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Module 7 Vocabulary Terms

Module 7 (Week 3) Vocabulary

1.) Spelling Inventory


- "assessments that ask students to spell a series of increasingly difficult words used to determine what features students know or use but confuse, as well as a specific developmental stage of spelling" (Words Their Way)
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Spelling Inventories are important to teaching phonics because it offers adequate feedback on how the student uses phonemic awareness skills when they are asked to spell different words.

2.) Static Reversal

-"a handwriting error that is the mirror image of the intended letter"(Words Their Way)


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Static reversal can effect many beginner spellers because so letters look similar but are typically reversed. The teacher should offer resources including how to properly write each letter.

3.) Kinetic Reversal

-" an error of letter order"(Words Their Way)
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When it comes to kinetic reversal, they can have an impact when students are learning literacy. Students can mix up the letters and letter direction while spelling.


4.) Feature Guide

-"a tool used to classify students' errors within a hierarchy of orthographic features"(Words Their Way)
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Feature Guide is used when assessing students with the spelling inventory and helps classify errors during specific stragies for learning.

 

 

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