Building Spelling Skills 1 (Teacher’s Guide)

In Building Spelling Skills, 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
The practice pages include the following:

the spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word
a configuration puzzle for every list
word sorting
word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences)
exercises to find the misspellings and hidden words