Sample Misspelling Assessment and Analysis

Student's Name: ___________________________________ Date: ________________
 
Overall Rating:     ___ no errors     ___ few errors     ___ many errors
Conventional Spelling Misspelling Analysis and Instructional Strategies
E.g., picture pichure Inaccurate pronunciations
  • emphasize slow, accurate enunciation
  • encourage visual imaging
E.g., shining shineing Inclusion of silent letters
  • practise adding suffixes
  • focus on spelling rules regarding word endings
E.g., cost
broom 		oost
droom 		Illegible handwriting
  • identify letter formations or combinations that cause difficulties (student must be aware of own handwriting problems)
E.g., ghost gost Omitted silent letter
  • encourage visual imaging
  • develop word family charts (ghostly, ghastly)
E.g., lawyer loyer Applied graphophonic knowledge to non-phonetic word
  • emphasize word families and meaning (law, lawful)
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