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