Spelling 1 Subject Textbook Kit, 4th ed.

Spelling 1 serves to help your child develop foundational spelling skills and recognize spelling as a tool to honor God and to love and serve others through writing. This course endeavors to strengthen the knowledge of God, advocate that God created and uses written language, and apply spelling skills to produce accurate, God-honoring written communication. The Spelling 1 Subject Kit contains all the necessary materials for teaching Spelling 1.

Teaching Spelling 1

Recognizing Patterns

The course material enables your child to recognize common phonics patterns and structural generalizations. Your child will encounter lists of words organized by similar characteristics such as rhyming words.

Evaluating Words

Every week involves a word study activity. Your child will complete fill-in-the-blank activities with spelling words to see how those words are appropriately used in different contexts. Your student will also develop proofreading skills throughout the course through reviewing his or her own sentences, checking spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Dictionary skills are incorporated into nearly every lesson.

Expanding Vocabulary

The course uses activities that include high-frequency words, phonetic words, and words with irregular spellings to strengthen your child’s skills. Handling commonly misspelled words, phonetic words, and challenging words helps develop a broad vocabulary.

Assessing Skill Level

Frequent assessments enable your child to evaluate his or her abilities and practice recalling words. These assessments also build confidence and encourage mastery for producing God-honoring written communication. The first day of the week begins with a pretest on that week’s spelling words. The third day features a similar practice test, and the final day determines whether he or she has mastered the words for that week.