Schonell Spelling Test B
see
cut
mat
in
ran
bag
ten
hat
dad
bed
leg
dot
pen
yet
hay
good
till
be
with
from
time
call
help
week
pie
boat
mind
sooner
year
dream
sight
mouth
large
might
brought
mistake
pair
while
skate
stayed
yoke
island
nerve
join
fare
iron
health
direct
calm
headache
final
circus
increase
slippery
lodge
style
bargain
copies
guest
policy
view
library
cushion
safety
patient
account
earliest
institution
similar
generous
orchestra
equally
individual
merely
enthusiastic
appreciate
familiar
source
immediate
breathe
permanent
sufficient
broach
customary
especially
materially
cemetery
leisure
accredited
fraternally
subterranean
apparatus
portmanteau
politician
miscellaneous
mortgage
equipped
exaggerate
amateur
committee
Schonell Spelling Test B
C1
R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
R6
R7
R8
R9
R10
R11
R12
R13
R14
R15
R16
R17
R18
R19
R20
N:
D:
C2
C3
/
/
DOB:
C4
/
/
/100
C5
Schonell Spelling Test B Procedure
With all standardised tests it is essential that there is no teaching to
the test and you should wait at least six months between testing.
Test the entire group at one time. The children should be seated
sufficiently far apart in order to prevent them from being able to copy
from each other.
On the ‘Spelling Grid’ (20 x Rows and 5 x Columns) should be written
N: Child’s name
D: Date dd/mm/yy (and later)
DOB: Date of Birth
Score: xxx/100
Explain the procedure
Words dictated by teacher and marked in groups of ten
Call out each word, starting at the top and going from left to right
(i.e. 'see')
Use the word in a sentence so that its meaning is clear (i.e. “I can see
the bird.”)
Say the word again - “see”
Child continues test until there are 10 mistakes in succession
[To ease the checking, make a transparency of the test to lay
underneath the spellings.]
Scoring
Keep a running total as you mark each group of ten (i.e. 10 20 26 30
32 36).
Take the raw score (the total number of words spelt correctly) divide
by 10 and add 5 i.e. 36 + 5 years = 8.6 = 8.7 (converted to months).
Conversion Table: Tenths to Months
1 = 1 month
2 = 2 months
3 = 4 months
4 = 5 months
5 = 6 months
6 = 7 months
7 = 8 months
8 = 10 months
9 = 11 months
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