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Individualized Spelling
by  Don McCabe
W712N - $29.95     8½x11    204 pp.  ISBN:  1-56400-726-X

These survey tests - Lessons 1 - 265 - use the 5,507 most important words to learn.  They are presented in exact statistical order of difficulty according to the study, The New Iowa Spelling Scale by the late Dr. Harry A. Greene, University of Iowa. .

  • Lessons 1-25 cover the essential words, known by 93% - 99% of adults.
  • Lessons 26-75 cover the essential words, known by 89% - 92% of adults.
  • Lessons 76-125 cover important words, known by 75% - 88% of adults.
  • Lessons 126-150 cover important words, known by 67% - 74% of adults.
  • Lessons 151-190 cover important words, known by 50% - 60% of adults.
  • Lessons 191-243 cover important words, known by 34% - 49% of adults.
  • Lessons 246-265 cover important words, known by 10% - 33% of adults.

 

  • Contains Survey Tests for Placement
  • Contains directions for use with The Patterns of English Spelling and Word Families in Sentence Context.
  • Every word is cross-referenced to The Patterns of English Spelling.
  • Students study only the patterns they need to learn.
  • For each pattern they master, they may learn from 10 - 100 different words. For example, if a student learns the "-ection" pattern, he may be learning 72 different words from section to directional.

 


 

All donations are greatly appreciated.  If you would like to support our mission which is to raise the level of literacy to the point where the words, illiteracy, phonemic awareness, learning disabilities, dysgraphia, family literacy, adult literacy, and illegible handwriting will no longer have relevance, please mail your tax-deductible check (in U.S. dollars) to The AVKO Foundation, 3084 Willard Road, Suite W, Birch Run, MI 48415-7801.  The AVKO Foundation is recognized by the IRS as a 501(C)3 publicly supported organization working with teachers, parents, tutors, and home schooling parents, publishing materials developed by its research, and providing free daily tutoring at its local reading clinic.

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