Do you know middle or high school students who still struggle with spelling? The key isn’t memorizing word lists, it’s helping them understand how spelling works. This includes breaking words into syllables, recognizing the schwa sound, learning multiple spellings for sounds, and building morphological knowledge.

This blog and the accompanying FREE Spelling Practice Templates are designed to help you support students with spelling practice in a way that promotes orthographic mapping rather than rote memorization.

Writing assessments allow educators to better understand a student’s current spelling and writing abilities so that they can provide instruction specific to the student’s needs. A thorough writing assessment should address word, sentence, and paragraph level writing.