WORDS THEIR WAY UPPER-LEVEL SPELLING INVENTORY Powerpoint Created by

WORDS THEIR WAY UPPER-LEVEL SPELLING INVENTORY Powerpoint Created by Jorgette Mullins

STEP 1 Give the students the 31 words spelling assessment. The words should not be given to them prior to the assessment. Remember to state the word, give the sentence provided to you, and then repeat the word.

STEP 2 To complete the Words Their Way Upper- Level Spelling Inventory Feature Guide, compare the spelling of the word given by the student to the breakdown of the word on the feature guide.

STEP 2 CONTINUE For example, number 5 is the word knotted. The student may have spelled the word this way - knoted. On the feature guide you would put a check beside the O and the KN. You would not put a check beside TTED since that was the part misspelled.

STEP 2 CONTINUE The only mark you should make is the mark next to the CORRECT part. Remember not every letter of the word will appear on the feature guide. Complete this for each word.

STEP 3 Next you are to count the number of correct responses vertically. For example, in the first column on the example sheet the word parts are sw, sm, tr, sh, and cr. The student got every one correct so the subtotal is 5/5. In the third column the student got 4/7 correct. Complete this step for each word.

STEP 4 Add the totals across. You are adding the numerator (top number) of columns 1 – 9 and putting that sum in column 10. That number is the number correct over 46.

STEP 4 CONTINUE For example, the first group of subtotals are 5/5, 8/9, 4/7, 2/8, 4/7, 1/2, 4/4, and 0/0 in the example provided. The sum, which goes in column 10, is 32/46. The number 32 is the number correct in column 1 – 9. You will need to do the same for words 21 -31.

STEP 5 Add the two subtotals together, the subtotal for words 1 – 20 to the words 21 31. For example. The first subtotal for words 1 – 20 is 4/4 for column 6 and for words 21 – 31 is 5/6. Add those two subtotals together. The new total is 9/10.

STEP 5 Complete this for each column. The final total goes in column 10. For example, the answer for column 10 totals is 46/68.

STEP 6 In column 11 you will need to put the number 1 if all parts of the word is spelled correctly. Put the subtotals and final total.

STEP 7 To find the current spelling stage of the student you must find the first total where the student had two or more errors. For example, the totals on the example sheet are 5/5, 8/9, 4/7, 2/8, 5/9, 9/19, 5/7, 6/7, and 2/6.

STEP 7 The first total where the student missed two or more was in column 3 with the total 4/7. This is the column where you find the current spelling stage. The student’s column falls between late Complex Consonants and Early Inflected Ends and Syllable Juncture.

STEP 8 The final step is to record the data in the appropriate places. The Words Spelled Correctly total comes from the total found in the last row of column 11. In the example the number is 15/31. The Feature Points comes from the total found in the last row of column 10.

STEP 8 In the example the number is 46/68. Add the totals together to get Total. In the example that would be 15/31 plus 46/68 to equal 61/99. The Spelling Stage is found with step 7.

STEP 8 It is the level where the student first missed 2 or more words. In the example this would be the 3rd column, late Complex Consonants and Early Inflected Ends and Syllable Juncture.