180 Days™: Spelling and Word Study for First Grade: Practice, Assess, Diagnose

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Using this book for extra practice for our first grader. We are through 10 of the units so far and are pleased with the lessons. Would recommend and buy again.

My 6-year-old daughter started AAR3 and AAS1 as she began 1st grade last year, and she did very well until we got to AAS2 this year. I purchased this workbook in an effort to try something different and it has been a game changer. The books spiral, generally repeating content as you go up each grade with more complex words. The two curriculum teach things in a slightly different order so I started her on the 1st grade book, but she loves this workbook so I've already purchased the 2nd grade edition and the Kindergarten edition for my twins to start in their 2nd semester. For my daughter, we do the 5 pages in less days and then add a spelling day where I give her 16 words that relate to the lesson. If your kid isn't enjoying spelling, then I would try this workbook.

Thank you to everyone who's taken the time to review the 180 Days of Spelling and Word Study series. As the creator of these books, I want you to know I appreciate all your kind words and take your suggestions seriously. I'm very excited to announce that I've started creating "kick-off" lessons for each unit and am publishing them for free on my YouTube Channel: 180 Days of Spelling & Word Study w/ Mrs. Rhoades. Each interactive lesson introduces the new word list, draws the viewer's attention to important spelling patterns, rules, and affixes, and provides kid-friendly definitions for the vocabulary. I hope you enjoy the videos as much as my students do!

Looks like great spelling and word practice. It progressively builds on skills. I do wish this was built into the reading and writing books so there weren't so many different books to manage for language arts skills.

Was perfect for what we used it for!

I started this with my homeschooler who is doing 1st grade. He and I both appreciate the variety of activities in each week. There’s practice making plurals, analogies, synonyms and antonyms, homophones, and more. It’s a great supplement to our mostly oral phonics and grammar lessons in our other Language Art curriculums, as it gets him physically writing his answers. Each page takes about 5-10 minutes with me sitting next to him to help keep him on task. I also appreciate that it follows a systematic approach to spelling patterns and it’s not just random words every week. Overall, I’d recommend this to other parents looking for a quick and easy way to incorporate some spelling practice and other Language Arts concepts into their child’s education.

My (mentally challenged adult) daughter LOVES this book! She needs help with most exercises, but a normal child would need minimal help, less as they progress through the book and get used to the exercises. The word lists are heavy on word families, but most word families are phonetic, so it will reinforce either type curriculum. This book is genius! Kudos to the author!

too easy for my kids.