UNIQUE FREE SPELLING CURRICULUM

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Teachers and Homeschool Parents Can Take Advantage of Unique Free Spelling
Curriculum at K12Reader.com
 
FRANKLIN, Tenn., June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- K12Reader.com
<http://www.k12reader.com/> , an online resource for reading instruction,
has launched a free K-5 spelling curriculum that incorporates sight words,
academic vocabulary and grade-level appropriate word patterns.
 
 The K12Reader.com <http://www.k12reader.com/> free spelling words
 curriculum incorporates all 1,000 Fry sight words and grade-school academic
 vocabulary based on science, social studies, mathematics and language arts
 standards. The new curriculum also incorporates grade-level appropriate
 patterns for words, focusing on word families, prefixes and suffixes, and
 word origins.
 
 The spelling curriculum was created by Glenda Rhea, a veteran elementary
 school teacher who also holds a master's degree in education with an
 emphasis on curriculum and instruction.
 
 "The program is especially useful because it includes dictation sentences to
 remind students that spelling words do not occur in isolation," said Rhea.
 "The curriculum allows the teacher/parent a weekly opportunity to assess the
 student's skills in applying language rules, such as capitalization and
 punctuation. The sentences also reinforce the correct meaning and usage of
 the words."
 
 The K12Reader.com <http://www.k12reader.com/> brand was created to support
 K-12 teachers and parents in their efforts to teach reading, said Jerry
 Charles, publisher of K12Reader.com <http://www.k12reader.com/> .
 
 "With the new, free spelling word curriculum, we are providing a way to
 reinforce an important component of literacy development," Charles said.
 
 Each grade includes 36 weeks of spelling word lists including printable
 practice worksheets, a master word list, and weekly dictation sentences.
 First-grade spelling words
 <http://www.k12reader.com/first-grade-spelling-words/> through fifth-grade
 spelling words <http://www.k12reader.com/fifth-grade-spelling-words/> are
 all available on K12Reader.com <http://www.k12reader.com/> and free to use
 in classrooms or at home. 
 
 K12Reader.com also provides sight words teaching tips and worksheets on
 Dolch sight words <http://www.k12reader.com/dolch-word-list/> along with
 other resources.
 
 About K12Reader.com
 
 K12Reader was launched in 2008 as a free reading resource site for teachers
 and parents. The site has grown to serve more than 30,000 monthly visitors
 with reading instruction articles and hundreds of free, printable worksheets
 on a variety of areas including nouns, verbs, punctuation, spelling, sight
 words and more. The K12Reader.com <http://www.k12reader.com/> editors
 regularly add free resources with plans to add a free reading comprehension
 curriculum in August.
 
 Contact:
 
 Jennifer Wezensky
 JW Public Relations
  269.274.4071