Spelling Stages | Emergent | Letter-name Alphabetic | Within Word Patterns | Syllables and Affixes | ||||||
Features |
Consonants | Early | Middle | Late | Early | Middle | Late | Early | Middle | |
Initial | Final | Short Vowels | Digraphs | Blends | Common Long Vowels | Other Vowels | Inflected Endings | - | ||
1. fan | f | n | a | |||||||
2. pet | p | t | e | |||||||
3. dig | d | g | i | |||||||
4. rob | r | b | o | |||||||
5. hope | h | p | o-e | |||||||
6. wait | w | t | ai | |||||||
7. gum | g | m | u | |||||||
8. sled | e | sl | ||||||||
9. stick | i | st | ||||||||
10. shine | sh | i-e | ||||||||
11. dream | dr | ea | ||||||||
12. blade | bl | a-e | ||||||||
13. coach | ch | oa | ||||||||
14. fright | fr | igh | ||||||||
15. chewed | ch | ew | -ed | |||||||
16. crawl | cr | aw | ||||||||
17. wishes | sh | -es | ||||||||
18. thorn | th | or | ||||||||
19. shouted | sh | ou | -ed | |||||||
20. spoil | oi | |||||||||
21. growl | ow | |||||||||
22. third | th | ir | ||||||||
23. camped | -ed | |||||||||
24. tries | tr | -ies | ||||||||
25. clapping | -pping | |||||||||
26. riding | -ding | |||||||||
Spell Check pre- / post- | Spell Check | Spell Check | Spell Check | SC (CVCe) SC (CVVC) SC (CVCC) |
Spell Check | SC (s/es) SC (-ed) |
SC (-ies) SC (VCC-infl.) |
Primary Spelling Inventory Feature Guide
Clicking a language feature will take you to the first sort which features this language feature. This may not be the most appropriate one for your learners amd does not consider picture sorts.
Clicking a Spell Check link will take you to the spell check which features this language feature at that spelling stage. This can be used to better determine the sort you need.
Clicking the feature at the top of a column will take you to the index of sorts for that unit at that spelling stage, to find other sorts which may be of use to your learners. Sorts for some features spread across units.