Post-test ED435

Spelling inventories are a ________ of words chosen to represent spelling features at increasing ________.

• List; difficulties

• set; stages

• group; numbers

• bunch; lengths

Before taking the assessment, you should have your students study the spelling inventory list.

• True

• False

CHECK MARK ALL the steps that help ELL students better understand English.

• observe how they talk

• observe how they read

• understand their language structure

• listen to their pronunciation

• have them write long sentences

By observing English learner's native language, teachers can better understand their literacy development in English.

• True

• False

The culture of ELL students greatly ________ their ________.

• influences; learning

• affects; appetite

• resembles; personality

• enhances; capabilities

Which of the following teaching strategies can produce the best results when observing students' writing?

• Quickwrite

• Essays

• Sentence writing exercises

• Tracing

If a student can read the word, they can spell it.

• True

• False

Gifted students who scored high on the spelling inventories should be given work above their grade level.

• True

• False

The same spelling inventories should be administered two times a school year to monitor progress.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not used as a way to monitor orthographic development?

• Spell checks

• spelling inventories

• spelling-by-stage chart

• weekly spelling and unit tests