Place every speller on the continuum, right down to the unit they need next.
A 64-word inventory that spans the developmental spelling continuum. The first cluster where students make two or more spelling mistakes points you straight to which group to place them into.
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One assessment, four stages, so you can see exactly where the pattern knowledge runs out.
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Three ready-to-use pieces that work together to make your spelling assessment more useful than ever.
Teacher call-out guide with slides
You'll have the words with sentences and friendly picture-cue display slides to keep students engaged and reduce the number of "What word was that?!" breaks you have to take.
Student answer sheet
A clean, numbered writing page with light pastel stage breaks. Use their answer sheets as an easy-to-level scoring sheet.
Teacher scoring guide & small groups planner
With the target pattern printed for every word, checkboxes, cluster subtotals, and a placement summary page.
Engaged Spelling · Tarheelstate Teacher (C) 2026 Tammy Roose, Tarheelstate Teacher. An independent companion aligned to the Words Their Way framework.