Spelling

All About Spelling: This spelling program is designed for the beginning or struggling learner and brings together the three modalities of learning – auditory (hearing), visual (seeing), and kinesthetic (touching). If your student is a good reader but poor speller, an all-around “horrible speller,” has “hit the wall” when it comes to spelling, learns one day and forgets the next, or just learns differently, this may be the program you need. This is a building-block program, so most students should start with Level 1. Grades 1-8.

Evan Moor--Building Spelling Skills: students will learn between 5-18 spelling words per week (depending on grade level). Sentences for dictation are provided for each list. Activities include a spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word; configuration puzzles; word sorting; exercises to find the misspellings and hidden words; word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences, crossword puzzles, synonyms/antonyms); exercises with phonetic elements and other types of word study; editing for spelling. Grades 1-6.

Evan Moor--Spell & Write: Each of the 12 units is introduced by a story that establishes the unit theme and features some of the twelve spelling words. Students are then presented with eight activity pages that provide meaningful spelling and writing practice centering on the unit theme. Activities may include practice with: grammar and punctuation rules; vocabulary exercises; creative writing; and more. Each unit ends with a Test Your Skills assessment page. Students take a spelling test, edit a sentence, and answer questions about the skills presented in the unit. Grades 1-6.

Evan Moor--Spell and Write Skill Sharpeners: Each unit is built around a short-vowel word family. A story introduces three word-family spelling words. The spelling words are practiced on a variety of ways in eight spelling and writing activity pages. The short vowel families taught are –at, -op, -in, -un, -en, -an, -ot, -ig, -et, -ed, -ug, and –it. Each unit ends with a Test Your Skills assessment page. Students take a spelling test and answer questions about the spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills presented in the unit. Grade K.

Sequential Spelling: Practice spelling through every learning style! Sequential Spelling teaches word families through auditory (hearing the word), visual (seeing the correct word), kinesthetic (tracing the correct word) and oral (saying the word) channels. This program is perfect for dyslexic or anxious learners because it de-emphasizes memorization of rules and focuses on spelling patterns and word families, encouraging accurate spelling through practice and self-correction. The book includes reproducible lessons along with teaching tips. There is also a student response book. Grades 1-8.

Spelling Power: Diagnostic tests place students at their proper beginning point. From there, each student progresses at his/her own rate. A ten-step process is used to study each word, so even poor spellers show improvement. There is a “Quick Start Introduction” at the beginning of the book that walks you through placement and instructions for using the program. A base list of 5000 frequently used words is broken down into groups with common elements. Students should be able to write easily and copy words correctly in order to use this program. Grades 3-8.

Spelling Workout: a spelling program taught from a phonics perspective, and gradually shifting the emphasis to vocabulary and word origins at the upper levels. Lesson format starts with a narrative that uses some of that week’s spelling words. Then students take a pretest, correcting their own work. The next activity focuses on a phonics concept using the spelling words. Next comes an activity that varies and finally there is a proofreading and writing activity. No lesson planning is required and students past the first level or two can work independently. Appeals to students who need structure and rules to learn. Grades 1-8.