Does SPELL 2 analyze a students spelling of homonyms, contractions, possessives, and abbreviations?
No. Misspelling of these types of words is an easily recognizable error pattern. Not including these types of spelling patterns in SPELL 2 helped keep the number of test items and the length of the assessment within a reasonable range. If the student exhibits a pattern of homonym confusion or misspelling of contractions, possessives, and abbreviations, the professional can target this error pattern through development of phonological awareness, semantic knowledge and mental orthographic images, as appropriate. See SPELL-Links to Reading & Writing Lessons 69-73 for specific instructional activites.
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