This is a good activity to use for
spelling test review.
Not exact matches
Research suggests that the whole - class weekly
spelling test is much less effective than an approach in which different students have different sets of words depending on their stage of
spelling development, and emphasis is placed on analyzing and using the words rather than taking a
test on them (see Palmer & Invernizzi, 2015 for a
review).
The lesson includes: -
spelling test - compound adjectives activities summary and true and false exam style questions written task (
review)
There are worksheets, homework sheets,
spelling sheets,
reviews, quizzes, unit
tests, gap fills and projects to complete.
The National Writing Project, begun in 1974 at the University of California at Berkeley, stemmed from a similar notion: that regular
reviews of the process of writing, with repeated drafts and frequent editing, were a better way to assess how the student was doing than the old way of grading grammar and
spelling tests and the final version of any written assignment.
His
review also recommends the reading
test should be «refined» and that there should be a distinct writing
test covering
spelling, grammar, punctuation and vocabulary.
Review lists can be set up so that lists are generated based on mistakes made by the student on vocabulary or
spelling tests.