This spelling course consists of 30 different lessons taught twice per week in 60-minute sessions. Registration is required for each lesson. Every sixth lesson features a series of sight words. The 30 lessons will be presented consecutively over 15 weeks.

To participate, each student should know the letters of the alphabet, alphabet order, the ability to write letters in word form, and have good oral language skills. The following spelling rules will be addressed in each unit:
Week 1
Lesson 1: Short-a words. List: cat, and, man, as, can, am, had, hat, have, has.
Lesson 2: Words with the short-e sound: bed, peg, gem, get, red, jet, yes, and ten. There are also two-star words: them and when. 
Week 2
Lesson 3: Words with the short-i sound: six, hit, did, if, him, is, and did. Star words: will and this. This is also the first lesson to have review words. 
Lesson 4: Words with short-o sound: dog, box, top, jog, not, and on. 
Week 3
Lesson 5: Words with short-u sound:  bus, tub, pup, mug, but, and fun. Plug and stud are the challenge words. Also has a couple of review words from lesson 3.
Lesson 6: Every 6th lesson features a series of sight words: the, of, a, do, to, you, are, they.
Week 4
Lesson 7: Long-a words (with a silent e). Learn to spell and write: race, fake, rake, make, gave, and age. Star words are space and brave.
Lesson 8:  Long-i words: dime, ride, like, size, five, nine. Challenge words are: twice, size. Review words from lesson six are they, you.
Week 5
Lesson 9: This set of spelling words has the long-o sound. Each one is spelled with a silent-e at the end. Bone, rose, nose, cone, poke, and hole. Broke and stone are the star words. 
Lesson 10: The tenth lesson has more long-i words. This time, the words are spelled with just the letters i or y. Hi, fly, my, by, cry, sky, I, try. Review words include: like and nine. 
Week 6
Lesson 11/April 12th: More long-e words in this set: she, ski, we, me, he, be. Bonus words: mini and taxi. Review: cone and nose.
Lesson 12: It's time for another sight word list! These are words the kids should know how to read, without sounding out the individual letters. From, come, have, all, one, what, was, and as
Week 7
Lesson 13: This week students will be learning about consonant blends fl, cl, and bl. Black, clap, flag, cliff, blink, and flake. The star words are tricky to spell: climb and blue.
Lesson 14: This lesson features more consonant blends. All words have cl, bl, or sl. Wordlist includes: glad, plot, play, slam, sled, and glass. 
Week 8
Lesson 15: Words with br, cr, and fr blends. Frost brown, free, crib, crab, and brick. 
Lesson 16: Students will practice spelling words with gr, pr, and tr. Trip, grid, prop, gram, trap, and press. 
Week 9
Lesson 17: This lesson has words with st, sn, and sp. The list includes the words: stop, spin, snack, snip, step, stick, spot, and snug.
Lesson 18: This lesson has 8 sight words and two review words. New words: who, you, many, two, been, and into. Review words: grade and press. Star words: would and the
Week 10
Lesson 19: Students work with words that contain the long-oo sound, as in spoon, food, cool, noon, and tooth.
Lesson 20: On this list students work with short-oo words, including cook, foot, stood, shook, wood, took, book, and good.
Week 11
Lesson 21: This lesson has long-e spelling words, such as tree, green, bee, heat, read, tea, and sheet.
Lesson 22: This lesson has long-o words, spelled with the letters ow and oa. Goal, boat, own, bow, mow, and coat. Star words are toast and yellow.
Week 12
Lesson 23: These words have the long-a vowel sound spelled with the letters ay and ai. The list includes rain, may, train, day, stay, lay, aim, stay, and way.
Lesson 24: This lesson has common sight words, such as find, some, where, were, there, only.
Week 13
Lesson 25: This week's list emphasizes words with the /ch/ and /sh/ consonant digraphs. Shell, chair, sheep, show, chat and chop.
Lesson 26: Within this lesson, students will discover words with /th/ sounds, such as this, that, both, then, with, and thick.
Week 4
Lesson 27/June 7th: Words with the /ar/ sound are in the spotlight this week. Car, art, hard, far, part, and mark.
Lesson 28/June 10th: This list has words with the /or/ sound. Port, born, horse, cord, sort, sport, storm, for.
Week 15
Lesson 29/June 14th: This lesson has more r-controlled vowels. These words have the letters ir and ur in them. First, turn, girl, shirt, bird, and surf.
Lesson 30/June 17th: The final lesson contains sight words. Wordlist: old, very, other, again, kind, and put. Star words are: does and goes.

Although the lesson agenda will be flexible in meeting student learning needs, the planned instructional agenda for each session includes the following:
1.	Pretest of words: Hear the word and spell/Hear the word as being spelled and write/Check and rewrite misspelled words.
2.	Word analysis: ABC order/word hunts/scrambled words.
3.	Application: Scrambled sentences/sentence completion/creating questions from words that suggest word meaning.
4.	Posttest and directions for home practice activities: The posttest involves students spelling the words in the chatroom and sending that final spelling to the teacher. Home practice activities that will be provided by the teacher include but may not be limited to flashcards, word sliders, word wheels, and/or spin and spell. A review of home practice activities will be provided to the parents by the teacher. 

Instruction will be delivered using modeling, practice, and apply (the I do, we do, you do instructional method). Immediate feedback related to spelling success or the need for more practice will be provided to each student. Each student will also be provided with the opportunity to participate in spelling discussions and to ask questions related to the spelling of words and seek clarification of concepts that lead to a better understanding of the spelling rules presented in each lesson. Parents and students may also communicate with the teacher outside of class to receive more feedback or advice related to individual progress in spelling.