Free Spelling Assessment Test

Maloney Method - Spelling Assessment Test

LEVEL 1: PRIMARY SPELLING

Dictate the ten words below to the student at a rate of one every fifteen seconds (four per minute).

Instruct the student to print each word as you say it. Check each word as the student prints it to see if it is correct. As soon as the student has made three mistakes, cease the testing and begin Lesson 1 of Level 1.

Test Words

  1. plan
  2. hope
  3. very
  4. garden
  5. above
  6. stripe
  7. grass
  8. below
  9. someone
  10. smell

More than 3 errors? 

Begin with Level 1 Spelling. Your student is spelling at a Grade 4 level or below.

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