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Research has proven that spaced practice contributes to better retention of skills. Each book of Building Spelling Skills contains 30 spelling units with activities for daily practice. The books feature spelling lists taken from commonly used English words, commonly misspelled words and words with common phonetic and structural elements.
Key features:
• Daily practice
• 30 spelling units in each book
• Word lists
• Targeted skills
• Practice activities
• Dictation sentences
• Spelling strategies and teaching ideas
• Student spelling dictionaries
• Answer Key
Contents:
Teaching Each Unit • Spelling Strategies • How to Study Your List • Sentences for Dictation • Take-Home Spelling Lists • Units 1-30 Activity Pages • Spell short and long a words; Spell words with the endings -ed and -ing; • Add the endings -ed and -ing after dropping the silent e; Recognize the short e sound in said • Spell short e words; Spell words with the long e sound spelled eo, ie, ee, e and y; Recognize the short i sound in been • Spell short and long i words; Spell words in the -ind, -ile, -ight and -ink word families • Spell words with the long o sound; Distinguish between one- and two-syllable words • Spell words with the short and long u sounds; Spell words with an initial /y/ sound • Spell words that end with a silent e; Spell homophones; Compare past and present tense verbs • Spell words with double consonants; Divide words into syllables • Spell verbs that end with -ing or -ed; Spell irregular past tense verbs • Spell words with long vowel sounds; Add -ed to verbs • Spell words with consonant digraphs ch, sh, th and wh; Identify the number of syllables in a word; Recognize the /sh/ sound in sure • Spell compound words; Divide compound words into syllables • Spell words with the vowel sound in small, straw, song and bought • Spell words with the short u sound spelled ough; Add the endings -er and -est • Spell words with the long e and long i sounds spelled y; Spell the plural forms of words by adding s, es or ies; Spell the past tense of words by changing y to i and adding ed • Spell word with the vowel sounds in push and do • Spell words with oy and oi; Spell words with the initial digraph ch; Add the endings -s, -es, -ed and -ing • Spell contractions; Recognize homophones it’s and its • Spell words with the vowel digraphs ow and au • Review words with long vowel sounds; Identify long vowels in open syllables • Spell words with the short u sound; Spell words with the schwa sound; Review words with long vowel sounds • Spell words with the variant sounds of g and c • Spell r-controlled words with or, er, ir, ur and ear • Spell r-controlled words with ur, are, or and are • Spell words with the vowel sounds in to, top, wall and up; Recognize homophones threw and through; Spell words with suffixes -less and -ful • Spell words that end with or, ar and er; Spell words with the final long e sound spelled y • Spell words with the /f/ sound spelled ph, gh and f; Spell words with the base word happy; Spell words with the suffixes -ly and -ness • Spell words with silent letters; Spell words with the prefixes un- and re- • Spell words with the suffixes -ful, -ly, -less, -er and -est • Spell words with the long a, long e and short e sounds; • Spell words in the -other, -ead, -eat and -ear word families; Recognize the /ur/ sound in heard and early • Recognize homophones; Review words with long vowel sounds • Review long and short vowel sounds; Review how to divide words into syllables • Forms: Spelling Record Sheet (class) • My Spelling Record (student) • End-of-the-Unit Spelling Test Form • Blank Spelling List Form • Crossword Puzzle Template • Student Spelling Dictionaries • Master Word List (alphabetical) • Answer Key ISBN - 9788130927671
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Pages : 160
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