Spelling Workout, Level B

by Phillip K. Trocki

Spelling Workout has all the components you need to lead students from simple sound-letter relationships to more complex spelling patterns.

Students learn spelling skills based on phonics through unique, cross-curricular reading passages, practice, and high-interest writing activities. Packed with flexible lessons, motivating activites, including fun riddles and puzzles, this dynamic program leads students to spelling success

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076522481X
• ISBN13: 9780765224811
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Modern Curriculum Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Spelling Workout is a W-I-N at our house.

We have been using the Spelling Workout books for a few years now. My kids, ages 11, 9 and 7, have always been home educated.... they consistently test at well above their grade levels in Spelling and I believe that is thanks to these fabulous books. Well, that and my kids are pretty freaking awesome too! =)

great resource

We just started using level B for our second grader. Our boy is an excellent reader. He reads a variety of items from Berenstain Bears books (picture and chapter books) to technical explanations (in grown-up books) of how aircraft, trains, and submarines were developed and how they work. I had hoped that spelling would come easily from all that reading. It hasn't. My boy enjoys the Spelling Workout lessons. They are short and entertaining. He really enjoys the proofreading exercises, which reinforce not only spelling but also punctuation and capitalization rules. The words may seem simple to us as grown-ups, but I have been surprised at some of the words that he has missed on his pre-tests. We are zipping through level B and will probably start level C next semester. We like it so much that we have ordered level A for our five-year-old.

So far...so good...BETTER than anything else we've tried!

So far, we've enjoyed this spelling curriculum. My son is 7 and he doesn't like a lot of "bells and whistles". This is to the point but holds his interest with pictures and a mix-up of activities in each lesson.

Excellent program!

I purchased this for my 7 year old who is in second grade (homeschool). He really loves the workbook and wants to do all the activities for the week in one sitting. The words are not too hard. I can easily see him finishing and moving on to the third grade level before finishing second grade. Each week has a spelling tip/rule which the words fall under. For those who would like to know. . . the words in the first lesson are fox, cut hill, wind, put, all moon, saw, tell, new (which seem very easy for 2nd grade). Week thirty-five's words are hole, whole, no, know, not, knot, ate eight, to, too, two, right, write, one, won. I think our local public schools did these type of words in 1st grade. My son did not have "formal" spelling last year so I don't mind starting him off with easier words. I've found it is better to start easy and build confidence than to ruin a child's self-esteem with something too hard. I do believe; however, that if your child has already had formal spelling it would be easy to move on to level C and skip level B. I have tried many spelling programs over the years (with my oldest son) and my children rate this one as the best. It has interesting activities such as crossword puzzles, find the missing letters, proofreading, etc. My favorite part is that each week the child has a short story to read that uses all of the week's spelling words. The stories are usually educational too! If your child enjoys short activities to reinforce what he/she is learning, I believe you will find this program a perfect fit.

A Great Tool

This was recommended by another home school parent and it is a good book for our child.