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THE BED TESTAn Adapted Spelling Inventory

Implement WEEK 1 or Week 2

Lit Center Mini Lesson SPELLING INVENTORY

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Refer to WORDS THEIR WAY Spelling Inventory

• “The BED TEST” is a “modified” quick and informal spelling inventory used to understand a student’s level of orthographic knowledge. • Spelling is developmental, and represented by

spelling stages.• The results have implications for instruction

in reading, writing, vocabulary and spelling.

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Find the Stage to Know What to Teach

EARLY MIDDLE LATE

Emergent StageLetter-Name—Alphabetic StageWithin Word Pattern StageSyllables and Affixes StageDerivational Relations Stage

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6Follow the script

Read and follow the information at the top of the word list handout you received

before you administer the test.

“Assessment Materials for Chapter 3”

Stop testing when 3 out of 5 words

in a set are missed.

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Initial and Final Consonants b d p n l t

Short Vowels e i u

Digraphs and Blends sh wh mp fl

Long Vowel Pattern oa

• bed• ship• when• lump• float

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Final Consonants n v

Short vowels o

Digraphs and Blends tr pl dr br sh

Long Vowel Patterns ai a-e i-e igh

• train• place• drive• right• shopping

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Digraphs and Blends sp ch

Other Vowel Patterns oi er ew ar

• spoil• serving• chewed • carries• marched

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Digraphs and Blends sh

Other Vowel Patterns ow

Inflected Endings, Consonant Doubling, Prefixes, Suffixes

er tt le av or ip en ll ar• shower• cattle• favor• ripen• cellar

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Other Vowel Patterns or

Inflected Endings, Consonant Doubling, Prefixes, Suffixes, Syllable Junctures

ure ate con ent ize op pp tion

Bases and Roots pleas fortun fid civil pos

• pleasure• fortunate• confident• civilize• opposition

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QUALITATIVE SPELLING CHECKLIST

• Use the checklist handout to find the spelling stage of the student.

• Check for certain features on the student’s BED test—mark YES if feature is always present. The last place you check OFTEN is the student’s stage of spelling development.

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Find the Stage to Know What to Teach

EARLY MIDDLE LATE

Emergent StageLetter-Name—Alphabetic StageWithin Word Pattern StageSyllables and Affixes StageDerivational Relations Stage

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Remember: To some kids, “spel”… is a four letter word RICHARD GENTRY

WORD STUDY includes:Alphabetic KnowledgeRelationship between letters and sounds (grapho-phonemic)

Pattern KnowledgeLetter groupings (CVC CVCe CVVC) and syllables

MeaningSemantics : Units of letters represent meaning directly (affixes, word roots)

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Refer to WORDS THEIR WAY for “word sorts” and other activities by stage

• Instructional activities suggested for each stage are

available in the Lit Center copies

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•Words Their Way• Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and

Spelling Instruction

Templeton, Bear, Invernizzi, and Johnston (2008)