Spelling Power

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Spelling Power is one manual, now in its 5th edition, that teaches the 5,000 most used English words from 3rd grade to adult in about 15 minutes a day. Placement tests put each child on one of 11 levels of word lists; each word is studied until it is spelled right and then checked again later, and words misspelled in daily work join the tests. One manual serves the whole family, with a record book for each child.

Grades it covers

As the publisher states it: 3rd grade to adult, once a child is about 8 and reads at a 2nd grade level.

Subjects: Language arts
Grades: 3rd grade to adult, once a child is about 8 and reads at a 2nd grade level source ↗
Method: Mastery source ↗
Format: Books and workbooks source ↗
Faith label: Not labelled
Parent time a day: About 15 minutes a day. source ↗
Cost a year: Spelling Power manual: $64.95, for the whole family over all the years. The Deluxe Pack (manual, two record books, task cards, letter tiles and a word bank box) is $177.90. Read on October 31, 2026; prices change. source ↗
Placement: No placement test on the publisher’s site when we checked.

What it does well

One manual covers every level and every child, so there is no new book to buy each year.
Placement tests start each child where their spelling is, and the lists move at each child's own pace.
Words a child misspells in everyday writing join that child's tests until they are learned.
About 15 minutes a day fits beside a full language arts plan.

Watch for

The manual gives step-by-step directions rather than a script, so the parent has to read up and plan the tests.
It is not for beginning readers: a child should be about 8 and reading at a 2nd grade level.
The Basic Pack price is shown two different ways on the site, so check the total in the cart.

It fits

A family with several children who wants one spelling book that adjusts to each child for years.

It doesn’t fit

A family with a beginning reader, or a parent who wants every spelling lesson scripted.

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