Basic Speller: Contents — Book One
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Always Vowels: <a>, <e>, <i>, and <o>
Sometimes a Vowel, Sometimes a Consonant: <y>
Sometimes a Vowel, Sometimes a Consonant: <w>
Sometimes a Vowel, Sometimes a Consonant: <u>
Practice with Vowel and Consonant Letters
V's and C's
Test One
Letters and Sounds
Writing Letters and Sounds
Practice with Vowel and Consonant Letters and Sounds
Some Consonant Sounds and Spellings: [p], [b], [t], [d], [k], and [g]
The Consonant Sound [p]
The Consonant Sound [b]
The Consonant Sound [t]
The Consonant Sound [d]
Test Two
Matrixes
Using a Matrix
Practice with Matrixes
Long and Short <a> and <e>
Practice with Long and Short <a> and <e>
Long and Short <i> and <o>
The Four Long and Short <u> Sounds
Long and Short Vowel Patterns: VCV and VCC
Another Matrix with VCV and VCC
The Pattern CVC#
Test Three
The Suffixes -er and -est
Another Suffix Spelled <er>
The Rule of Simple Addition
Compound Words
One Kind of Change: Adding Letters
Review of Long and Short Vowel Patterns
Twinning Final Consonants
Twinning Depends on the Suffix
Twinning Depends on the Pattern, Too
A First Twinning Rule
Practice with Twinning
Test Four
Why We Twin: VCC Again
More About Why We Twin: VCC vs. VCV
The Consonant Sounds [k] and [g]
The Consonant Sound [j]
The Consonant Sound [ch]
The Consonant Sound [sh]
Review of Consonants
Review of Long and Short Vowels
Test Five
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Book Two
The Consonant Sounds [m] and [n]
The Consonant Sound [õ], Eng
More About Eng, [õ]
The Consonant Sounds [f] and [v]
The Consonant Sound [s]
The Consonant Sound [z]
Test One
The Suffixes -ed and -ing
How to Hear the Suffixes -ing and -ed
Practice Hearing -ed
The Suffix -ed is Always Spelled <ed>
Why -ed Has Different Pronunciations
Compounds Like Blackbird and Catbird
Compounds Like Hilltop and Fireplace
Review of Suffixes and Procedures
Test Two
Review of the Vowel Sounds [u], [uÿ], [û], and [yû]
Review of Long and Short Vowel Patterns
Silent Final <e> in VCV
A Second Kind of Change: Deleting Letters
More About Deleting Silent Final <e>
Test Three
The Suffix -s
The Suffix -s and Nouns
Sometimes -s, Sometimes -es
When It's -s and When It's -es
Practice with -s and -es
A Third Kind of Change: Replacing Letters
Summary of the Suffixes -s and -es
More Practice with Plural Suffixes
More About Suffixes and <y> to <i> Changes
Test Four
The Consonant Sounds [h] and [th]
The Consonant Sounds [th] and [th]
The Consonant Sounds [w] and [y]
The Consonant Sounds [l] and [r]
More About [r]
Compounds Like Backyard and Popcorn — and Others
Compounds Like Dogcatcher and Steamboat — and Others
The Prefix ReThe Meanings of ReTest Five
Review of Long and Short Vowel Patterns
Review of Consonant Sounds and Letters
Review of Vowel Sounds and Letters
Review of Prefixes and Suffixes
Review of Simple Addition and the Three Changes
Test Six
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Book Three
Review of Letters, Vowel Sounds, and Patterns
Review of Elements, Simple Addition, and Compound Words
Review of Twinning and Final <e> Deletion
Review of Plural Nouns
A New Word: Stem
The Prefixes Spelled <un>
More About Un-1 and Un-2
Another Suffix Spelled <s>
Sometimes -s, Sometimes -es Again
Test One
Hearing -s and -es in Verbs
Sometime -es is [iz], Sometimes [z]
Sometimes -s is [z], Sometimes [s]
The Combinations [ks] and [kw]
More About [ks]
Another Vowel Pattern: Ve#
Review of Stems and Sounds
Test Two
Strong and Weak Vowel Sounds
The Vowel Sound Schwa
Practice with Schwa
The Combinations [ur] and [cr]
The Prefix MisThe Meaning of MisThe Prefix DisMore Words with DisSpelling with Prefixes
Test Three
Review of Vowel Letters and Patterns
Review of VCC and VCV
More Practice wih the VCC and VCV Patterns
Deleting Silent Final <e>
Soft <c> and Hard <c>
Soft <c> and Silent Final <e>
Soft <c> and Deleting Silent Final <e>
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Soft <g> and Hard <g>
Soft <g> and Silent Final <e>
Soft <g> and Deleting Silent Final <e>
Silent Final <e> and Stress
Deleting Silent Final <e> in Longer Words
Test Five
Bound Bases and Bound Stems
More About Bound Stems
Twinning in Longer Words
More About Twinning in Longer Words
Strong Stress and the Twinning Rule
Test Six
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Book Four
A Final Point About Twinning in Longer Words
Review of Long and Short Vowel Patterns
The Suffix -ist
The Suffixes -ist and -est
The Suffix -ize
The Diphthong [ouÿ]
The Diphthong [oi]
Test One
Review of [c] and [u]
Review of Vowel Sounds
The Prefix AdSometimes Ad- Assimilates
More Words with AdReview of Assimilation and the Prefix AdTest Two
Another Function of Silent Final <e>: Marking Voiced <th>
Silent Final <e> as an Insulator
Sometimes Silent Final <e> Does Two Jobs at Once
More Practice with the Final <e> Deletion Rule
More About Changing <y> to <i>, and Some Review of Rules and Sounds
How Do You Spell [t]?
The Sound [t] and Twinning
The Sound [t] and Assimilation
The Sound [t] and the VCC Pattern
Test Three
More Practice with [t] Spelled <tt>
Words with <tle> and <ttle>
Sometimes [t] is Spelled <ed>
Some Verbs that End with <t>
The Reasons for Some Unusual Spellings of [t]
Suffixes Spelled <en>
More Suffixes Spelled <en>
Test Four
The Prefix SubThe Prefixes Spelled <in>
Sometimes the Two Prefixes In- Assimilate
The Prefix ObReview of Prefixes, Stems, and Suffixes
How Do You Spell [p]?
When is [p] Spelled <pp>?
Test Five
Spelling [p] After Short and Long Vowels
Words with <ple> and <pple>
Four More Suffixes: -ful, -less, -ly and -y
The Letter <v> After Short and Long Vowels
Review
More Review
Test Six
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Book Five
Review of Elements and Simple Addition
Review of Twinning and Silent Final <e> Deletion
Review of Assimilation
The Prefix ComThe Prefix Com- and Partial Assimilation
More Words with ComHow Do You Spell [û], Long oo?
Digraph Spellings of Long oo
Homophones with [û]
Test One
The Prefix Ex- and Some Bound Bases
More About the Prefix ExWork with Bound Bases
The Prefixes ob- and dis- and More Work with Bound Bases
Practice with Prefixes, Suffixes, and Bound Bases
Test Two
How Do You Spell [b]?
Some Words with <bb>
Words with <ble> and <bble>
The Suffix -ness
The Suffix -ment
Test Three
How Do You Spell [d]?
Some Words with <dd>
Words with <dle> and <ddle>
Sometimes [d] is Spelled <ed>
A Special <d>
How Do You Spell [ô]?
Digraph Spellings of Long <o>
Long <o> and the VCC Pattern
Test Four
Review of [m], [n], and [õ]
How Do You Spell [m]?
Sometimes [m] is Spelled <mm>
Two Unusual Spellings of [m]: <mn> and <mb>
Apostrophes in Contractions
Some Contractions with Homophones
More Contractions with Homophones
Other Uses for Apostrophes
Test Five
How Do You Spell [n]?
The Spelling <nn> and VCC
Sometimes [n] is Spelled <gn>
Sometimes [n] is Spelled <kn>— Even <pn> and <mn>
Review of <kn> and <gn>
The Prefix NonThe Prefixes Under-, Over-, and CounterTest Six
Book Six
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Deleting Silent Final <e> in Stems that End Ve#
Final <e> and Ve# Stems that End <ee> and <ie>
Summary of Final <e> Deletion in Ve# Stems
How Do You Spell Long <i>, [î]?
Long <i> and the VCC Pattern
Digraph Spellings of Long <i>
Review of Long <i>
Test One
The Suffix -ive
The Prefixes Inter- and SurHow Do You Spell [r]?
Sometimes [r] is Spelled <rr>
The Spelling <rr> and Assimilation
The Sound [r] and the VCC Pattern
Sometimes [r] is Spelled <wr>, Sometimes <rh>
Review of [r]
Four Bound Bases
The Homophones Affect and Effect, and Accept and Except
Fossil Final <e>’s
Summary of Silent Final <e> Deletion
Test Two
How Do You Spell [l]?
Sometimes [l] is Spelled <l>, Sometimes <ll>
The Sounds of <a> Before [l]
The Sounds of <o> Before [l]
Two Last Points About Spelling [l]
Test Three
How Do You Spell Long <e>, [ç]?
Sometimes Long <e> Is Spelled <i> or <y>
Some Digraph Spellings of Long <e>
Long <e> and the <I> Before <E> Rule
The <I> Before <E> Rule and Spelling [â] and [î]
Review of the <I> Before <E> Rule
Instances and Holdouts to the <I> Before <E> Rule
Test Four
The Prefix Dis- and Assimilation
The Prefix Syn- and Assimilation
More Practice with Prefixes, Suffixes, and Bound Bases
How Do You Spell [g]?
Sometimes [g] is Spelled <gg>
Something About <gu> and <gh>
Some More About <gh>
Sometimes When You Hear [g], There's an <x>!
Test Five
Review of Long Vowel Sounds and Spellings
Review of [g], [l], and [r]
Review of Word Analysis and of <I> Before <E> Rule
Test Six
Book Seven
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Review of Elements: Prefixes, Bases, and Suffixes
Review of Stems and Simple Addition
Review of Twinning
Review of Final <e> Deletion
Review of Assimilation
Full and Partial Assimilation
Review of Vowel and Consonant Patterns
Test One
How Do You Spell [k]?
Spelling [k] at the End of Words
Words that End in <c> and <ck>
Review of <c>, <k>, and <ck>
Spelling [k] in the Middle of Words
Elements with [k] in the Middle
The Sound [k] Before <le>#
Practice with [k] Spelled <c>, <ck>, and <k>
Test Two
Some Prefixes that Make <cc>
More Words with <cc> — and More on [ks]
Sometimes [k] is Spelled <qu>, Sometimes <q>
Sometimes [k] is Spelled <ch>, Sometimes <lk>
Practice Spelling [k]
The Suffixes -ance and -ence
More About -ance and -ence
Test Three
The Suffixes -ic and -al
Another Suffix -al
Bounds Stems with -ic and -al
The Suffixes -al, -ial, and -ual
The Suffixes Spelled <ly>
The Suffixes -ed and -ing with -ly
Some Changes with -ly
Review of Adverbs with -ly
Test Four
Homophones and Near Homophones
More About Homophones and Near Homophones
The Suffix -ion
More About -ion
How Do You Spell [sh]?
Very Often [sh] is Spelled <t>
Where and When [sh] is Spelled <t>
More Spellings of [sh]: <c>, <sc>, <ss>, and <s>
Test Five
Review of [k]
Review of Suffixes
Review of [sh]
More Homophones
Test Six
Book Eight
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How Do You Spell [s]?
Sometimes [s] is Spelled <ss>
More About [s] at the End of Words
Another Suffix with <ss>
Sometimes [s] is Spelled <c>, Sometimes <sc>
Some Very Rare Spellings of [s]
Some Homophones and Near Homophones with [s]
Test One
VCV and the Suffix -ity
More Practice with -ity
VCV and the Third Vowel Rule
More Practice with the Third Vowel Rule
VCV and Words Like Lemon
VCV Summarized
Test Two
Review of <I> Before <E>
The Set of Bound Bases ceive and cept
The Set of Bases duce and duct
The Set of Bases cede, ceed, and cess
More About cede, ceed, and cess
The Set of Bound Bases miss and mit
Test Three
How Do You Spell [z]?
Sometimes [z] is <zz>, Sometimes <ss>
How Do You Spell [f]?
Five Other Ways to Spell [f]
More About the Suffix -ity
More Practice with -ity, -ety, and -ty
The Bases scribe and script
Test Four
How Do You Spell [j]?
Sometimes [j] is Spelled <d>
The Suffix -age
The Suffixes -able and -ible
More About -able and -ible
Even More About -able and -ible
Summary and Review of -able and -ible
Test Five
How Do You Spell [ch]?
Sometimes [ch] is Spelled <t>
A Final Word About [ch]
How Do You Spell [w]?
Two Other Spellings of [w]
Review of Consonant Sounds
Review of Free and Bound Bases
Review of Suffixes
Review of VCV Shortening Rules
Test Six