Welcome to the articles and resources section of our site.  On the left, you'll see a list of links with useful information about how to better use SpellingCity at home and in the classroom.  Also, there is an extremely useful section of the forum where SpellingCity users are sharing their lists.


What are the Most Popular?

Dolch Words - This collection of Dolch or Sight words is perennially useful. There is both background information and lists ready-to-use.
Compound Words - Kids love studying compound words. Teachers love teaching them. Does your school have a Compound Word Day? It should!
Literature-Based Word Lists - Over fifty popular books so far. Email us if you have a list to add.
Sound Alike Words or Homophones - All students and many adults benefit from practice distinguishing the right spelling and usage of its and it's; they're, there, and their; and to, too, and two. 
Word Confusion - This article reviews homophones, homonyms, homographs, and synonyms.  Need a quick reminder? Here it is.

The Heavy Stuff: Research and Articles on Spelling

SpellingCity.com has two articles on the importance of spelling to building successful readers and writers: The Importance of Spelling and Research on Spelling Automaticity.


What's New?

Contractions - You can build lists using words like: I’ll, we’ll, shouldn’t, and they’re. There are lists of what contractions SpellingCity.com supports.
Abbreviations - You can build lists using abbreviations such as titles (Mr. Dr, Mrs.), measurements (oz., pt, qt.), and geographic terms (Blvd., Pkwy., and Rd.)
Possessives - SpellingCity has added some sample possessive forms of nouns, both plural and singular, for spelling and grammar practice.  For example: aunt, aunts, aunt's, aunts', boy, boys, boy's, boys', lady, ladies, lady's, ladies', doctor, doctors, doctor's, doctors'.  As background, SpellingCity has always included both the singular and plural forms of nouns and the the forms of verbs (ex play, playing, played).
Any other ideas for resources that we should post? Send me an email or suggest it on the forum.

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