Practice that isn’t another screen
Pick a grade to see example words with what they mean and a sentence using each one. Then paste your own list — the one that came home this week — and Spell & Sum will make a page you can print. Try it now; the first few words are free.
One card. Paste a whole list and every word gets one, on a page you can print.
First sight words — the ones a child learns to read whole rather than sound out. Examples: look, play, jump, little, funny.
Short, high-frequency words that turn up in almost every sentence a child reads. Examples: after, again, every, under, give.
Words with trickier spellings than they sound, where copying them out is the point. Examples: because, before, always, only, those.
Longer sight words, plus the first words a child meets more in books than in speech. Examples: about, better, carry, drink, eight.
The vocabulary words that come home on a weekly list with a definition beside them. Examples: arrive, common, decide, weather, reason.
Academic words that show up across subjects — the ones worth knowing before middle school. Examples: achieve, column, estimate, observe, persuade.