Spelling

One spelling pattern per list, with word games and the words a parent adds for the week.

Grade 1

6 levels · 36 lists

Spell short-vowel words with a and i, like bat, can, fin and kid, plus tiny two-letter words like at, is and up.
Spell short-vowel words with o, u and e (got, pup, yes), double letters at the end (will, miss), and first two-part words like sunset.
Spell words with the letter pairs sh, ch, th and ck (ship, chop, moth, duck) and words that start or end with two consonants (flip, fast).
Spell long-vowel words that end in a silent e (cake, bike, home), see how adding e changes a word (can, cane), and learn tricky words like have and come.
Spell long-vowel words with the vowel teams ee, ea, ai and oa (sheep, peach, snail, boat), and add the endings -s and -ing.
Spell the tricky sight words children see most (the, said, was, they, of, what) and word families like ball, pink, sing and cold.

6 levels · 36 lists

Spell short-vowel words like cat, bed, pig, dog and bug, plus words ending in double letters like bell and kiss.
Spell words that start or end with two consonants together (frog, stop, hand) and the sounds sh, ch, th, wh, ck and ng.
Spell long-vowel words that end in a silent e (cake, bike, home, cute) and words ending in -ce, -ge and -dge.
Spell long-vowel words with vowel teams (rain, tree, boat, night), y at the end of a word, and longer two-syllable words.
Spell words where r changes the vowel (car, corn, bird) and vowel sounds like oi, oy, ou, ow, oo and aw.
Build bigger words with endings (-s, -es, -ed, -ing), the prefixes un- and re-, contractions, and tricky sight words.

6 levels · 36 lists

Your child spells long vowel and bossy r sounds inside longer words, like mistake, sunshine, carpet and squirrel.
Your child learns spellings that depend on where a sound falls in a word: -ck or -k, -dge or -ge, -tch or -ch, -le, soft c and g, and c or k.
Your child adds endings that change the base word: doubling (sitting), dropping the e (smiled) and changing y to i (cries, happier).
Your child builds new words with the prefixes un-, dis-, re- and pre- and the suffixes -ful, -less, -ly, -ness, -ment, -er and -est.
Your child spells sound-alike words, compound words, contractions and plurals that don't just add -s, like children and geese.
Your child masters tricky Grade 3 words like people, enough and heart, plus the vowel teams ea, au, aw, oi, oy, ou and ow.

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Your child spells two-syllable words with vowel teams like ai, ee, oa and au, and with bossy r sounds like ar, or, er and ur.
Your child splits longer words into syllables, like pump-kin, riv-er and ba-na-na, and spells each part.
Your child adds endings like -es, -ed, -ing and -est and makes the right change: f to v, y to i, doubling, or dropping the e.
Your child builds words with suffixes like -er, -ful, -ness and -able and prefixes like un-, dis-, re- and non-.
Your child picks the right spelling for sound-alike words like weather and whether, and remembers silent letters in words like knock and lamb.
Your child uses Greek and Latin word parts like phon, graph, port, aqua, micro and tri, and spells tricky everyday words like eighth, especially and business.

6 levels · 36 lists

Your child spells longer words by splitting them into syllables and listening for each vowel sound.
Your child learns the spelling changes that happen when endings are added: doubling, dropping the e, and changing y to i.
Your child spells common word endings correctly, like -tion, -sion, -ous, -ful, -ment and -able.
Your child adds prefixes without losing any letters and remembers the silent letters in words like knight and climb.
Your child uses Greek and Latin roots like port, struct, spect and graph to spell big school words.
Your child masters words that are easy to mix up or misspell, like their and there, accept and except, believe and necessary.

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Your child spells the quiet, unclear vowel sounds in longer words, like the i in cabinet and the ending of calendar.
Your child chooses the right ending when two endings sound alike, like -ant or -ent, -able or -ible, and -cial or -tial.
Your child knows when to double a consonant in longer words and remembers silent letters, like the c in muscle and the n in autumn.
Your child uses Latin roots like aud, fer, mit, pend, ject and vert to spell and understand new words.
Your child uses Greek roots like chron, cycl, hydr, phon, astro and sphere to spell science and school words.
Your child masters words that are easy to mix up or misspell, like principal and principle, stationary and stationery, and privilege.