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Learn the Patterns of 

English Spelling

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Spelling Lessons


The spelling lessons are for adults and older children, children reading at least at 4th grade level. They are self teaching, are free, and teach with online video. They use the book of James.


Students reading below the 4th grade level who need spelling help should view the phonics lessons. The phonics lessons have all the spelling information contained in these spelling lessons, but the phonics lessons cover the spelling information at a slower pace. They are also self teaching.


Another option for students reading below the 4th grade level are the syllables lessons. They require a parent or tutor to help, but are easy to use with video doing most of the teaching. They are shorter than the phonics lessons but teach all the same spelling rules.


These spelling lessons teach the sound spelling correspondences of phonics and spelling, and basic phonetic spelling and syllable division rules and patterns. They are boring but effective.


Files to Download Before Using the Spelling Lessons:

The Spelling Rules are a handy reference for all of the spelling lessons. For spelling lesson 5, you need to reference the spelling and reading sound charts. Other helpful reference files for spelling lesson 5 are vowel charts and word origin slides.


The Spelling Lesson videos are on our YouTube page, click the title of each lesson or its picture to play the video.







Spelling Lesson 1


Short vowel sounds, 

spelling rules, 

syllable division rules. 


(20 minutes)



Spelling Lesson 2


Schwa sound, 

Long vowel sounds, 

Spelling rules,

 Syllable division rules. 


(23 minutes)


spelling lesson 2
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Spelling Lesson 3


Other vowel sounds, 

L and R controlled vowels, 

Silent letters, 

Spelling rules, 

Syllable division rules. 


(26 minutes)



Spelling Lesson 4


Prefixes & Suffixes, 

Vowels that divide, 

Spelling rules,

 Syllable division rules. 


(22 minutes)

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Spelling Lesson 5


English and Latin spelling patterns, 

dictionary use, 

phonogram chart use, 

Vowel Review,

Where to go from here. 


(25 minutes)




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