Gr 1 Building Spelling Skills

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.