This 30-week, easy-to-follow program will introduce your third graders to a total of 450 new words at 15 words per week, and will focus not only on the correct spelling of each word through visual memory exercises, but also the words’ meanings, synonyms and antonyms. Motivating exercises with phonetic elements will ensure students’ understanding as they journey through this program. Helpful reproducible forms are also provided for your use.

Spelling lists include the following:

• contractions
• blends
• vowel sounds
• prefixes and suffixes
• compound words
• words with silent letters and homophones
• consonant digraphs

Practice pages include the following:

• a spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word
• visual memory exercises
• word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences, crossword puzzles, synonyms/antonyms)
• exercises with phonetic elements
• editing for spelling

Reproducible forms include:

• spelling record form
• individual spelling record
• spelling test form
• spelling list form
• word sort form
• parent letter