In Building Spelling Skills, Grade 6 students will learn 18 spelling words per week (540 total). Three sentences for dictation are provided for each list. Spelling lists include the following: * homophones * blends * vowel sounds * prefixes and suffixes * root words * compound words * words with silent letters * easily confused spellings * spelling multisyllable words * curriculum vocabulary The practice pages include the following: * the spelling list with spaces to read, write, and spell each word * word meaning (filling in missing spelling words in sentences, crossword puzzles, synonyms/antonyms) * exercises with phonetic elements and other types of word study * editing for spelling