"Just Right" Spelling Lists

Students in our 2nd grade classroom have leveled spelling lists. We call these their "Just Right" spelling words because they are words chosen by students that are at their specific level of recall and understanding. At the beginning of each week, we create lists of words in which we take a word chunk and build small, medium, and large words. Next students choose 10 words that they feel would be "Just Right" for them; this is their specific spelling list for the week. On Fridays, students work with their spelling buddies to assess one another on their leveled lists. Here are some students last Friday testing one another: