Spelling Plus
1000 Words toward Spelling Success

90% of text in English consists of just 1000 base words! Spelling Plus will help you teach the most commonly used and misspelled words to mastery, ensuring improvement in students' first-draft writing. Beyond the core list, personal words keep gifted spellers challenged while giving poor spellers the repetition and practice they need. Success-oriented strategies enable teachers to focus on progress and encourage students without sacrificing high standards. Spelling Plus may be used as a text or supplement. Reproducible worksheets are included.

We have been home schooling for a number of years, but I had never found a satisfactory spelling curriculum. They always seemed too vague or too complicated. Yours feels "just right." I appreciate the way you have laid out what to do so specifically and simply. We all feel as though we know what is expected and the success the girls have had has given them a real sense of accomplishment.

--Beth J., home school mom

Recommended for grades K-6. The entire program can be taught from this book, but related resources will save you time. The Spelling Plus Workbook has four copies of each list for daily practice. Tapes of the lessons are available upon special request for $35.00/level. Contact Susan (Susan@SusanCAnthony.com).

Dictation is an essential part of the program. You can make up your own sentences or use those in the Dictation Resource Book. The Homophones Resource Book and Personal Dictionary are optional but can save you time and help you track kids' progress. Spelling for Success handouts have information that will enable you to give this program a try without purchasing anything (a PDF file, 365 KB).

169 pages, paperback
Bibliography, index
8.5 x 11, reproducible
ISBN 1-879478-20-X
Item 048, $19.95