Diagnostic Spelling Assessment | Printable Phonics & Spelling Screener for Grades 1–5

Identify spelling gaps quickly and confidently with this easy-to-use Diagnostic Spelling Assessment designed for teachers, interventionists, homeschoolers, tutors, and special education support. Perfect for beginning-of-year testing, RTI progress monitoring, literacy intervention, Orton-Gillingham inspired instruction, and phonics-based spelling analysis.

This printable assessment helps you pinpoint student strengths and weaknesses across essential phonics and spelling patterns — without overwhelming students or requiring complicated prep.

Skills Assessed:

✔ Short Vowels
✔ Digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh)
✔ Blends
✔ Silent E
✔ Vowel Teams
✔ R-Controlled Vowels
✔ Multisyllabic Words
✔ Grammar & Morphology
✔ High-Frequency Sight Words

Includes:

⭐ Student-friendly assessment page
⭐ Teacher observation checklist
⭐ Error analysis tracker
⭐ Quick scoring guide
⭐ Space for notes and intervention planning
⭐ Clean, professional, low-ink design

Perfect For:

• Reading intervention
• SPED & ELL support
• Dyslexia-friendly instruction
• Orton-Gillingham inspired lessons
• Homeschool assessments
• Small group literacy instruction
• MTSS / RTI data collection
• Beginning or end of year screening

This resource was created by a special education teacher with real classroom needs in mind — practical, organized, and easy to implement.

✅ No prep
✅ Print-and-go
✅ Professional printable format
✅ Great for literacy intervention binders and student portfolios

Help identify exactly where students need support so you can target instruction with confidence!