Ancient Achievements Universal Set

Ancient Achievements is designed as a bridge from the Skill Development Stage to the Word Extension stage of spelling. Students will read about ancient places and events with a gradually-increasing reading level. Students will continue to improve their basic spelling skills while learning interesting new facts about words in preparation for more advanced study of spelling patterns.

Ancient Achievements:

• Features nonfiction stories about long ago, covering themes such as cave paintings, Viking ships, and Marco Polo
• Involves the three core activities for Spelling You See:
  • chunking – provides hands-on experience with English’s many irregular letter patterns
  • copywork – requires the brain to pay attention to details in print
  • dictation – gives an opportunity for student to demonstrate decoding and encoding in a meaningful context
• Includes a new Spotlight activity designed to introduce students to interesting facts about words, call attention to how endings are added to words, and show how learning word relationships can help with spelling
• Gradually increases in reading level, providing opportunities for vocabulary development and allowing students to learn how to spell words in an interesting context
• Includes 36 weekly lessons divided between two books; each lesson has five parts, A through E
• Has daily activities consisting of two facing pages
• Includes erasable colored pencils with the Student Pack