Spelling Power Evals

So yesterday I gave Roman and Hope their first assessment test with Spelling Power to see where they need to begin. Hope tested at a 4.8 grade level and Roman at a 5.8 grade level. So proud of both of them! They both struggle with spelling, so I was greatly surprised to see how well they are both doing. The test itself was relatively painless. A list of 50 words with 3 columns (word, sentence, word) that you just read across all 3 and wait for the signal they've completed it before moving to the next word. The words begin at a 1st grade level and end at a 12th grade, so of course somewhere in the middle they are expected to drop off. Then the instructions say to take the amount attempted and subtract the number of words missed, which really just equals how many words they spelled right! Then take that number and compare it to the chart which depicts the grade equivalency. I will blog further on Spelling Power as we delve deeper into it.