Junior Spelling Skill in 15 min.pdf

Junior Skill Builders

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ISBN: 978-1-57685-690-1

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C O N T E N T S

Introduction

• Why spelling is important in today’s world

• Overview of how this book works

Pretest

SECTION 1: SPELLING STRATEGIES

Lesson 1: How to Become a Better Speller

• Overview of tips and tricks that will help improve spelling

• Review exercises applying the tips

Lesson 2: Mnemonics

• Explanation of mnemonics and how to create and use them

• Review exercises applying common mnemonics

Lesson 3: Pronunciation

• Understanding how proper pronunciation and sounding out

words can help improve spelling

• How to use the dictionary’s pronunciation charts

• Review exercises of pronunciation

Lesson 4: Word Meanings

• Understanding how learning a word’s meaning will make it

easier to spell

• Review exercises of word meanings

SECTION 2: WORD PARTS AND FORMS

Lesson 5: Roots

• Explanation of word roots and origins

• Understanding and identifying common roots

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• Chart of common word roots

• Review exercises of common roots

Lesson 6: Preﬁxes

• Explanation of preﬁxes

• Understanding and identifying common preﬁxes

• Chart of common preﬁxes

• Review exercises of common preﬁxes

Lesson 7: Sufﬁxes

• Explanation of word roots and origins

• Understanding and identifying common roots

• Chart of common sufﬁxes

• Review exercises of common roots

Lesson 8: Compound Words

• Understanding how compound words are created

• Review exercises of compound words

Lesson 9: Regular Verbs

• Explanation of verbs and tenses

• Understanding verb conjugation rules for the present tense and

present participle

• Review exercises of the present tenses

Lesson 10: Irregular Verbs

• Chart of irregular verbs

• Review exercises of the past tenses

Lesson 11: Vowels

• Overview of vowels

• Understanding vowel combinations and short and long vowels

• Review exercises of vowels and vowel combinations

Lesson 12: Using ie and ei

• Understanding the difference between using ie and ei

• Review exercises of ie and ei

Lesson 13: Using ia and ai

• Understanding the difference between using ia and ai

• Review exercises of ia and ai

Lesson 14: Consonants

103

• Overview of consonants and how they are pronounced

• Understanding the two sounds of the letters c and g

• Review exercises of consonants

• Review exercises of c and g

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Lesson 15: Consonant Combinations

109

• Understanding consonant combinations and silent consonants

• Review exercises of consonant combinations and

silent consonants

SECTION 3: PUNCTUATION

115

Lesson 16: Apostrophes

117

• Understanding apostrophe placement for contractions

and possession

• Review exercises of apostrophes

Lesson 17: Hyphens

123

• Understanding when and how to use a hyphen

• Review exercises of hyphens

Lesson 18: Capitalization

127

• Understanding capitalization of proper nouns, proper adjectives,

and titles

• Review exercises of capitalization

Lesson 19: Abbreviations and Acronyms

131

• Understanding common abbreviations

• Explanation of acronyms

• Review exercises of abbreviations and acronyms

SECTION 4: WORD ENDINGS

139

Lesson 20: Regular Plurals

141

• Understanding plural rules for regular plurals

• Review exercises of regular plurals

Lesson 21: Irregular Plurals

147

• Understanding plural rules for irregular plurals

• Review exercises of irregular plurals

Lesson 22: Final y

153

• Understanding when to keep a ﬁnal y and when to change it to i

• Review exercises of the ﬁnal y

Lesson 23: Final e

157

• Understanding when to keep a ﬁnal e and when to drop it

• Review exercises of the ﬁnal e

Lesson 24: Doubling Final Consonants

161

• Understanding when to double ﬁnal consonants

• Review exercises of ﬁnal consonants

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