Direct instruction for decoding, spelling, and understanding multisyllabic words
Megawords teaches the reading, spelling, and contextual use of multisyllabic words through multisensory instruction and a systematic progression of skills. Within each book, words are presented in lists arranged by word structure and spelling pattern.
student is reading below a 4th grade level
SPIRE or
Corrective Reading
student is reading at or above a 4th grade level
Megawords Reading Placement test
Megawords Spelling Placement test
progress monitoring
CORE phonics
Oral Reading Fluency (This includes accuracy.)
Brigance
iReady
Administer the entire first section (Megawords 1) and then continue with the next section (Megawords 2). If the student is not at 90% correct in Megawords 1 and misses 3 out of 5 consecutive words in Megawords 2, administer a SPIRE Placement Test. The first level that students are not at 90% proficient is the level they test into for instruction.
Megawords Reading Placement Video
Megawords Student Response Sheet
Megawords Reading Assessor Sheet
If you have a student that has Written Expression deficits then you will need to administer the Spelling Assessment to determine deficits and a possible different level of instruction than for reading.
For students that are able to read all the words through Megawords 8 on the Megawords Reading Placement Test, administer the Megawords Spelling Placement Test. (You could also give a Spelling Placement Test to anyone above grade level, specially if there is concern about reading at a higher level than spelling). The Megawords Spelling assessment can be given to a group or individually. Always administer the first section (Syllables). For the following sections, when students miss 3 out of 5 consecutive words, stop that section and go to the next one. The section the student misses one or more words is the level that they test into for instruction.
Megawords Spelling Assessment Student Sheet (Students will write on this sheet.)
Megawords Spelling Assessment for Teacher (Teachers will read the words/phrases to spell from this sheet.)
