Spelling lessons based on language skills which many teachers feel is the most effective way for children to learn to spell.

This book was written primarily for students in grades five and six, but in certain instances, its use would prove to be very beneficial for students in grades six and seven.

Students of above average ability, in mid to late grade five will benefit from the approach used in this book, which is based upon sound theories of spelling, used by experienced teachers for many years.

For students of average ability, in grade five, this book will serve as a very good review of some of the important principles of spelling.

Students in grades seven or eight, who need to review basic fundamentals in spelling, or are just learning to read, write, and speak English, and who have already completed the first and/or second spelling book in this series, will find this book helpful in their quest to become good spellers.

This book contains eighteen lessons and is thematic in its approach to spelling.

Lessons cover the following:

• spelling rules
• words ending with the "shun" sound
• the "schwa" sound
• the "chur" sound
• prefixes
• suffixes
• The "i" before "e" rule
• compound words
• silent consonants
• double consonants
• homophones
• "er" or "or"
• nouns
• adjectives
• root words
• synonyms
• antonyms
• alphabetical order and reverse alphabetical order

Lessons cover:

Lesson 1 – The ‘shun’ sound

Lesson 2 – Word endings with the ‘el’ sound.

Lesson 3 – Silent Consonants

Lesson 4 – The ‘chur’ sound

Lesson 5 – The ‘i’ before ‘e’ rule 

Lessons 6 - Reviews the words covered in Lessons 1 to 5

Lesson 7 - Prefixes

Lesson 8 – Compound Words 

Lesson 9 – More Prefixes

Lesson 10 - Suffixes

Lesson 11 – More Suffixes

Lesson 12 – Review of the words in lessons 7 to 11

Lesson 13 - Homophones

Lesson 14 - Occupations

Lesson 15 – More Homophones

Lesson 16 – Even More Suffixes

Lesson 17 - Double Consonants

Lesson 18 - Review of the words from lessons 13 to 17

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