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title: "Spelling | Beacon | Ilmiya Programs"
description: "Use sounds and spelling patterns to build and write words."
url: "https://ilmiya.com/programs/catalog/spelling/"
language: "en"
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[Beacon](https://ilmiya.com/programs/beacon/)Encoding

# Spelling

Use sounds and spelling patterns to build and write words.

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## Scope

English encoding from spoken sounds to written words. Practice connects sound segmentation with spelling patterns and their use in writing.

Program

[Beacon](https://ilmiya.com/programs/beacon/)

Subject

English Foundations

Learners

PreK–Grade 5

Format

Course & applet

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## Skills & knowledge

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Hear & segment

Identify the sounds in a spoken word.

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Sound to spelling

Choose letters and patterns to represent sounds.

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Word patterns

Practise familiar spelling patterns in related words.

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Apply & review

Use spelling in writing and return to patterns that need practice.

Part of a connected reading approach. [Read the IES foundational reading guidance](https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/PracticeGuide/21).

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## Worksheets

Printable resources to use alongside your teaching.

[All Beacon worksheets](https://ilmiya.com/activities/programs/beacon/)

-   [**Uppercase letter tracing**PreK–Grade 1PDF](https://ilmiya.com/activities/letter-tracing/)
-   [**Short-vowel word tracing**Beginning readers and writersPDF](https://ilmiya.com/activities/short-vowel-word-tracing/)
-   [**CVC listen and spell**Beginning readers and writersPDF](https://ilmiya.com/activities/cvc-listen-and-spell/)
-   [**Short-vowel word families**Beginning readers and writersPDF](https://ilmiya.com/activities/short-vowel-word-families/)
-   [**Grade 1: Short a**Grade 1PDF](https://ilmiya.com/activities/spelling-1-short-a/)
-   [**Grade 1: Short e i**Grade 1PDF](https://ilmiya.com/activities/spelling-1-short-e-i/)

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## More in Beacon

-   [**Phonics Blending**Decoding](https://ilmiya.com/programs/catalog/phonics-blending/)
-   [**Wordtrail**Handwriting](https://ilmiya.com/programs/catalog/wordtrail/)
-   [**SoundTrain**Letters & sounds](https://ilmiya.com/programs/catalog/soundtrain/)

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[Back to Beacon](https://ilmiya.com/programs/beacon/)

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