Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide - EngageNY

Spelling
Worksheet 15.1
Student Spelling Assessment
• Have students turn to Worksheet 15.1.
15 minutes
• Read the first spelling word aloud, use it in a sentence, and then read the word
once more, allowing students time to write the word.
• Repeat this procedure with each of the remaining words.
• Direct students’ attention to the lines on the bottom of the worksheet. Ask
students to write the sentence “Their book is huge.” Slowly repeat this
sentence twice.
• At the end, reread each spelling word one more time.
1. it’s
2. that’s
3. she’s
4. isn’t
5. aren’t
6. wasn’t
7. I’ll
8. you’ll
9. she’ll
Tricky Word: their
• After all the words have been called out, tell students you will now show them
the correct spelling for each word so they may correct their own work.
• Say and write each word on the board, instructing students to correct their
work by crossing out any incorrect spelling, then copying and writing the
correct spelling next to it.
• Continue through all the words and the sentence. Remind students of the
importance of correcting and learning from mistakes.
Note to Teacher
At a time later today, you may find it helpful to use the chart provided at
the end of this lesson to analyze students’ mistakes. This will help you
understand any patterns beginning to develop or that are persistent among
individual students.
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