I've been doing spelling tests with a student of mine for a few weeks now, and I've been slowly going through Vernons Spelling Test. The only problem is I have now lost it, and I've been googling all morning. Is there any chance anyone knows where I could grab a copy?
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is
sick
young
royal
am
story
honey
million
see
grass
pencil
honest
up
cold
thumb
straight
do
letter
office
arrive
red
head
always
except
bit
fire
reason
length
gun
paint
complete
whose
down
chair
shovel
region
milk
earth
crowded
suitable
Red words
Orange words
Yellow words
Green words
- Test children on red, orange, yellow and green words – you could do this in two or more shorter spelling tests rather than all at once! You could also test the children in groups, for example only testing lower ability children on red and orange words.
- If a child gets any words wrong in a set, start them on test 1 of that colour. If a child gets no words wrong, start them on blue words. For example, a child who spelt complete wrong would start with yellow words, even if they got some green words correct.
- There are three sets of words for each colour. All children should start with test 1. Give out the list of words for that colour – you may want to photocopy the lists at 90% size so that they can be trimmed and stuck into homework books.
- Children will have to score 100% twice on each test to move up to the next list, for example:
Week 1 Test 1 = 100%Week 2 Test 1 = 100% Move up to test 2 (same colour)
Week 3 Test 2 = 90%
Week 4 Test 2 = 100%
Week 5 Test 2 = 100% Move up to test 3 (same colour)
Week 6 Test 3 =80%
Week 7 Test 3 = 100%
Week 8 Test 3 = 90%
Week 9 Test 3 = 100% Completed colour!
Administering the tests
- Children can find the tests by going to our Wikispaces website and then clicking on the side link for ‘Upper KS2’
[IMG]file:///C:%5CUsers%5CRoot%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_image002.jpg[/IMG]- The link should take them to the complete list of spellings. From here they can click ‘Games’ to practise their spellings (at school or at home) or ‘Test’ to be tested.
[IMG]file:///C:%5CUsers%5CRoot%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_image004.jpg[/IMG]- Children will need headphones for the test – the word will be read out to them when they click on the white box (on its own and in a sentence). To listen to the word again, children click on ‘Say it’ and ‘Sentence’. Make sure children listen to both, as some of the words may be homophones.
[IMG]file:///C:%5CUsers%5CRoot%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_image006.jpg[/IMG]- When finished, they click on ‘Check Me!’. They should then wait for the teacher to come over – you will need to record their score as it will not be saved by the computer. Tell the children not to click on ‘Print report’ or ‘Certificate’ (Certificates will not be printed from the website).
[IMG]file:///C:%5CUsers%5CRoot%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_image008.jpg[/IMG]Spelling test
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Also that spelling list at the top, I scrolled past and saw "redhead", "horny" and "petite". Don't ask.
Why were you scrolling past your YouJizz search history?
I think he was or just using words on top of his head or something.
I hate teaching, not really into it, I can teach pretty well because I can do speeches or stand up to an audience.
Also I'd much rather teach in college than a school. If you're taking IT at college, it means you WANT to be there. A lot of people in school only take IT because they HAVE to be there, and teaching people who don't want to be taught would be super shit.
I remember when I did my web design cert and commented on a js exercise. They weren't very impressed by my comment.