Mr. B's Word Lab
10-WORD PHONICS SPELLING PROBE

Spelling Goal Check

Measure dictated spelling across consonant blends, silent-e, and vowel teams with a balanced, fresh form.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Choose instruction or measurement.

Teach and practice with support, or begin a clean benchmark when the student is ready. Keeping those purposes separate makes progress data more trustworthy.

MEASURE PROGRESSRun the 10-word goal checkChoose a response method below. No hints or correctness feedback appear during the probe.
LEARN BEFORE YOU MEASURE

A teacher-like pattern warm-up

Use these short lessons during instruction or before a practice day. For a true progress-monitoring probe, teach on a different day and keep the goal check hint-free.

About 5 minutesOne pattern at a time
Consonant blends

Hear and record every sound in a blend.

1 · LISTEN

What your teacher might say

“A blend has two or three consonants close together. Each consonant keeps its sound. Say the word slowly, listen at the beginning and end, and make sure no sound is missing.”

2 · WATCH ME

Model the thinking

stop

“In stop, I hear /s/ and /t/ before the vowel. I write both letters, then finish the word.”

3 · YOU TRY

Spell one practice word

4 · CHECK

Use the same routine independently

Stretch it without adding a new syllable: /k/ /l/ /ă/ /p/.

  1. Say the whole word.
  2. Listen for each sound or vowel pattern.
  3. Write the letters.
  4. Read the word and check the pattern.
STANDARD DIRECTIONS

Keep every probe comparable.

  1. Say: “Listen to the word. Listen to the sentence. Spell the word.”
  2. Play or read the word, sentence, and word again.
  3. Repeat only when requested. Do not stretch sounds or name the pattern.
  4. Give no correctness feedback during the probe.
  5. Score the exact spelling after all ten words.
PRIVATE PROGRESS HISTORY

Dated spelling probes on this device

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