Where do you get your (ideally) free spelling lists?

[umsami]

So, I really don't want to spend some of our budget on a spelling curriculum. DS1 and 2 seems to have good natural spelling ability. Does anybody know of any good lists/free stuff online? We've used spelling city, but I'm always inputting random lists of words. I'm looking for something with a more logical progression over random words we encounter in reading, or that I notice they're spelling incorrectly.

[mom31257]

I had a child who was a more natural speller and read widely, so with her I found a list of the most frequently used words and quizzed her over 50 at a time. I had her practice only the words she misspelled. You could then get a list of the most commonly misspelled words and go through those. I did a search and found a document but I'm having trouble getting a link. Hopefully this link to the search page will work. It is the first link on the page (1000 most frequently used words). Here is a link for misspelled words, and there are actually 3 lists if you notice the links above the chart that say Part 1, 2, 3.

[BlessedMomto3]

http://www.k12reader.com/first-grade-spelling-words/

 

We've been using this list casually and it is working well. They have lots of lists to choose from depending on ability/age/etc.

[mom31257]

http://www.k12reader...spelling-words/

 

We've been using this list casually and it is working well. They have lots of lists to choose from depending on ability/age/etc.

 

 

I love that it has dictation sentences, too.

[briansmama]

I really like this site for free spelling lists:

http://www.aaaspell.com/grade2.htm

[AmyontheFarm]

We use spellingcity.com I found all the Abeka Spelling lists already inputed into the program. So, I just imported the lists I needed for each kid and they were off and running.

[umsami]

Thanks everybody! I knew you guys would have some good ideas/resources. :)

 

This site is fabulous :) http://www.k12reader...spelling-words/

[5LittleMonkeys]

The Basic Speller at CK12 might be helpful. I can't link right now, but if you go to look under the English section you will see it. There is student material and teacher material.

[BatmansWife]

Here are a few sites that I had bookmarked (I haven't used any of these yet), but I really like some of the ones already mentioned.

 

http://anneelliott.c...teach-spelling/

Scroll down to click on "Level A" and "Level B" for spelling lists.

 

http://jettedgames.com/spelling.htm

 

http://www.splashesf...urseoutline.htm

I have no idea what grade this is for.

 

http://www.k12reader...spelling-words/

 

We've been using this list casually and it is working well. They have lots of lists to choose from depending on ability/age/etc.

 

This is a great site, thanks for posting! I clicked on one of the red boxes, for 3rd grade, and it took me to another site which has some really great online math worksheets too.

 

I really like this site for free spelling lists:

http://www.aaaspell.com/grade2.htm

 

Thanks for posting this too. I like that there is vocabulary too. Vocabulary is what my dd said she wants to work on :) (and I really don't want to buy anything).

[Mommie_Jen]

so many good suggestions! We are tentatively starting 1st grade in the spring. Thanks!

[d.g.]

Another option is the Zaner Bloser spelling lists. They have lists and worksheets online for grades 1-8. We've used levels 2 - 4 and are working on level 5 now. They're not random lists; most of them have some sort of organizational theme: spelling patterns, a few "common words" lists, months and days, etc.