The Spelling Teacher's Lesson-a-Day

Table of Contents

JOSSEY-BASS TEACHER

Title Page

Copyright Page

THE AUTHOR

Introduction

Notes for the Teacher

PART I - HOMOPHONES AND PHONICS LESSONS

1 be vs. bee

Phonics: Long E

2 by vs. bye vs. buy

Phonics: Long I

3 fair vs. fare

Phonics: Long AR

4 no vs. know

Phonics: Long O

5 to vs. too vs. two

Phonics: Long Double OO

6 loan vs. lone

Phonics: Long O

7 tail vs. tale

Phonics: Long A

8 sea vs. see

Phonics: Long E

9 lie vs. lye

Phonics: Long I

10 meat vs. meet

Phonics: Long E

11 maid vs. made

Phonics: Long A

12 son vs. sun

Phonics: Short U

13 dear vs. deer

Phonics: Long E

14 do vs. due vs. dew

Phonics: Long OO

15 wood vs. would

Phonics: Long OO

16 write vs. right

Phonics: Long I

17 pole vs. poll

Phonics: Long O

18 bear vs. bare

Phonics: Long A

19 tax vs. tacks

Phonics: Short A

20 bite vs. byte

Phonics: Short I

21 brake vs. break

Phonics: Long A

22 mail vs. male

Phonics: Long A

23 flea vs. flee

Phonics: Long E

24 shoe vs. shoo

Phonics: Long OO

25 cheap vs. cheep

Phonics: Long E

26 hall vs. haul

Phonics: Broad O

27 leak vs. leek

Phonics: Long E

28 roll vs. role

Phonics: Long O

29 die vs. dye

Phonics: Long I

30 led vs. lead

Phonics: Short E

31 eight vs. ate

Phonics: Long A

32 I vs. eye

Phonics: Long I

33 ball vs. bawl

Phonics: Broad O

34 base vs. bass

Phonics: Long A

35 week vs. weak

Phonics: Long E

36 not vs. knot

Phonics: Short 0

37 rain vs. reign

Phonics: Long A

38 plain vs. plane

Phonics: Long A

39 past vs. passed

Phonics: Short A

40 or vs. oar

Phonics: Broad O

41 beach vs. beech

Phonics: Long E

42 row vs. roe

Phonics: Long O

43 pause vs. paws

Phonics: Broad O

44 oh vs. owe

Phonics: Long O

45 beat vs. beet

Phonics: Long E

46 pier vs. peer

Phonics: Long E

47 hole vs. whole

Phonics: Long O

48 which vs. witch

Phonics: Short I

49 hail vs. hale

Phonics: Long A

50 guest vs. guessed

Phonics: Short E

51 sell vs. cell

Phonics: Short E

52 cents vs. sense

Phonics: Short E

53 bread vs. bred

Phonics: Short E

54 band vs. banned

Phonics: Short A

55 root vs. route

Phonics: Short OO

56 peak vs. peek

Phonics: Long E

57 one vs. won

Phonics: Short U

58 night vs. knight

Phonics: Long I

59 rose vs. rows

Phonics: Long O

60 pail vs. pale

Phonics: Long A

61 in vs. inn

Phonics: Short I

62 road vs. rode

Phonics: Long O

63 pair vs. pear

Phonics: e(∂)

64 him vs. hymn

Phonics: Short I

65 fur vs. fir

Phonics: Short U

66 hair vs. hare

Phonics: Long A

67 new vs. knew

Phonics: Long OO

68 higher vs. hire

Phonics: Long I

69 flu vs. flew

Phonics: Long OO

70 great vs. grate

Phonics: Long A

71 hi vs. high

Phonics: Long I

72 find vs. fined

Phonics: Long I

73 so vs. sew

Phonics: Long O

74 raise vs. rays

Phonics: Long A

75 way vs. weigh

Phonics: Long A

76 ant vs. aunt

Phonics: Short A

77 berry vs. bury

Phonics: er sound

78 blue vs. blew

Phonics: Long OO

79 our vs. hour

Phonics: our sound

80 plum vs. plumb

Phonics: Short U

81 read vs. reed

Phonics: Long E

82 ring vs. wring

Phonics: Short I

83 toe vs. tow

Phonics: Long 0

84 rap vs. wrap

Phonics: Short A

85 warn vs. worn

Phonics: or sound

86 least vs. leased

Phonics: t sound

87 red vs. read

Phonics: Short E

88 bale vs. bail

Phonics: Long A

89 been vs. bin

Phonics: Short I

90 flower vs. flour

Phonics: ou sound

PART II - CONTRACTIONS, CAPITALIZATION, COMMON

MISSPELLINGS, AND MORE

91 Contractions: Not

92 Contractions: Will or Shall

93 Contractions: Have

94 Contractions: Would or Had

95 Contractions: Is or Has

96 Contractions: Various

97 Capitalization: First Word

98 Capitalization: Names

99 Capitalization: Places

100 Capitalization: Pets

101 Capitalization: Holidays

102 Capitalization: Books, Plays, and Movies

103 Capitalization: Periodicals

104 Capitalization: People’s Titles

105 Capitalization: Companies

106 Capitalization: Quotations

107 Capitalization: Review

108 Common Misspellings

109 Common Misspellings

110 Common Misspellings

111 Common Misspellings

112 Common Misspellings

113 Common Misspellings

114 Common Misspellings

115 Common Misspellings

116 Common Misspellings

117 Common Misspellings

118 Plurals: For Most Words

119 Plurals: For Words Ending in “S” or “SS”

120 Plurals: For Words Ending in “CH”

121 Plurals: For Words Ending in “SH”

122 Plurals: For Words Ending in “X”

123 Plurals: For Words Ending in “Y”

124 Plurals: For Words Ending in ‘0’

125 Plurals: Irregular Plurals

126 Plurals: Invariable Nouns

127 Abbreviations: First Two Letters

128 Abbreviations: First and Last Letters

129 Abbreviations: First and Middle Letters

130 Abbreviations: Two-Word State Names

131 Abbreviations: Initializations

132 Abbreviations: Days of the Week