In Building Spelling Skills Daily Practice, Grade 1, students will learn five spelling words per week in lists 1-14; then eight words per week in lists 15-30 (198 total). One or two sentences for dictation are provided for each list.

Spelling lists include the following:

short and long vowel words
adding s and es
words with sh, nt, nd
sounds of ow, ar, aw, oa
present and past tense words

Practice pages for each unit include the following:

a spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word
a configuration puzzle for every spelling list
word sorting
word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences)
exercises to find the misspellings and hidden words

Reproducible forms include:

spelling record form
individual spelling record
spelling test form
spelling list form
word sort form
parent letter

Confident spellers make for prolific writers.

In Building Spelling Skills Daily Practice, Grade 2, students will learn 10 spelling words per week (300 total). Two sentences for dictation are provided for each list.

Spelling lists include the following:

short and long vowel words
contractions
blends and digraphs
spellings for /er/
variant vowel sounds such as ow, ou, oo
adding ed and ing

Practice pages include the following:

a spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word
a configuration puzzle for every spelling list
word sorting
word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences)
exercises to find the misspellings and hidden words
various word study exercises

Reproducible forms include:

spelling record form
individual spelling record
spelling test form
spelling list form
word sort form
parent letter

In Building Spelling Skills Daily Practice, Grade 3, students will learn 15 spelling words per week (450 total). Three sentences for dictation are provided for each list.

Spelling lists include the following:

contractions
blends
vowel sounds
prefixes and suffixes
compound words
words with silent letters and homophones
consonant digraphs

Practice pages include the following:

a spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word
visual memory exercises
word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences, crossword puzzles, synonyms/antonyms)
exercises with phonetic elements
editing for spelling

Reproducible forms include:

spelling record form
individual spelling record
spelling test form
spelling list form
word sort form
parent letter

In Building Spelling Skills, Daily Practice, Grade 4, students will learn 18 spelling words per week (540 total). Two sentences for dictation are provided for each list. In this new edition, teaching objectives are provided for each of the 30 weeks.

Spelling lists include the following:

contractions
blends
vowel sounds
prefixes and suffixes
compound words
words with silent letters
homophones and easily confused spellings
consonant digraphs
time and calendar words
multisyllabic words

The practice pages include the following:

the spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word
word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences, crossword puzzles, synonyms/antonyms)
exercises with phonetic elements
editing for spelling

Reproducible pages include:

"How to Study Your List" page
spelling strategies
take-home spelling lists
spelling record sheet
individual spelling record
spelling test form
spelling list form
crossword puzzle form
master word list
parent letter
student spelling dictionary

In Building Spelling Skills Daily Practice, Grade 5, students will learn 18 spelling words per week (540 total). Three sentences for dictation are provided for each list.

Spelling lists include the following:

contractions
blends
vowel sounds
prefixes and suffixes
compound words
words with silent letters
easily confused spellings
multisyllable words
irregular plurals

Practice pages include the following:

a spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word
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

Reproducible forms include:

spelling record form
individual spelling record
spelling test form
spelling list form
word sort form
parent letter

In Building Spelling Skills Daily Practice, Grade 6, students will learn 18 spelling words per week (540 total). Three sentences for dictation are provided for each list.

Spelling lists include the following:

homophones
blends
vowel sounds
prefixes and suffixes
root words
compound words
words with silent letters
easily confused spellings
multisyllable words
curriculum vocabulary

Practice pages include the following:

a spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word
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

Reproducible forms include:

spelling record form
individual spelling record
spelling test form
spelling list form
word sort form
parent letter