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All About Spelling Program
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All About Spelling

Developed for busy parents, teachers, and tutors, All About Spelling is a scripted, open-and-go program that teaches spelling in the most effective way possible. This award-winning seven-level program provides complete and comprehensive instruction using the Orton-Gillingham approach.

★★★★★

"The program is very comprehensive and easy to use. My kids are now fantastic spellers due to All About Spelling."
-Sara

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Level 1

All About Spelling Program Level 1
  • Learn phonograms A-Z, plus TH, SH, CH, CK, NG, NK

  • Spell words with short vowel sounds containing new phonograms, such as bath, dog, cash, wing, and such

  • Spell words with initial blends and compound words, and learn how to segment words with two and three sounds

Level 2

All About Spelling Program Level 2
  • Learn phonograms WH, EE, ER, AR, OR, OU, OY, OI, AW, AU, and OW

  • Spell Vowel-Consonant-E (VCE) words

  • Learn to pluralize words ending in Silent E

  • Learn the Open, Closed, and R-controlled syllable types

Level 3

All About Spelling Program Level 3
  • Learn phonograms AI, AY, UR, OA, OO, EA, ED, IGH, IR, and EY

  • Spell common contractions, such as can't

  • Identify C+l-e syllable types

  • Learn about consonant suffixes and vowel suffixes

Level 5

All About Spelling Program Level 5
  • Learn phonograms SI, IE, OUGH, UI, GN, OUR, and CI

  • Spell words with /ē/ spelled EI and IE, as in receive and achieve

  • Learn how to add two suffixes to a word

  • Form irregular plurals

Level 7

All About Spelling Program Level 7
  • Spell words containing Latin roots

  • Spell words containing Greek word parts

  • Spell French, Spanish, and Italian loan words

  • Learn when to drop or keep Silent E when adding a suffix

  • Learn clues for spelling words with suffix ANCE and suffix ENCE

Level 4

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  • Learn phonograms TCH, DGE, EW, EI, WR, KN, OR, EIGH, EAR, PH, TI, and OE

  • Spell words with the sound of /shŭn/ spelled TION, such as motion

  • Learn how to add prefixes

Level 6

All About Spelling Program Level 6
  • Learn phonograms MB, GU, and AUGH

  • Spell words ending in IBLE and ABLE, such as flexible and available

  • Learn additional suffixes such as AIN, IVE, TURE, ICE, and ATE and how to add suffix LY to C+l-e words

Letter Tiles & Boxes

All About Spelling Program
  • Letter Tiles are a one-time purchase per household that includes every tile needed for All About Reading Levels 1-4 and All About Spelling Levels 1-7

  • Review Boxes come with divider cards and are perfect for storing and organizing flashcards.

  • Store your materials with our sturdy tote bag!

Spelling Placement Test

All About Spelling is a building block program: each level builds upon the previous one. In order to build a strong foundation, most students start with Level 1.

Use our placement test to determine which level is best for your student. If you have questions, please contact us and we'd be happy to help!  Take out Placement Test:

All About Spelling Program Placement

What You Should Know about This Program

Easy to Learn

All About Spelling uses powerful teaching methods.

  • Multisensory approach makes it easy for kids to understand

  • Built-in review system helps learning stick

  • Kids look forward to spelling lessons because of the motivating, hands-on activities

  • This mastery-based, building block program works with kids who have learning disabilities as well as those who do not

  • Our explicit teaching helps students succeed

Easy to Teach

All About Spelling makes your job easy and stress-free.

  • 7 levels of comprehensive spelling instruction

  • Words are broken down using colored squares to engage multiple senses and make spelling fun

  • Building block progression allows even children with learning disabilities to learn rapidly.

All About Spelling Program

This isn’t the typical "list-on-Monday, test-on-Friday" approach! Instead, you'll find dozens of proven techniques that are guaranteed to help your student master English spelling. He will learn the sounds of the 26 letters of the alphabet, 45 common letter combinations (such as CK and IGH), and tried-and-true spelling rules.

With these tools, your student can spell the vast majority of English words. In addition, he will get solid strategies for mastering the remaining words, which we call "rule breakers."

By Level 7, your student will be spelling at the high school level.

All About Spelling Program

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