Why do kids misspell words? How can spelling instruction be hands-on and developmentally appropriate? What spelling strategies do spellers need to learn? Becky Spence answers all these questions and more in Teaching Kids to Spell.

The Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten program helps children develop the readiness and early literacy skills they need with age-appropriate activities. Sing, Spell, Read & Write uses phonics songs, interactive charts, and games to teach the alphabetic principle, phonemic awarenenss, sound/letter correspondences, short vowel sounds, and blending in a fun and meaningful way. By the end of kindergarten, students will be reading fully decodable storybooks with single-syllable, short-vowel words.

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