In Building Spelling Skills, Daily Practice, Grade 4, students will learn 18 spelling words per week (540 total). Two sentences for dictation are provided for each list. In this new edition, teaching objectives are provided for each of the 30 weeks.

Spelling lists include the following:

• contractions
• blends
• vowel sounds
• prefixes and suffixes
• compound words
• words with silent letters
• homophones and easily confused spellings
• consonant digraphs
• time and calendar words
• multisyllabic words

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
• editing for spelling

Reproducible pages include:

• "How to Study Your List" page
• spelling strategies
• take-home spelling lists
• spelling record sheet
• individual spelling record
• spelling test form
• spelling list form
• crossword puzzle form
• master word list
• parent letter
• student spelling dictionary

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

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