Programs for Spelling

Teacher Tested

Essential Skills programs are used daily in our school. They are easy to access and use. These programs offer great supplementary practice and are in alignment with our curriculum. The children always look forward to using them.

Mrs. Elaina Neider, Special Education

Sunset Ridge Elementary, Middleton, Wisconsin


	Diagnostic Spelling Test This test can be administered to groups or individuals and is designed to provide teachers with a practical means of assessing students' spelling abilities.
	Graded Spelling Test This is a test of written spelling ability, providing an accurate spelling grade level up to the end of grade 8.
	Fun with Spelling Grade 1 This program uses sound blending and rhyming to teach 200 grade 1 spelling words.
	Fun with Spelling Grade 2 This program uses a phonics approach to teach over 400 grade 2 spelling words. The word lists are grouped by short and long vowel patterns, consonant blend and diagraph patterns.
	Fun with Spelling Grade 3 This program uses phonics to increase accuracy in spelling of more than 370 grade 3 spelling words. The words are grouped into lists using 37 common spelling patterns such as long vowels, consonants and "r" with vowel patterns.
	Spell Master Grade 4 Teaches the spelling and pronunciation of more than 500 grade 4 spelling words. Spelling is taught using long vowel patterns, digraph and diphthong patterns consonant combinations, "r" with vowel patterns and spelling stumpers.
	Spell Master Grade 5 Teaches over 500 essential grade 5 spelling words. 38 lists teach important spelling patterns for grade 5 such as igh, ion, eigh and ough patterns. Also taught are 35 pairs of homonyms.
	Spell Master Grade 6 Teaches more than 500 grade 6 spelling words as well as grade-appropriate spelling rules. There is also a section to teach 21 sets of homonyms for grade 6.
	Spelling Stumpers Grades 1 to 5 More than 500 engaging activities teach the 400 most frequently misspelled words from grades 1 to 5.
	Spelling Stumpers Grades 5 to 9 Teaches the 450 most frequently misspelled words from grades 5 to 9. The program teaches grade-appropriate spelling rules with follow-up activities.