Program Features

While Spelling Success in Action 2 has been written with Years 3-4 in mind, it can be used in any grade across Year 3-7.  Download the brochure to find full curriculum alignment.

Spelling Success in Action 2 lessons last for approximately 20 minutes per day. Each unit lasts for 4 days. 

Each student workbook lasts for 2 years of instruction making this a cost effective option for schools. 

As morphology instruction is grounded in language, all students can participate in learning the core concepts. Materials have been designed to provide teachers with the tools they need to challenge each student in a way that supports them.  The program includes differentiated word lists and stepped readers to support a range of learners. 

Spelling Success in Action covers prefixes and suffixes. This knowledge is then applied to spelling, vocabulary, comprehension and parts of speech to provide a full learning experience for students. 

While there are suggestions for content that enables teachers to work from simple to complex concepts and a suggested order of teaching, the order in which units are taught is ultimately at the discretion of schools. Knowledge of language is unconstrained, meaning that we will continue to learn it for our whole lives.  It is not necessary to teach units in a set order as we do with phonics.  

While instruction for its own sake will yield strong results, it is suggested that teachers take advantage of the logical connections that exist between curriculum areas.  Teachers have the opportunity to examine the vocabulary lists of learning across the curriculum, including text based units, and teach the content that aligns. This provides students with deeper learning across the board. 

Spelling Success in Action is designed to get great results using the physical resources only, however Resource Room members have access to introductory presentations and additional printable resources. 

Yes.  Findings from intervention studies and wider morphology instruction research have been used to inform the content and structure of this program. Download the brochure to find a summary of research links. 

Spelling Success in Action 2 focuses on morphology, however information about spelling rule/conventions is included for the teacher in each unit.  We recommend using the lessons inside Reading Success in Action 3 as 'catch up' work for phonics and foundational spelling rules in the Upper Primary and secondary grades. 

Teachers who have a Resource Room membership will find printable word strips and word spokes for students to glue into books, however the full workbook pages and assessment are only found in the hard copy student workbooks. 

The program has been designed with 8 units per term in mind. This allows teachers to use every 5th week as a consolidation week.

Yes. Each unit follows the same structure giving students the safety and security of knowing what is to come. However any strength overused can become a weakness. As such, it is suggested that every 5th week of instruction is treated as a consolidation week with hands on work and practical application of new learning. This might include word inquiry delving deeper into etymology, writing reader's theatre scripts featuring words from the preceding four weeks or reviewing the texts. Suggestion for creating a balance between low variance instruction and hands on application are included in the teacher guide.

Spelling Success in Action 3 is due for release mid 2024 and will cover Latin Bases and Greek combining forms.