Spelling Connections | Spelling Instruction Program

Provide all your students the missing piece to the literacy puzzle: explicit spelling instruction. With Zaner-Bloser's spelling curriculum, Spelling Connections, your students will retain, internalize, and transfer valuable spelling knowledge for improved results in all areas of literacy-in the classroom and beyond.

Unlike integrated spelling instruction delivered through core reading programs, this spelling curriculum provides complete, explicit instruction that

• utilizes a five-day plan with a page-per-day format-everything you need to deliver effective instruction without the need for extensive planning and prep work.
• delivers meaningful instruction and practice including differentiated word sorts to promote higher-level skill development in thinking, phonics/vocabulary, reading, and writing.
• includes diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments to monitor progress, including integrated standardized test practice for improved results on state assessments.
• integrates technology tools for engaging, relevant spelling instruction and practice.
• contains embedded professional development that provides proven strategies for successful classroom instruction.
• reinforces English language acquisition with meaningful differentiated instruction for English Language Learners at all levels.

Word Lists
The word lists in Spelling Connections ©2012 are the most carefully researched and crafted available—compared to other stand-alone spelling curriculums and core reading programs. Our word lists have been expanded and structured to provide true differentiated instruction for all levels of students and for English Language Learners. Word lists are organized so students can see the relationships among words, visually reinforcing valuable pattern and rule-based instruction.