No Excuse Words
"No Excuse" words are the words that students are accountable to spell correctly in all of their everyday writing.
No excuse words are those words that have been identified by teachers and researchers to be high frequency, high use words that students are held accountable for correctly spelling in all of their writing. When selecting the words for specific grade levels, developmental stages of spelling ability, and high use in everyday writing are taken into consideration. No excuse words are NOT words that are content specific, or specialty words. They are words that may seem very simple for the grade level, but have been found to be misspelled quite often when students are not held accountable for their correct spelling.
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