All About Spelling Level 4 Full-Color Edition

About All About Spelling Level 4

You know that kids learn in a variety of ways. So a multisensory approach, like All About Spelling (AAS), can be very successful. But children also differ in their motivational approach to learning. 

You may have a curious child who really wants to understand the ins and outs of spelling, while his sibling just doesn't care. Suppose you have a child who thrives on spelling rules and is most comfortable understanding the reasoning behind each word's spelling. In that case, he will adore AAS because a single new rule or concept is taught in each spelling lesson. The award-winning AAS provides complete and comprehensive instruction using the multisensory Orton-Gillingham explicit teaching approach.

Students should complete All About Spelling Levels 1 through 3 before starting Level 4. Because All About Spelling is mastery-based, the level numbers do not correspond to grade levels. 

AAS is a building-block program where each level builds on the skills taught in the previous levels. AAS teaches how words are spelled and why they are spelled that way. For example, why is "cat" spelled with a "c" rather than a "k"? This is a concept students can later apply to spell words such as "emergency" and "concentrate." 

To prevent gaps in knowledge, most students will start with Level 1. However, older students may be able to work through the levels relatively quickly. If you feel like your student is ready to begin at a higher level, you can look through the scope and sequence PDFs to see which concepts he would be missing by skipping levels. If you have any questions about this, please contact us, and we'll be happy to help!

In Level 4, your student will continue to learn encoding skills, reliable spelling rules, and multisensory strategies for spelling. He will also learn exciting new concepts, including 12 new phonograms, prefixes, strategies for multi-syllable words, abbreviations, and words with unaccented A. 

Phonological awareness and encoding skills are taught throughout Level 4. Below is a sampling in each area:

Encoding

• Learn phonograms TCH, DGE, EW, EI, WR, KN, OR, EIGH, EAR, PH, TI, and OE
• Spell words with prefixes, such as unhappy
• Spell words with the different sounds of Y, such as yellow, myth, shy, and candy
• Spell words with the fourth sound of O, such as second
• Spell words containing unaccented A, such as about and above
• Spell words with the sound of /shun/ spelled TION, such as question

Phonological Awareness

• Learn strategies for spelling the sounds of /j/ and /ch/
• Learn how to add prefixes
• Categorize the four sounds of the letter Y
• Apply spelling strategies to multi-syllable words
• Analyze the five ways to spell the sound of /er/
• Learn to spell standard abbreviations

All About Spelling Level 4 Scope and Sequence.

Note: The tiles that come with the Deluxe Set are the same as those in the All About Reading Deluxe Set, and the app needed for the App-Dependent Set is the same app that you need for the All About Reading App-Dependent Set. If you have already purchased one or both of these, please keep this in mind when you buy this product because you will not need to purchase it again.