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All About Spelling | Homeschool Spelling Curriculum

Developed for busy parents, teachers, and tutors, All About Spelling is a scripted, open-and-go program that teaches spelling in the most effective way possible. This award-winning seven-level program provides complete and comprehensive instruction using the Orton-Gillingham approach. Download Placement Test.

Level 1

• Learn phonograms A-Z, plus TH, SH, CH, CK, NG, NK
• Spell words with short vowel sounds containing new phonograms, such as bath, dog, cash, wing, and such
• Spell words with initial blends and compound words, and learn how to segment words with two and three sounds

Level 2

• Learn phonograms WH, EE, ER, AR, OR, OU, OY, OI, AW, AU, and OW
• Spell Vowel-Consonant-E (VCE) words
• Learn to pluralize words ending in Silent E
• Learn the Open, Closed, and R-controlled syllable types

Level 3

• Learn phonograms AI, AY, UR, OA, OO, EA, ED, IGH, IR, and EY
• Spell common contractions, such as can't
• Identify C+l-e syllable types
• Learn about consonant suffixes and vowel suffixes

Level 4

• Learn phonograms TCH, DGE, EW, EI, WR, KN, OR, EIGH, EAR, PH, TI, and OE
• Spell words with the sound of /shŭn/ spelled TION, such as motion
• Learn how to add prefixes

Level 5

• Learn phonograms SI, IE, OUGH, UI, GN, OUR, and CI
• Spell words with /ē/ spelled EI and IE, as in receive and achieve
• Learn how to add two suffixes to a word
• Form irregular plurals

Level 6

• Learn phonograms MB, GU, and AUGH
• Spell words ending in IBLE and ABLE, such as flexible and available
• Learn additional suffixes such as AIN, IVE, TURE, ICE, and ATE and how to add suffix LY to C+l-e words

Level 7

• Spell words containing Latin roots
• Spell words containing Greek word parts
• Spell French, Spanish, and Italian loan words
• Learn when to drop or keep Silent E when adding a suffix
• Learn clues for spelling words with suffix ANCE and suffix ENCE

• This is a one-time purchase that will be used for the entire All About Spelling series
• Basic kit includes Letter Tiles, Magnets, and Divider Cards
• Add Spelling Review Box and Spelling Tote Bag with the Deluxe Kit

Spelling Placement Test

All About Spelling is a building block program: each level builds upon the previous one. In order to build a strong foundation, most students start with Level 1.

Use our placement test to determine which level is best for your student. If you have questions, please contact us and we'd be happy to help!

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Inside this FREE guide, you’ll discover...

• How to make spelling logical
• Key benefits of the Orton-Gillingham instructional approach
• The main differences between mastery-based and grade-level-based programs…and why it matters
• How to individualize instruction for your student so he can succeed in spelling

What You Should Know about This Program

Easy to Learn

All About Spelling uses powerful teaching methods.

• Multisensory approach makes it easy for kids to understand
• Built-in review system helps learning stick
• Kids look forward to spelling lessons because of the motivating, hands-on activities
• This mastery-based, building block program works with kids who have learning disabilities as well as those who do not
• Our explicit teaching helps students succeed

Easy to Teach

All About Spelling makes your job easy and stress-free.

• 7 levels of comprehensive spelling instruction
• Words are broken down using colored squares to engage multiple senses and make spelling fun
• Building block progression allows even children with learning disabilities to learn rapidly
• 1-Year, 100% money-back guarantee with lifetime support

This isn’t the typical "list-on-Monday, test-on-Friday" approach! Instead, you'll find dozens of proven techniques that are guaranteed to help your student master English spelling. He will learn the sounds of the 26 letters of the alphabet, 45 common letter combinations (such as CK and IGH), and tried-and-true spelling rules.

With these tools, your student can spell the vast majority of English words. In addition, he will get solid strategies for mastering the remaining words, which we call "rule breakers."

By Level 7, your student will be spelling at the high school level.

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The most effective and fun spelling curriculum we have ever used."

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All About Spelling helps us make sense of the ‘whys’ of spelling!”

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Levels and Placement

Spelling Placement

Use our placement test to determine which level is best for your student. If you have questions, please contact us. We're here to help!

All About Spelling Levels

There are seven levels in the All About Spelling program.

After completing Level 7, your child will be spelling at the high school level and should have acquired all the skills needed to spell just about any word. Read more about what you can do after your child completes Level 7.

All About Spelling Samples

You can find All About Spelling samples here.

Spelling Readiness

Our general recommendation is to begin spelling instruction after your child has a strong start in reading. Read The Right Time to Start to learn more.

Using All About Spelling with Older Children

All About Spelling is very effective for struggling learners. Most students start in Level 1 since this is a mastery-based program, not a grade-level program. The program will help fill in the missing gaps and build a strong foundation. See the article Using All About Spelling with Older Students for more information. Contact us if you would like additional help with placement.

All About Spelling Age Range

All About Spelling is used by students of all ages, including pre-readers, teens, and adults.

Details about Teaching Spelling

Length of Daily Spelling Lessons

As a general rule, we recommend spending 20 minutes per day on spelling. However, you can adjust this recommendation according to your child’s level and attention span. Read Spelling – How Much Time Should I Spend? to learn more.

You do not need to complete an entire Step in one day—some Steps may even take a week or more to cover. The speed at which a step can be completed depends on your child’s age, attention span, prior experience, and the concepts being taught.

The All About Spelling program is completely flexible and customizable, allowing you to breeze through sections that are easy for your child and spend more time on difficult concepts.

Arrangement of Spelling Words/Lists

Each spelling lesson presents a single new rule or concept. Instead of jumping from one concept to another, children learn spelling in a sequential, orderly way, with words of similar attributes always being taught together. For example, when the sound of /ar/ is taught, children learn words such as barn, car, hard, garden, shark, and smart. For additional reinforcement, the dictation phrases and sentences include words containing the sound of /ar/.

Spelling Word Review

Continual individualized review is a major component of the All About Spelling program. One of the first things you'll do before beginning to teach is set up the Spelling Review Box. AAS uses several different methods to review concepts and spelling words, including flashcards, word analysis, sentence dictation, and writing activities.

Continual review is worked right into the lesson plans to give your child the practice he needs in exactly the areas he needs it, ensuring that he doesn’t forget what you teach him. Take a look at a sample lesson to see how review is handled.

Teaching Spelling Rules

Spelling rules are taught in several ways in our program. First the rule is demonstrated with Letter Tiles to make the concepts crystal clear in your child’s mind. Then the rule is reviewed as many times as necessary until your child masters the concept. And finally, spelling rules and generalizations are also reviewed with flashcards.

Do you have more questions? Please get in touch! We're happy to help.

Letter Names in the English Alphabet and How to Spell Them

Each letter of the English alphabet can be spelled as itself (e.g., a DJ or T-shirt), or it can be spelled out using its name (e.g., a deejay or tee-shirt). Vowels still stand for themselves, and while very rare, the plural of vowels are made by adding -es. In the capitalized form, the plurals are made by either -s or -‘s (e.g., L’s or As).

Letters also have a specific sound associated with them, and not only can you spell them phonetically to sound the same as you pronounce them, but you should also be familiar with the different phonetic spellings of their sound. Take a look at how you can spell each letter sound out. 

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How Do You Spell The Letter A Sound?

Many words use the long A /(ˈ/ˈiː/) sound using the letter a. For example: acorn, agent, data

It can also be spelled:

• A-E: a in the middle of the word, with e at the end as in grade or snake
• AI: aim, train
• AY: delay, essay
• EI: eight, vein
• EA: great, steak

How Do You Spell The Letter B Sound?

B (/ˈbiː/) is used in one of two ways.

• B: bank, baby, bassinet
• BB: babbling, shrubbery, gibberish

How Do You Spell The Letter C Sound?

C (/ˈsiː/ ) is a tricky letter since it has more than one pronunciation and doesn’t sound as its letter unless you spell it as sea or see. 

• Pronounce the letter “C” as an “S” sound if the letter “C” is followed by the letters “E”, “I”, or “Y”. For example: city or central
• Pronounce the letter “C” as a “K” sound if the letter “C” is followed by the letters “A”, “O”, or “U”. For example: candy or cut

How Do You Spell The Letter D Sound?

D (/ˈdiː/) has three different spellings.

• D: advertising, deed, disappear
• ED: created, forced, freed
• DD: odd, eddy, forbidding

How Do You Spell The Letter E Sound?

Many words use the long E /(ˈeɪ/) sound using the letter e. For example: he, she, we.

It can also be spelled:

• EA: sea
• EE: seen, see
• EI: receive, either
• IE: belief, piece
• EO: people
• EY: alley, journey
• Y: yearly
• I: mini

How Do You Spell The Letter F Sound?

F (/ˈɛf/) is usually spelled with the letter f, as in fire, first, and family, but it also has some strange phonetic usages as well.

• FF: bluff, cuff, different
• PH: dolphin, photography, trophy
• GH: tough, rough, enough

How Do You Spell The Letter G Sound?

G (/ˈdʒiː/) is usually spelled with the letter g, as in game, go, and garden.  

It can also be spelled

• GG: egg, hogg, jagged
• GUE: guest, league, rogue

How Do You Spell The Letter H Sound?

H (/ˈeɪtʃ/) is usually spelled with the letter h, as in horror, human, and house. 

It also has some different spellings as well, such as:

• WH: who
• J: Jose (a formal name with Spanish origins)

How Do You Spell The Letter I Sound?

Many words use the long I /(ˈ/ˈaɪ/) sound using the letter i or y. For example: Friday, ice, idea, my, sky, or cry.

It can also be spelled:

• I-E: i in the middle of the word, with e at the end as in kite or bite
• AI: aisle
• EI: heist, meiser
• EIGH: height
• EYE: eye, eyelash
• EY: geyser
• IE: lie, pie
• UY: guy, buy
• YE: bye, dye
• IGH: mighty, high

How Do You Spell Letter The J Sound?

J (/ˈdʒeɪ/) is usually spelled with the letter j, as in jury, adjust, and Jason. 

It also has some different spellings as well, such as:

• G: page, cage, gentle
• DGE: pledge, judge
• AGE: garage, mirage
• GG: exaggeration
• D: gradual, educator

How Do You Spell The Letter K Sound?

K (/ˈkeɪ/) is usually spelled with the letter K or C, as in make, take, kind, basic, and cat.  

It also has some different spellings as well, such as:

• CC: impeccable
• CK: back, pluck, check
• QUE: plague, queue
• QUI: mosquito, turquoise
• QU: quick, quit
• CH: chord, mechanic, chemical

How Do You Spell The Letter L Sound?

To spell the L (/ˈɛl/) sound, you simply use L or LL. For example: elephant, later, letter, well, sell.

How Do You Spell The Letter M Sound?

The M (/ˈɛm/) sound is almost always spelled using m or mm, such as in example, metal, meal, commercial, or bummer. 

It can also be spelled using:

• MB: comb, limb, tomb
• GM: phlegm, diaphragm
• MN: column, autumn

How Do You Spell The Letter N Sound?

The N (/ˈɛn/) sound is almost always spelled using n or nn, such as in any, enemy, no, innocent, or annoying. 

It can also be spelled using: 

• KN: knit, knife
• GN: gnome, gnat
• PN: pneumatic, pneumonia

How Do You Spell The Letter O Sound?

O (/ˈəʊ/) has many different spellings. Most obvious is with the long O or OO, as in no, go, most, floor, or brooch. 

It can also be spelled using:

• O-E: o in the middle of the word, with e at the end as in robe or smoke
• OE: toe 
• OA: oat, boat, toast
• OW: snow, slow
• OU: out, sprout, shoulder
• OT: depot
• AU: chauffer
• EW: sew
• EAU: beau, bureau
• AOH: pharaoh
• OUGH: dough, although

How Do You Spell The Letter P Sound?

To spell the P (/ˈpiː/) sound, you simply use p or pp. For example: paper, peep, happy, pepper, or cheap.

How Do You Spell The Letter Q Sound?

Q (/ˈkjuː/) is another tricky letter in that the letter q is never used as a stand-alone and always is followed by the letter u. Together qu sounds like the letters KW together. To hear the letter use it in the word queue. 

How Do You Spell The Letter R Sound?

R (/ˈɑː/) is almost always spelled with the letter r or rr, as in rabbit, run, right, correct, or arrest.

It can also be spelled with:

• WR: write, wrong, wrist
• RH: rhyme, rhinoceros

How Do You Spell The Letter S Sound?

S (/ˈɛs/) is often spelled with the letter s or ss, as in series, see, loose, essay, or embarrassment.

It can also be spelled with:

• SC: muscle, science, scene
• C: face, census, cellar
• PS: psalm, psychology

How Do You Spell The Letter T Sound?

T (/ˈtiː/) is another letter that is spelled multiple ways. T and tt are most common as in talk, time, battle, or cattle. 

It also can be spelled with:

• ED: cooked, liked
• BT: debt, doubt
• TW: two
• TH: thyme, Thailand

How Do You Spell The Letter U Sound?

U (/ˈjuː/) has a few different spellings. It can be spelled using:

• U-E: U in the middle of the word, with e at the end as in mule or cube
• U: music
• UE: ensue, issue
• EU: feudal, eulogy
• EW: few, pew

How Do You Spell The Letter V Sound?

To spell the V (/ˈv/) sound, you simply use v. For example: valentine, visit, move

How Do You Spell The Letter W Sound?

W (/ˈdʌbəl.juː/) is almost always spelled with the letter w, as in warrant, win, or worry. 

It can also be spelled with:

• O: one, once
• Wh: white, whale

How Do You Spell The Letter X Sound?

To spell the X ( /ˈɛks/) sound, you need to first combine it with an e, as in exit or excellent. Otherwise, it is pronounced in the following way:

•  If the /X/ is between a vowel and consonant sound it is pronounced as /KS/, as in excel. 
•  If the /X/ is between two vowel sounds it is pronounced as /GZ/, as in exam. 
• If the letter X is at the beginning of a word, then it is pronounced Z, as in xerox.

How Do You Spell The Letter Y Sound?

Y (/ˈwaɪ/), pronounced as wy or why, usually uses the letter y as in yellow, year, or kayak. 

It can also be spelled with:

• I: onion
• EU: eulogy

How Do You Spell The Letter Z Sound?

Z (/ˈziː/) has a few different spellings, but utilizes z or zz often as in zero, zip,  buzz, or buzzard. It also can be spelled using:

• SS: dessert, scissors
• S: desert, was
• STH: asthma
• X: xylophone, xerox

Chart

To see specific examples of how a letter can be spelled exactly how it sounds, take a closer look at our phonetic chart. 

Letter	Singular Sound	Phonetic Use	Examples of the Letter Sound in a word…
A	ay	/ˈeɪ/	day
B	bee	/ˈbiː/	beat
C	cee	/ˈsiː/	sea
D	dee	/ˈdiː/	deal
E	ee	/ˈiː/	easy
F	eff	/ˈɛf/	effect
G	gee	/ˈdʒiː/	gene
H	aitch haitch	/ˈeɪtʃ/ /ˈheɪtʃ/	n/a n/a
I	i	/ˈaɪ/	eye
J	jay	/ˈdʒeɪ/	Jason
K	kay	/ˈkeɪ/	okay
L	el / ell	/ˈɛl/,[ˈɛɫ]	sell
M	em	/ˈɛm/	them
N	en	/ˈɛn/	then
O	o	/ˈəʊ/	go
P	pee	/ˈpiː/	peel
Q	cue	/ˈkjuː/	queue
R	ar	/ˈɑː/	art
S	ess	/ˈɛs/	assess
T	tee	/ˈtiː/	teeball
U	u	/ˈjuː/	you
V	vee	/ˈv/	veer
W	double-u	/ˈdʌbəl. juː/	n/a
X	ex	/ˈɛks/	excellent
Y	wy	/ˈwaɪ/	Wyatt
Z	zee	/ˈziː/	lazy

Let’s Review

Almost every letter can be spelled out exactly as they are pronounced, and most also have different ways to spell how they sound as well.  These are important rules to understand in order to properly spell out what you hear in a way that can be easily read and understood. 

Hopefully, this list explains the many different letter combinations that create various sounds, as well as how to reproduce the pronunciation of the letters themselves.

Still, all the same or all the same

RusskiyPro.ru How to spell Correct spelling: “all the same”, “all the same” or “all the same”

Contents

• Definition and parsing of the word
• What is the correct spelling: "all the same", "all the same" or "all the same"?
• Fixing examples

This phrase is used quite often in everyday speech, but its spelling causes certain difficulties.

Let's deal with this.

There are three spelling options for the analyzed expression:

• “after all”, where the phrase is written with a hyphen,
• "all the same", where the phrase is written separately,
• "all the same", where the phrase is written together.

According to the orthographic norm of the Russian language, the first option is correct:

still

Why do we write with a hyphen?

In this case, we are guided by the following rule:

“Adverbs with the prefix “something” and the postfixes “-something”, “-or”, “something”, “-the same” are written through a hyphen.

Since the phrase “after all” contains the postfix “-taki”, it is written with a hyphen.

Examples to reinforce:

• He is still smart and determined.
• This is still an unpredictable decision.
• The authorities are still dissatisfied with the latest events.

MOST VIEWED:

hello or hello

choose or choose

please or please

come or come

as if or as if

“later” or “later”

“the same” or “also”

“girls” or “girls”

accent in the word “BEAUTIFUL”

spelling: “address” or “address”

“because what” or “because”

“weather” or “pagoda”

“mean” or “mean”

“do” or “do”

“nothing” or “nothing”

“like” or “like”

“but” or “for that”

“in principle” or “in principle”

“not clear” or “not clear”

“not for long” or “not for long”

“anyway”, “anyway” or “anyway”

“live” or “live”

“too much” or “too much”

stress in the word “BEET”

“nevertheless” or “darker”

“thank you” or “thank you”

“I adore” or “I adore”

“in the sense” or “in the sense”

“at first” or “from the beginning”

“on time” or “on time”

“better” or “better”

“training” or “training”

“that is” or “that is”

accent in the word “BLINDS”

“mandatory” or “mandatory”

“cartridge” or “cartridge”

“burner”, “ burner" or "comfort"

"don't know" or "don't know"

"up to how much", "how long" or "up to how much"

“not important” or “not important”

“wrong” or “not correct”

“ingredients” or “ingredients”

“try” or “by try”

“calculate” or “calculate”

“slowly”, “slowly” or “slowly”

emphasis in the word “CATALOGUE”

“up to now” or “so far”

“through” or “through”

spelled, separated by commas or not?

Author Anastasia Karandashova For reading 3 min. Posted 12/19/2019

Let's discuss the tiny phrase that causes a lot of problems in writing - "still". How this expression is written, what part of speech it is, whether it should be isolated in a sentence - these are just a few of the questions that authors ask. In the article we will analyze everything in order and henceforth we will use this combination correctly.

We answer briefly

The phrases “everything” and “everything” are always written in two words .

I missed my home very much and was happy to return to my family, but still I was a little sorry to leave the camp and part with new friends.

Work is work, but still you need to have lunch.

Do you want a more detailed answer ? Welcome to the article!

Content

Part of speech and role in the sentence

“All the same (f)” is a particle:

• is used to assert the author's point of view, possibly the opposite of what was previously stated;
• since this is a service part of speech, it cannot be a member of a sentence;
• it is impossible to ask a question from other words in the sentence, and it is also impossible to put a question from it;
• can be removed from a sentence without violating its structure and meaning;
• is synonymous with “after all”, “after all”, “after all”, “at the same time”, “nevertheless”, etc.

Although it cost me a lot of work, I still learned how to drive a car quite tolerably.

Or:

Although it cost me a lot of work, I nevertheless learned how to drive a car quite tolerably.

Or:

Although it took me a lot of work, I learned to drive a car quite tolerably.