GRADE 6 SPELLING

Grade 6 Spelling Program

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Ages 11-12Advanced Level20 Word Lists329+ Words36 Weeks

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What Your Child Will Learn

Our grade 6 program builds essential spelling skills through engaging, age-appropriate activities

College-prep vocabularyAdvanced morphologyFrench etymologyAcademic writing termsTest prep vocabularyDomain expertise

Grade 6 Spelling Lists

Practice with our curated word lists designed for grade 6 learners

Fry Sight Words List 25 (Words 601–700)

25 wordsFry

Fry Sight Words List 26 (Words 701–800)

25 wordsFry

Fry Sight Words List 27 (Words 801–900)

25 wordsFry

Fry Sight Words List 28 (Words 901–1000)

25 wordsFry

ELA Literary Terms (Advanced)

10 words

World History & Civilization Terms

10 words

Grammar and Parts of Speech

10 words

Geography Terms

10 words

Government Systems

10 words

Argument and Debate Terms

10 words

Computer Science Vocabulary

10 words

Greek & Latin Affixes

10 words

Statistics & Probability Terms

10 words

Algebra Terms

10 words

Latin & Foreign Phrases

10 words

Literary Devices & Figurative Language

10 words

Biological Classification Levels

7 words

6th Grade Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2)

75 words

6th Grade Math Vocabulary (Common Core)

15 words

6th Grade Science Vocabulary

12 words

Research-Backed

Why We Teach Word Origins

When children understand why words are spelled a certain way, spelling becomes logical rather than random memorization.

Democracy

From Greek "demos" (people) + "kratos" (rule). Democracy is "rule by the people."

Analyze

From Greek "analyein" meaning "to break apart." Greek verbs ending in -yein became -yze in English.

Etymology instruction improves spelling retention by up to 40%. Based on Templeton & Bear (2018), reading and spelling research.

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