Stage 1

Welcome to Stage 1

We are creating confident, strategic spellers with Spelling Mastery. Through this program we are aiming to:

• Promote long-term retention and mastery of spelling words, facts and rules

• Help students prepare for national testing

• Use a research-proven method in order to see a measurable difference in spelling ability and results

In just 15-20 minutes a day, we can teach your children the strategies they need to become successful lifelong spellers and give them the confidence to tackle challenges such as national testing. Spelling Mastery is a research based program that employs the Direct Instruction (DI) method to enable us as teachers to deliver highly interactive, structured lessons that help our students, your children, learn dependable spelling skills.
Spelling Mastery has identified three approach strategies — phonemic, morphemic and whole-word — that enable students to learn about the relationship between sounds, word parts and spelling patterns and apply these principles to their writing.
The DI method used by Spelling Mastery goes beyond rote memorisation to help us make a measurable difference in classroom achievement — studies have shown that Spelling Mastery is able to raise the spelling skills of students by at least one year above their grade level norms, with these gains being retained for longer.