Spelling

As listed in Rod and Staff's 2013 catalog


Spelling by Sound and Structure 2

The Grade 2 spelling workbook offers 34 two-page lessons. Twenty-eight lessons each introduce 12 "New Words" and work with them in exercises. Every sixth lesson is completely review.

Part A serves to strengthen the pupil's understanding of the meanings of the new words as they work with synonyms, antonyms, definitions, picture clues, context clues, and categories of words.

In Part B, pupils work with phonetic patterns as beginning and ending sounds, long and short vowels, consonant blends, digraphs, double consonants, and so forth. Part B teaches word structure as syllables, plurals, verb forms, and suchlike.

The teacher's edition is a workbook with answers and annotations in color. It includes a section with additional instructions for each lesson, and test sentences.

Spelling 2

16221 Pupil's Workbook   $4.80
16291 Teacher's Edition   $6.25

Spelling by Sound and Structure 3

Each of the 34 lessons consists of 13 new words and 3 review words, except for every sixth lesson which is completely review.

Part A of the lesson exercises builds understanding of the word meanings. Part B deals with the phonetic principles that apply to the words. Part C teaches simple dictionary skills.

The teacher's edition is a workbook with answers and annotations in color. It includes a section with additional instructions for each lesson, and test sentences. The new word lists are presented in type and in cursive writing.

Spelling 3

16321 Pupil's Workbook   $4.80
16391 Teacher's Edition   $6.25

Spelling by Sound and Structure 4

This spelling course has been classroom tested and widely appreciated by teachers and students. Both the Pupil and the Teacher's Manual are bound in a durable, soft cover.

This course has thirty-four lessons divided into units of six lessons each except for the last unit, which has only four lessons. Each unit (except the last) has five regular lessons followed by a review lesson. The units are generally self-contained, so that a student can find the spelling rules and helps for each review lesson within the same unit.

Each regular lesson has sixteen New Wordsand four Review Words. Each lesson is divided into three main parts.

Part A, Sounds and Letters, drills the phonetic composition of the words in the spelling list. Spelling rules for the speech sounds taught in the lesson are given just before the work relating to them. In many of the lessons, students will need to interpret a number of phonetic spellings.

Part B, Using Your Words, emphasizes the vocabulary aspect of the spelling words. In most lessons, students must use spelling words to fill in the blanks in a paragraph and to write two original sentences. Part B also teaches skills such as alphabetical order and word meanings. As with the other lesson parts, the student is expected to use the Speller Dictionary, at the back of the book, as needed.

Part C, Building Words, emphasizes the use of words or word parts in forming other words. Syllable divisions, plural and compound nouns, verb forms, abbreviations, prefixes and suffixes, and contractions are some of the concepts taught. Some lessons also contain a section entitled Dictionary Practice, which teaches basic dictionary skills.

An additional part at the end of each lesson is entitled Bible Thoughts. This part is designed to link the spelling words to Bible concepts. The student is to use his Bible as needed.

The Teacher's Manual contains a reduced copy of the pupil's edition with answers filled in. Test sentences are included for each lesson.

Spelling 4

164212 Pupil's Workbook   $6.95
164912 Teacher's Edition   $7.90

Spelling by Sound and Structure 5

This spelling course has been classroom tested and widely appreciated by teachers and students.

This book has thirty-four lessons divided into units of six lessons each, except for the last unit, which has only four lessons. each unit (except the last) has five regular lessons followed by a review lesson for that unit. The units are generally self-contained so that a student can find the spelling rules and helps for each review lesson within the same unit.

Each regular lesson has sixteen New Words and four Review Words. Each lesson is divided into three main parts.

Part A, Sounds and Letters, drills the phonetic composition of the words in the spelling list. Spelling rules for the speech sounds taught in the lesson are given just before the work relating to them. In many of the lessons, students will need to interpret a number of phonetic spellings.

Part B, Using Your Words, emphasizes the meanings of the spelling words. Students need to use the correct spelling words to fill in the blanks in a paragraph and to write several sentences using selected words from the word list. part B also teaches some dictionary-related skills, such as alphabetical order and syllable division. As with other lesson parts, the student is expected to use the Speller Dictionary needed to do Part B.

Part C, Building Words, emphasizes the use of words or word parts in forming other words, such as plural and compound nouns, present and past tenses, and contractions, or in adding prefixes and suffixes.

An additional part at the end of most lessons is entitled Bible Thoughts. This part is designed to link the use of the spelling words to Bible concepts. The student is to use his Bible as needed in completing this part.

The Teacher's Manual contains a reduced copy of the pupil's workbook with answers filled in and helps in the margins. 163 pages. Paper.

Spelling 5

165212 Pupil's Workbook   $6.95
165912 Teacher's Manual   $7.90


Spelling Word Lists for Grades 5-8
      See Grade 8.

Spelling by Sound and Structure 5
old edition

The Grade 5 spelling workbook contains 164 pages, and offers 34 weekly lessons. Twenty-eight lessons of 4 pages each introduce and work with 16 "New Words," 4 "Review Words," and 5 "Subject Words." Every sixth lesson is completely review, and covers 4 to 6 pages.

Grade 5 continues to build on the two-stage approach to spelling: phonetics, as is used almost exclusively in the younger grades; and structure, the chief emphasis in the upper grades. Spelling by structure involves an understanding of the work-building patterns of the language: learning the root words of word families and then adding prefixes and suffixes. By applying a few rules that are taught, the student will soon know how to spell each word in the word family, and by this method he can increase his spelling vocabulary rapidly.

The lesson format with Parts A-D matches Grade 4. At the back of the book is a "Speller Dictionary" containing the New Words, Review Words, and Subject Words.

The teacher's edition is a workbook with answers and annotations in color. It includes a section with additional instructions for each lesson, and test sentences.

Spelling 5 -- Old

16591 Teacher's Manual -- old edition   $6.75


Spelling Word Lists for Grades 5-8
      See Grade 8.

Spelling by Sound and Structure 6

This edition has an improved format and focuses more on the spelling words. The word lists are nearly identical to the old edition.

This hardbound textbook has thirty-four lessons divided into units of six lessons each (except for the last unit, which has only four lessons). Each unit (except the last) has five regular lessons followed by a review lesson for that unit. The units are generally self-contained, so that a student can find the spelling rules and helps for each review lesson within the same unit.

Each regular lesson has sixteen "New Words" and four "Review Words" and is divided into three main parts.

Part A, Sounds and Letters, drills the phonetic composition of the words in the spelling list. Spelling rules for the speech sounds taught in the lesson are given just before the work relating to them. In many of the lessons, students will need to interpret a number of phonetic spellings.

Part B, Using Your Words, emphasizes the vocabulary aspect of the spelling words. Part B also teaches some dictionary-related skills. As with other lesson parts, the student is expected to use the "Speller Dictionary" as needed.

Part C, Building Words, emphasizes the use of words or word parts in forming other words. Plural and compound nouns, present and past tenses, prefixes and suffixes, and contractions are some of the concepts taught.

An additional part at the end of the regular lessons is entitled "Bible Thoughts." This part is designed to link use of the spelling words to Bible concepts. The student is to use his Bible as needed in completing this part.

The hardbound teacher's manual includes a reduced copy of the pupil's pages. An answer key and test sentences are given in the margins.

Spelling 6

166012 Pupil's Textbook   $8.50
166912 Teacher's Guide   $8.95

Spelling by Sound and Structure 7

A primary goal of the original course was to teach how Latin roots affect the spellings of many English words. This revision has the same goal, but the exercises have been simplified considerably. The lessons have the same exercise sections as before: (A) Unearthing the Roots; (B) Affixing Affixes; and (C) Sound, Structure, and Meaning; as well as the supplementary section (D) Language Lineage.

This hardcover textbook has 34 lessons including reviews. 148 pages.

The hardcover teacher's guide includes a reduced copy of the pupil's pages, the answer key, test sentences, and teacher helps in the margins. 164 pages.

Spelling 7

167012 Pupil's Textbook   $9.50
167912 Teacher's Guide   $9.95

Spelling by Sound and Structure 8

The Grade 8 spelling book is a hardcover textbook with 34 weekly lessons. Twenty-eight lessons of 3 pages each introduce and work with 20 "New Words" and 5 "Review Words." Every sixth lesson is completely review, and covers 3 pages. A "Speller Dictionary" is also included in the back of the book.

Part A of each lesson acquaints the student with some Latin or Greek roots and their appearance in our words. Etymologies are studied with the help of a dictionary included in the back of the textbook. Near the end of the course, a few lessons teach words that show Spanish, German, and French influences in our language. Part B exercises building words with affixes. Part C practices phonics details taught in earlier courses of this series. Part D is a series of studies on semantics and the history of the English language.

The hardcover teacher's guide includes a copy of the pupil's pages. Facing pages have notes about exercises, an answer key, and test sentences.

Spelling 8

16801 Pupil's Textbook   $9.50
16891 Teacher's Guide   $11.95

Spelling Word Lists
for Grades 5-8

A graded list of more than 3,000 words common to Christian vocabulary, alphabetized separately within each grade level. This list was a basic source for selection of the spelling words in Spelling By Sound and Structure. 32 pages.

Spelling Word Lists

16500 Grades 5-8 Spelling Words   $2.50

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