Spelling Success (World Teachers Press) is a reproducible spelling book program for grades 1-7. Each book covers one year of instruction and includes additional activities to further extend the workbook lessons with games, group or partner activities. The program focuses on taking students back to basics when learning to spell. Through the lessons, students are encouraged to discover for themselves the patterns, rules, similarities and differences within each word list.

Detailed explanations and program outlines are included for the teacher in the beginning of each workbook along with dictation sentences for testing.

Pros:
The words used for this program are similar to words that children would encounter with First Grade Readers which allows the spelling program to integrate nicely with the students reading.

Black and white illustrations are not distracting yet grab the students attention. Coloring the pictures after the workbook portion is done is an added treat.

Cons:
The reproducible journal page could have been designed better. It is a good exercise that could also transfer to include handwriting practice.

Conclusion:
Although this program is written for the classroom teacher, most of the additional activities are easily adaptable to smaller groups or individual children. Because there is no written script, parents should feel free to create their own activities that incorporate the spelling program with their existing language arts or reading program. Each workbook ends with a preview of the next book in the series (3-4 sample lessons).

Where to purchase:
Available from Didax for $7.95 per book (at time of publication)

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