.
3. Special education teachers can employ the Bear Primary Spelling Inventory to identify students' spelling strengths and weaknesses, aiding in the development of individualized education plans (IEPs).
4. Researchers and educators interested in studying spelling acquisition and development can find value in using this tool to gather data for further analysis and investigation.

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What is the purpose of a primary spelling inventory?

Purpose of Primary Spelling Inventory: To assess the word knowledge students have to bring to the tasks of reading and spelling. Students are not to study these words. Studying the words would invalidate the purpose of the inventory, which is to find out what they truly know about how words work.

What is the spelling inventory test?

The Primary Spelling Inventory (PSI) is used in kindergarten through third grade. The 26 words are ordered by difficulty to sample features of the letter name-alphabetic to within word pattern stages. Call out enough words so that you have at least five or six misspelled words to analyze.

What are the 5 stages of spelling development ages?

5 Stages of Spelling Development Emergent Spelling. This stage is typical of children who are 3-5 years old. Letter Name Spelling. This stage is typical for children who are 4-9 years old. Within Words Spelling. Syllable Juncture Spelling. Derivational Constancy Spelling.

What are the primary spelling stages of words their way?

Words Their Way Classroom carefully aligns instruction with the five developmental stages of spelling: Emergent-Early Letter Name, Letter Name, Within Word Pattern, Syllables and Affixes, and Derivational Relations.

What is the purpose of the primary spelling inventory?

Purpose of Primary Spelling Inventory: To assess the word knowledge students have to bring to the tasks of reading and spelling. Students are not to study these words. Studying the words would invalidate the purpose of the inventory, which is to find out what they truly know about how words work.

What are the different types of spelling inventory?

The primary spelling inventory, elementary inventory, and upper-level inventory. The focus shifts along the Words Their Way developmental spectrum from Letter Name Alphabetic to Derivational Relations.

What is Bear spelling Inventory?

"Spelling inventories consist of lists of words specially chosen to represent a variety of spelling features at increasing levels of difficulty" (Bear et al., 2012, p. 26). Students are assessed on a list of words that build in complexity that show where they are in terms of common orthographic features.

How do you score words their way spelling inventory?

Score the words by checking off the features spelled correctly that are listed in the cells to the right of each word. 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.

What stage is primary spelling?

The Primary Spelling Inventory (PSI) is used in kindergarten through third grade. The 26 words are ordered by difficulty to sample features of the letter name–alphabetic to within word pattern stages. Call out enough words so that you have at least five or six misspelled words to analyze.

What are the four progressions of spelling patterns?

Word Pattern Stage 1: Letter Sounds & Word Families. Grades K-1, Ages 5-7. Spelling Pattern Stage 2: Vowels, Digraphs, Diphthongs. Grades 2-3, Ages 7-9. Word Pattern Stage 3: Syllables, Prefixes, Suffixes. Grades 4-5, Ages 9-14. Spelling Pattern Stage 4: Derivational Relations. Grades 5+, Ages 13+

What are the 5 stages of spelling?

Gentry (1982), building on Read's research, describes five stages: precommunicative, semiphonetic, phonetic, transitional, and correct.

How to do a primary spelling inventory?

The Primary Spelling Inventory (PSI) is used in kindergarten through third grade. The 26 words are ordered by difficulty to sample features of the letter name–alphabetic to within word pattern stages. Call out enough words so that you have at least five or six misspelled words to analyze.

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What is bear primary spelling inventory?

Bear Primary Spelling Inventory is an assessment tool used to evaluate a student's spelling abilities and developmental stage in spelling.

Who is required to file bear primary spelling inventory?

Educators, particularly teachers of early elementary grades, are typically required to file the Bear Primary Spelling Inventory to assess their students' spelling progress.

How to fill out bear primary spelling inventory?

To fill out the Bear Primary Spelling Inventory, teachers present a list of words to students for spelling and record their responses to analyze spelling patterns and identify developmental stages.

What is the purpose of bear primary spelling inventory?

The purpose of the Bear Primary Spelling Inventory is to track student progress in spelling, identify their current stage of spelling development, and inform instruction.

What information must be reported on bear primary spelling inventory?

The information that must be reported includes the student's correct and incorrect spellings of the words presented, the stage of spelling development they are in, and any patterns observed.