Spelling Book: Words Most Needed, Plus Phonics, for Grades One to Six

by Edward B. Fry

Words Most Needed Plus Phonics For Grades 1-6 This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876730217
• ISBN13: 9780876730218
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Laguna Beach Educational Books
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 6

Customer Reviews

A Simple Approach to Spelling

This is a great resource for a list-based spelling program. There are 196 lessons that allow you to go at your own pace. The first 20 (for the second half of 1st grade) have ten words per lesson. By 3rd grade it has 20 words per lesson. The core of the book is made up of 3000 of the most highly used words (according to an American Heritage study). In addition, 100 picture nouns have been added in the early lessons in order to make reading comprehension and sentence practice more feasible. The reason I like this resource so much is because it is simple, just one sheet covers the lesson for the week (and you have permission to copy that sheet for your learners). It also includes basic phonics and variant forms. The end of the book has lists of grammar rules and various phonetic charts. Another reason I like it is because it helps with reading...each week our kids are exposed to high frequency words that they are bound to come across in the course of their independent readings. The only downside is that, because of the approach Dr Fry has taken, words are not grouped together by similar phonemes or morphemes. Nevertheless, this is an excellent resource and one that we use with our children.