Level Three in the All About Spelling series continues to bring together the three pathways to learning—auditory (hearing), visual (seeing), and kinesthetic (touching). This multisensory approach, combined with a built-in review system and reinforcement activities, ensures that students retain what they learn and understand how to apply it in practical situations.
In a practical, hands-on way, your student will learn:
Two additional ways to spell the sound of long a
Five reasons for adding a silent e to the end of a word
The C+le syllable type
How to add consonant and vowel suffixes
More ways to spell the sound of long o
The three sounds of past tense suffix –ed
When to double consonants before adding suffixes
When to drop the silent e before adding a suffix
More ways to spell long e
Additional ways to spell the sound of /er/
More ways to spell long i
Contractions
Homophones
And more!
The multisensory learning tools and activities included in the program help your student master important spelling concepts.
The Word Sort activity helps the student recognize and practice the multiple ways of spelling one sound and enables him to become a strong independent speller.
The Word Banks help build visual memory of words with a particular sound so the student can successfully choose the correct spelling when he is faced with multiple spellings of a sound.
Concept-oriented spelling lists that are grouped by similar phonograms and spelling rules accelerate learning by organizing ideas in the student’s mind and allowing the student to concentrate on and master one or two main concepts before moving on.
The Silent E Book helps the student understand when and why we add a silent e to words, provides practice with spelling words with a silent e, and enables the student to easily recognize, categorize, and internalize the jobs of the silent e.
The Spelling Review Box helps you organize the flashcards so you can quickly see which words, phonograms, and spelling rules your student still needs to learn and review. (Flashcards and dividers are included; you supply the 3x5 index card box.)
The Jail provides your student with an engaging, memorable way to learn Rule Breakers the first time around, eliminating the need to remediate later.
Key Cards clearly present key ideas, concepts, and spelling rules that help your student thoroughly understand why a word is spelled the way it is and how to apply that knowledge to many other words.
The Word Analysis section reviews previously learned concepts to keep them fresh in your student’s mind.
The Writing Station gives your student a creative outlet for applying new knowledge to original sentences and provides the practice and structure he needs to achieve the goal of correct spelling outside the classroom.
Tips for the teacher anticipate and provide answers to your questions and give you on-the-spot strategies for helping your student overcome stumbling blocks. Worked seamlessly into the lessons, tips are placed right where you need them, when you need them, so you can continue your teaching uninterrupted.
The Homophones List helps the student learn to use the correct homophone in his own writing.
The Suffix Tiles are a different size and color than the letter tiles so your student can learn the rules for adding suffixes without confusion and easily recognize and choose the correct suffix when building new words.
The Progress Chart gives your student a visual reminder of how far he has come and motivates him to master the next step.
Features are arranged in three easy-to-follow sections:
Review: The Review section provides continual review of phonograms, spelling words, and important concepts so your student can advance confidently from one lesson to the next without the frustration of having to re-learn previous material. All About Spelling doesn’t “teach it and forget it.”
New Teaching: The step-by-step lesson plans lay out new material clearly and concisely and save you valuable time. You don’t need a degree in education or hours of planning every night to teach All About Spelling—all of the work has been done for you.
Reinforcement: The important Reinforcement section gives your student the opportunity to apply what he has learned and to use that knowledge in practical situations.
By the end of Level Three, your student will be able to write sentences such as:
My dog tried to eat my pennies! Babies make me feel joyful. Please put this in the house. She didn’t clean her room. Light the fire while I fry the fish. Her team has thirteen members.
The 28 steps of Level Three progress in a logical, sequential order. Through direct instruction, students learn exactly what they need to know in order to spell well.
Marie Rippel's latest spelling program is outstanding. It can be used by teachers helping students in the classroom and by parents helping their children at the kitchen table. Her easy-to-use program provides an interactive, step-by-step method that utilizes a multisensory approach to reinforce learning and make it engaging. She offers simple rules for mastering all the spelling pitfalls that children have trouble with—and frankly, some of us adults, too!
It's important to realize that her spelling program will improve not just spelling, but also reading. Many reading problems stem from a faulty or incomplete understanding of the basic phonetic rules. I recommend this program enthusiastically.
Adam Robinson Co-founder, The Princeton Review Author, What Smart Students Know and Word Smart
My lamenting has finally ended. I could not believe what I found when I started going through the All About Spelling books. I almost cried (happy, relieved kind of cry)-after all, this is a program that teaches to all learning types (auditory, kinesthetic and visual). I wished this was available several years back, when I was desperately searching for a good program. I have to say, I am so all about the All About Spelling curricula!
Spelling and Phonics together
Jan 28, 2010
TheCrazyMom
US
This is a spelling program that is very different from anything I've ever seen. Now maybe I don't get out much, but most other programs I've seen seem to revolve around getting a list of words to study and then studying them for a test later later in the week. The difference with All About Spelling is that it's more like a spelling program and a phonics program all wrapped into one.
Huge improvement!
Jan 20, 2010
Lynn Pitts
US
WOW! I fell in love with AAS. It was exactly what we needed for my oldest son.
The books are laid out to where all you need to do is open it, quickly read what you need to do, grab the cards you need, pull out your magnetic board or tiles and you are ready to go! No more stress over weekly spelling tests that my son usually forgets minutes after the final test is given. This has proven to me a great success in my son's spelling retention and we've seen a huge improvement in the short time we've used it so far. I do know for sure that this curriculum is here to stay for us. We are very pleased with how this is working for my son and can't wait to start my youngest on it soon!
Dyslexic Remediation
Jan 20, 2010
Tricia
US
I have two dyslexic children. We have spent 3 and a half years driving to the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for children for them to take part in a Dyslexic Remediation Program. This is a premier program. People come from all over the country to learn how to teach this method of dyslexia remediation in their own school districts. I am so very pleased that my children were able to take part in this program that allows them to learn the tools they need to overcome their dyslexia while other teachers learn how to incorporate this program into their own classrooms.
When I received All About Spelling, I was very, very impressed. It is an extremely thorough program that looked very similar to what my children have learned at the Scottish Rite Lab school.
Simple to implement
Jan 20, 2010
Stacie
US
Marie Rippel, the creator of All About Spelling, has written step-by-step lesson plans that are easy to understand. I love this! There have been a number of things I wish to teach my daughter, but preparation and research has got in the way. Sometimes there is just not enough time between all the dishes and laundry for that kind of thing! So I really appreciated this program being simple for me to implement.
- Stacie a/k/a Aussie in America
Scripted, Clear, Grab & Go!
Dec 4, 2009
Carie Stephens
US
This is the famous "multi-sensory" methodology we hear so much about, quite honestly, because it works. Each lesson is scripted and outlined clearly so you can just grab your book and your supplies and get to it. I use it with my dyslexic daughter as well as her non-dyslexic younger sister.
He doesn't hate spelling now!
Dec 4, 2009
Sandy Ramlet
US
My eight-year-old son, who is zooming through the lessons, actually blurted out today, "I like this curriculum." WOW! He used to HATE spelling, and though he reads at middle school level, he has had immense difficulty with spelling--until now. My son is a very active, pencil-tapping, chair-spinning, "let me play now, please" kind of boy. Spelling has always been the worst kind of torture for him. Even when he had a good attitude, he couldn't see the point of the worksheets we were doing. I was just blown away when he offered his comment today. Yippee!
Wish I had this for all my kids!
Nov 7, 2009
Jennifer Carmichael
US
It is such a relief to have a simple, effective spelling program. I have tried so many approaches over the past twelve years of homeschooling. My first three guinea pigs learned to spell enough to get by just through sheer repetition as we struggled along! Now, instead of numerous lists for "easy" memorization, we have a method with reason and a pattern. I don't dread spelling anymore. I know that everything they need to know will be covered one logical step at a time. Thanks again!
Great for this teacher!
Nov 7, 2009
Pamela C.
US
I'm very impressed with your spelling program. I teach at a small school in Missouri and it's just what I need to help my struggling spelling students.
Thanks for helping my dyslexic dd
Oct 16, 2009
Lori Smith
AL US
Thank you for your wonderful spelling program. I have a ten-year-old daughter with mild dyslexia. As is typical for dyslexic children, she is a HORRIBLE speller by nature. Spelling was a daily battle and a source of endless frustration for her. In an attempt to find something to help her, we tried four different spelling curricula before I found yours. This added to the frustration because we had to keep returning to the "beginning." In frustration she would say, "But WHY is it spelled that way?" to which I had no answer (I am a natural speller so I only know a few of the rules). I finally decided she was just going to have to learn the "rules" of spelling, which led me to your program. We went back to the "beginning" one last time. All I can say is thank you. We both actually look forward to spelling each day—so easy for me because you have everything laid out so clearly and no lesson preparation is required—and my daughter even asked me if she could do two lessons a day. The ultimate compliment came yesterday when she wrote on our spelling white board during her lesson, "I love spelling!" My hat is off to you. Thank you!
My son sees the results!
Oct 16, 2009
Joy Felton
UK
This is the first spelling program that we haven't abandoned after the first few pages because it's really working—John's making so much more effort now that he can see the results for himself.
Great Method!
Oct 8, 2009
Gina Butterfield
US
Thanks so much for putting this program together. I feel like I am finally teaching spelling.
Can we do the Writing Station today?
Apr 28, 2009
Merry Marinello
Il US
My son has let me know from time to time that he is NOT a writer. I was therefore nervous about introducing the Writing Station to him in Level 3--and now he ASKS to do it! The words are fun and lend themselves to telling stories or funny vignettes. And the confidence he is gaining as he learns to spell more words encourages him too. Thanks for a wonderfully organized program that is FUN too!
Hard of Hearing-It's Working!
Apr 28, 2009
Jen
MN US
My 10 year old son is hard of hearing. He has hearing aids but it is still difficult to hear those softer sounds. We would try to sound out words to spell but he would get so frustrated-understandably. We started with Level one to make sure he had a good foundation. He is now sounding out words on his own and spelling them. Sometimes he might mix up a couple letters but he recognizes it and fixes it right away. All About Spelling has been a great fit for our family!
Great results!
Jan 19, 2009
Sandy Ramlet
US
The Writing Station activity is a great idea! Because spelling was a struggle for my son, I never had him do much writing -- it used to be so frustrating for him because, before we started with AAS, he didn't know how to spell most words. This is a wonderful step in the "write" direction!
By the way -- and you already know this -- All About Spelling really works! I have seen my son's spelling ability and confidence go way up. This year he said he wants to compete in our homeschool group's spelling bee. I almost fainted!
WOW!
Jan 12, 2009
Kristie Richardson
GA US
WOW! After one year of using your product my now 10-year-old son is halfway through the third book (I started him at Level One, Step 1). He now understands spelling rules and, since there is review built into the program, he no longer forgets the rules. Seeing the lightbulb go off in his head is just such a wonderful feeling for both of us. He is so proud of himself and he loves to impress his dad and me with his well-earned spelling skills. Keep up the good work. Thanks for making such a well-thought out, sequential, easy-to-teach product.
Wonderful program!
Oct 21, 2008
Michelle Thompson
IN US
AAS has been so wonderful for my struggling speller. Not only is the teaching (and learning) of spelling much less stressful, what he is learning is transferring to all his other subjects, too. He recently wrote a paper that was actually not riddled with spelling mistakes! We were both so pleased!
Very happy with AAS
Aug 27, 2008
M Sanders
SC US
We are loving your program. My son has never been a good speller, and All About Spelling is working so well for him. We're on your Level Three book now -- I have already received Level Four and can't wait for the next one!
I am LOVING this curriculum!
Aug 14, 2008
Dawn Marmor
US
I am LOVING this curriculum. The kids enjoy it, too. Thank you for making it easy to remember to review and so LOGICAL that they can figure a word out even if it's not one they have specifically learned or practiced. This is the first year I've used a formal spelling program and I have all three of my kids using it, ages 8, 6, and 5. Granted, they are all very bright (I don't mean to boast, but they really are). The youngest has been reading for over a year and loves to write, though she's not ready for penmanship practice yet! What really got me looking is that I believe my oldest has dysgraphia, so I was searching for something that would minimize the amount of writing he would have to do. The other two popular programs I looked at (Spelling Power and Sequential Spelling) had problems as both rely heavily on memorization and, like so many programs, are based on writing the words multiple times. The letter tiles help a lot with the dysgraphia and your system uses logic and analysis, teaching an understanding of spelling rather than just memorization. It's even helped me!
Thank you!
Jul 28, 2008
Pam Mendrick
US
Thank you for writing these books. I now know I can teach the rules of spelling to my students.
Great series
Mar 11, 2008
Kate Mills
MY
This series really applies the Spalding theory well. The step-by-step "what to cover next" approach makes it so easy to keep track of what you've done and what needs to be reviewed.
I am thrilled!
Mar 3, 2008
Michelle Cress
NC US
My fourth grade son is one of the All About Spelling success stories. Last year he scored "first grade" in spelling when he took his nationally standardized test. A friend of mine recommended this program and we started in the fall with Level One. He has done SO WELL with it--it has just been a joy to teach him and watch him learn. We completed Levels One and Two and are currently doing Level Three. I am thrilled.
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