Download Challenge Benchmark Strategic Intensive Open/Speed sorts (CORE

Differentiated Samples of
Must Do/May Do
Spelling
Challenge
Open/Speed sorts (CORE 13.6)
Find spelling pattern/word from list or
content area
Syllable junction
Making Big Words
Alternating class proofreader
Reconfigure words; construct words
with roots, suffixes, prefixes-advanced
suffix study
Unscramble spelling words..create
their own scrambled spelling words
Word scaffolds (CORE 13.11)
Jeopardy questions using higher level
Bloom’s
Build longer words using word cards
Highlight spelling patterns taught in
anthology and read to a partner
Explain use of S/S cards to determine
spelling and identify the spelling card
being used. Generate list
Create own S/S cards using same
pattern
Write a story or poem with the words
using spelling patterns previously
taught
Add words or find words with same
pattern and categorize it into parts of
speech
Sort by parts of speech/spelling/sound
pattern and identify the diagraphs and
vowel pairs
Partner dictation of spelling words
and then divide the word by number of
syllables
Break down the words: prefix, suffix,
etc. and identify the ones used most
Build words using letter cards and
then identify CVC, VCCV, VCV, VCCCV
patterns and label them
Word study notebooks (CORE 13.8)
Create crossword puzzles
Write “math sentences” e.g. makee+ing=making (CORE13.37)
SBCUSD BTSA Induction Program 2008
Benchmark
Strategic
Intensive
Create riddles and
words using S/S
Cards
Highlight spelling
patterns taught in
the anthology
selection
Explain use of S/S
Cards to determine
spelling (explain
metacognition)
Write a story or
poem with words
Add words or find
words with same
patterns
Sort words by
parts of speech/
spelling/ sound
pattern
Partner dictation
of spelling words
Jeopardy
questions
Explain the
orthographic
devices on the S/S
Cards
Break down the
words: prefix,
suffix, etc.
Make up a story,
play, or poem
using spelling
words
Build words using
letter cards
Write words in
sentences
Partner dictation
of spelling words
Write spelling
word and draw
picture to go with
it
Use pocket chart
with letters to
spell words with
a partner
Use S/S Cards to
spell words
Build word
families based on
orthographic
patterns/spelling
words
Make anagrams
Use phoneme
phones and
mirrors with a
partner
Choose correct
spelling (eg.
piece – peece –
pice)
Syllabicate
words
Practice
stretching words
orally prior to
spelling
Practice
segmenting
blending words
Practice oral
blending and
segmenting words
Identify the
sound (beginning,
middle, final) and
write the letter
that represents the
sound
Practice name,
sound and
spelling(s) of S/S
Cards
Unscramble
spelling words
(each word in an
individual bag)
Generate a list of
different spelling
patterns
Use blackline
master of phonics
decodables and
student spelling
patterns
Syllabicate words
Use the CVC
phones and mirrors
to practice
phonemic
awareness
Write the spelling
words in two
colors; use red for
the chunk that
represents the
spelling pattern
Use interlocking
letter cubes to
build words
Practice
stretching words
before spelling