Descriptions of Each of the Six Volumes
A
Learn
to Spell 500 Words a Day (Volume 1) – The Vowel A is for the intermediate level and it is the first in
a series of six volumes; the vowel “a” is isolated in this volume. The vowel
“a” has five sounds that are spelled in 12 ways. Therefore, The Vowel A
book contains five sections, 12 chapters and 65 phonics lessons. Each lesson
begins with a logical spelling rule, followed by a list of all the words that
follow that rule, followed by a nonsensical story that contains most of the
listed words, and then student read aloud slowly to memorize the spelling of 20
to 50 words every hour. The six volumes teach advanced reading of phonics and
the spelling of 13,000 essential words. This book is necessary for all
learners; without it, most will not benefit from 100 Spelling Rules.
E
Learn
to Spell 500 Words a Day (Volume 2) – The Vowel E is for the intermediate level and it is the second in
a series of six volumes; the vowel “e” is isolated in this book. The vowel “e”
has seven sounds that are spelled in 17 ways. The Vowel E book contains three
sections, 14 chapters and 59 phonics lessons. Each lesson begins with a logical
spelling rule, followed by a list of all the words that follow that rule,
followed by a nonsensical story that contains most of the listed words, and
then student read aloud slowly to memorize the spelling of 20 to 50 words every
hour. The six volumes teach advanced reading of phonics and the spelling of
13,000 words. This book is necessary for all learners; without it, most will
not benefit from 100 Spelling Rules.
I
Learn
to Spell 500 Words a Day (Volume 3) – The Vowel I is for the intermediate level and it is the third in
a series of six volumes; the vowel “i” is isolated in this book. The vowel “i”
has eight sounds that are spelled in 19 ways. The Vowel I book
contains four sections, 14 chapters and 62 lessons. Each lesson begins with a
logical spelling rule, followed by a list of all the words that follow that
rule, followed by a nonsensical story that contains most of the listed words,
and then student read aloud slowly to memorize the spelling of 20 to 50 words
every hour. The six volumes teach advanced reading of phonics and the spelling
of 13,000 words. This book is necessary for all learners; without it, most will
not benefit from 100 Spelling Rules.
O
Learn
to Spell 500 Words a Day (Volume 4) – The Vowel O is for the intermediate level and it is the fourth in
a series of six volumes; the vowel “o” is isolated in this book. The vowel “o”
has 12 sounds that are spelled in 20 ways. The Vowel O book contains four
sections, 16 chapters, and 68 lessons. Each lesson begins with a logical
spelling rule, followed by a list of all the words that follow that rule,
followed by a nonsensical story that contains most of the listed words, and
then student read aloud slowly to memorize the spelling of 20 to 50 words every
hour. The six volumes teach advanced reading of phonics and the spelling of
13,000 words. This book is necessary for all learners; without it, most will
not benefit from 100 Spelling Rules.
U
Learn
to Spell 500 Words a Day (Volume 5) – The Vowel U is for the intermediate level and it is the fifth in
a series of six volumes; the vowel “u” is isolated in this book. The vowel “u”
has six sounds that are spelled in 28 ways. The Vowel U book contains four
sections, 15 chapters, and 45 lessons. Each lesson begins with a logical
spelling rule, followed by a list of all the words that follow that rule,
followed by a nonsensical story that contains most of the listed words, and
then student read aloud slowly to memorize the spelling of 20 to 50 words every
hour. The six volumes teach advanced reading of phonics and the spelling of
13,000 words. This book is necessary for all learners; without it, most will
not benefit from 100 Spelling Rules.
The Consonants
Learn
to Spell 500 Words a Day (Volume 6) – The Consonants is for the intermediate level and it is the sixth in
a series of six volumes; the eight inconsistent (c, g, h, q, s, x, w, and y)
are isolated in this book and they produce 50 sounds that are spelled in 60
ways (60 phonics). Examples: (1) The H in hot has a different sound from the H
in Mouth (2) The S in has sounds like Z (3) The G sounds like name of the
letter G in huge, but not in hug (4) The C sounds like the name of C in cell,
like the k in cup, like the sh in social, and like the name of the letter Q in cute
(5) The Q always sounds like the letter K, not like the name of the letter Q
and every Q is followed by a U and then by a vowel. The sound of the actual
letter Q is not found in Q, but in cu as in cute (6) The Y has five sounds:
yes, by, happy, day, boy, gym (7) The W has four sounds: we, few, low, cow. Students
must be informed of such changes beforehand. All the prefixes are presented in
900 words at the end of this consonants’ book.
