Teaching · Reading Intervention

Group the misspellings by pattern, and teach the pattern.

Copy each misspelling exactly, tag the pattern behind it and note whether the student could fix it. The summary ranks the patterns, shows what the student corrects alone, and tells you whether the top pattern needs review or has simply not been taught yet.

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The spelling log

One log per student and week; copy to a new date to keep going. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Reading Intervention$19 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each student and week, misspellings tagged by pattern, source and correction, with patterns ranked and the next pattern to teach.
Who it is for
Reading interventionists, special education teachers, reading specialists and classroom teachers using structured literacy.
Format
Browser log with a words table. Several saved records; printed with the summary or as a blank log; CSV of the words table; export and import a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Reading Intervention toolkit ($49) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Reading Intervention space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
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Drawn for this page. Bot for boat is not a careless slip; it shows the vowel team oa has not been learned yet.

How to use it

  1. Start a log with the student’s initials or a code and the week.
  2. List the patterns taught so far.
  3. Add each misspelling from dictation or writing, exactly as written, with its pattern.
  4. Note whether the student fixed it alone, with a prompt, or not yet.
  5. Read the ranked patterns and plan the next lesson around the top one.

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What the log is for

Spelling errors are information

Misspellings show what a student knows about how sounds map to letters. Bot for boat says the vowel team is not yet secure; jup for jump says a sound in a blend was not heard or not written. Grouping errors by pattern points instruction at the pattern, which fixes many words at once.

Taught or not yet

An error on a pattern not yet taught is expected and needs teaching in sequence. An error on a pattern already taught needs review: word sorts, dictation with the pattern and a consistent prompt, such as tapping the sounds before writing.

What this log is not

It is a record of classroom errors, not a spelling test and not a norm-referenced measure. Records use a code, never a name, and stay in this browser.

Sources

  1. Moats, L. C. (2020). Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers (3rd ed.). Paul H. Brookes.
  2. Bear, D. R., Invernizzi, M., Templeton, S., & Johnston, F. (2020). Words Their Way (7th ed.). Pearson.
  3. Graham, S., & Santangelo, T. (2014). Does spelling instruction make students better spellers, readers, and writers? A meta-analytic review. Reading and Writing, 27(9), 1703–1743.
  4. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 34 CFR Part 99.

The example student is made up. The log records classroom errors to guide teaching; it is not a test and gives no norms. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.