The Grade 6 spelling book is a hardcover textbook with 34 weekly lessons. Twenty-eight lessons of 2 pages each introduce and work with 16 "New Words" and 4 "Review Words." Every sixth lesson is completely review and covers 2 pages. There are exercises to teach spelling, pronunciation, and meanings of words, spelling abbreviations and contractions, understanding syllables, and so forth. A "Speller Dictionary" is also included in the back of the book.

The hardcover teacher's manual includes a reduced copy of the pupil's text with the answers, teacher helps, and test sentences in the margins.

Supplementary items (not included):

Table of Contents

Teacher Materials

• Phonetic Symbols
• The Importance of Spelling in a Language
• Organization of Spelling by Sound and Structure
• Lesson Plans for Spelling by Sound and Structure
• Spelling Tests
• Word List
• The Weekly Lesson Plan

Lesson 1

• A. Spelling by Sound
• B. Word Meanings
  Synonyms
• C. Plural Nouns—Adding -s and -es

Lesson 2

• A. Spelling /v/ and /oi/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Plural Nouns—Other Forms

Lesson 3

• A. Spelling /ng/
  Single and Double Consonant Patterns
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Verb Forms—-ed, -ing, or -es
  Verbs Forms—Doubling Consonants

Lesson 4

• A. Consonant Digraphs /th/ and /th/
  Spelling Final /d/ or /t/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Adding Suffixes

Lesson 5

• A. The Effect of Original Spellings on Modern Spellings
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Syllable Divisions of Inflected Forms

Lesson 6

• Review

Lesson 7

• A. Spelling /k/
• B. Word Meanings
  Connotations
• C. Derivational Suffixes

Lesson 8

• A. Spelling /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, and /u/
• B. Words Meanings
• C. Abbreviations

Lesson 10

• A. Spelling /ǝl/ and /ǝn/
• B. Words Meanings
• C. Abbreviations—Books of the Bible

Lesson 11

• A. Spelling /ā/, /ē/, /ī/, /ō/, and /yo͞o/
• B. Word Meanings
  Homophones
• C. Syllable Divisions

Lesson 12

• Review

Lesson 13

• A. I-Before-e Rule
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Possessive Nouns

Lesson 14

• A. Spelling /ûr/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Plural and Possesive Nouns

Lesson 15

• A. Spelling /ûr/, /ǝr/, and /yǝr/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Derived Forms

Lesson 16

• A. Spelling /ch/ and /chǝr/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Roots That Cannot Stand Alone

Lesson 17

• A. Spelling /sh/ and /shǝn/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Syllable Divisions—Derived, Inflected, and Compound Forms

Lesson 18

• Review

Lesson 19

• A. Spelling /ä/, /îr/, and /âr/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Contractions—Verbs and Not, Pronouns and Will, Had, or Would

Lesson 20

• A. Spelling /ô/ and /ôr/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Contractions—Pronouns or Interrogative Words and Forms of Be or Have

Lesson 21

• A. Spelling /o͞o/, /yo͞o/, /o͝o/, and /yo͝o/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Verb Forms—Dropping e to Add -es, -ed, -ing, Doubling Consonants

Lesson 22

• A. Spelling /zh/, /zhǝn/, /zhǝr/, and /ou/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Verb Forms—Adding -ed, Changing y to i

Lesson 23

• A. Spelling /j/ and /ij/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Plural Nouns—Other Forms

Lesson 24

• Review

Lesson 25

• A. Spelling /s/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Degrees of Comparison—Positive, Comparative, and Superlative
  Words That Compare—-er and -est

Lesson 26

• A. Spelling /z/ and /gz/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Possessive Pronouns
  Contractions

Lesson 27

• A. Spelling /k/ and /kw/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Compound Words—Closed and Hyphenated

Lesson 28

• A. Spelling /w/, /hw/, and /ks/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Compound Words—Cardinal Numbers, Ordinal Numbers, and Fractions

Lesson 29

• A. Spelling Silent h and k, /n/, /y/, /yo͞o/, /yǝn/, and /yǝr/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Abbreviations—Units of Measure and Abbreviations With Capital Letters

Lesson 30

• Review

Lesson 31

• A. Spelling Review: Short Vowel Sounds, /ǝ/, and /ǝr/
• B. Word Meanings
  Doublets/Cognates
• C. Review: Abbreviations, Comparisons, Syllabication, and Derived Forms

Lesson 32

• A. Spelling Review: Long Vowel Sounds, /ǝ/, and /ǝr/
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Review: Compound Words, Possessive Nouns, Derived Forms, and Suffixes

Lesson 33

• A. Spelling Review
• B. Word Meanings
• C. Review: Contractions, Verb Forms, Possessive Nouns, and Derived Forms

Lesson 34

• Review

Review Lesson Test Sentences

Final Test—Test Sentences

Spelling Dictionary