In Building Spelling Skills, Grade 5 students will learn 18 spelling words per week (540 total). Three sentences for dictation are provided for each list.
Spelling lists include the following:
* contractions
* blends
* vowel sounds
* prefixes and suffixes
* compound words
* words with silent letters
* easily confused spellings
* spelling multisyllable words
* irregular plurals
The practice pages include the following:
* the spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word
* word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences, crossword puzzles, synonyms/antonyms)
* exercises with phonetic elements and other types of word study * editing for spelling
