At the beginning of the school year, I wrote about two benchmark assessments I am using with my students this year: the Decoding Inventory and Spelling Inventory. I gave the assessments during the first week of school and again a couple weeks ago to track my students’ progress. Now that I have gathered this data,Continue reading “Revisiting Benchmark Assessments”
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Spelling Inventory – Back to School Baseline Assessments
Lower elementary students won’t always spell words the right way. “Invented spelling” is a powerful tool to enable students to write words even when they can’t spell them yet. Still, spelling reveals what students know about phonics patterns. Students who spell the long e sound with just the letter e, a silent e at theContinue reading “Spelling Inventory – Back to School Baseline Assessments”
Diagnostic Decoding Surveys – Back to School Baseline Assessments
The first week of school is when you finally get to know the people who days before were just names on your class list. You get to match names to faces, and you get to learn about each student’s personality. The first week of school can also be a great time to do baseline readingContinue reading “Diagnostic Decoding Surveys – Back to School Baseline Assessments”
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