Let’s practice spelling! ✏️
A daily type-the-word practice. The app says a word, uses it in a sentence, and your child types how to spell it from memory — the way spelling really works. It starts easy and grows with them. Offline & private — nothing leaves this device.
Grade 1Illinois / Common CoreType to spell📈 Progress
Daily practice scores and how mastery is building. All saved on this device.
Accuracy per run
Each bar is one practice run: the % of words spelled right on the first try. Multiple runs the same day show as (1), (2)…
💪 Strengths & 🎯 Focus areas
Updated automatically from every session — what’s solid, and exactly what to work on next with your child.
Mastery by skill
Click a skill to see its words. Mastered = spelled right and no longer re-asked · Learning = missed, still being practiced back · New = not started yet.
Recent runs
Each practice session is its own row — 2026-09-06 (1), (2), … for multiple runs the same day. Click a run to see which words were right or wrong.
| Run | Words | First-try correct | Accuracy |
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📊 Word scoreboard
Across every practice run so far: the words missed most often (worth extra practice) and the words gotten right most often. Counts are totals across all sessions.
💾 Backup & restore
Progress is saved automatically on this device. For the strongest safety net, link a save file — then it auto-saves after every test and loads automatically next time, even if the browser clears its data.
Or save / restore a backup file manually anytime:
🔊 Words
Every word in the app, by skill. Tap ▶ to hear how it's pronounced on its own. If one sounds wrong, type a “sounds-like” spelling in the fix box and press Save — the app will say it that way from then on (e.g. cat → kat).
These pronunciation fixes are saved on this device and included when you save a backup file.
📖 Guide for Parents & Teachers
What this app does, how to run it day to day, and exactly which spelling skills it covers.
How to use it (2 minutes to learn)
- Once a day, 10–15 minutes. Short and daily beats long and rare — that’s how spelling sticks.
- The app says a word, uses it in a sentence, says it again. Your child types it from memory — no letters shown, no multiple choice. Typing from memory is the skill that transfers to real writing.
- On a miss, the correct spelling appears and they retype it. Have them say the word, tap out the sounds, then type it. That “say-tap-write” fix is the important part — don’t skip it.
- Missed words come back sooner; words they nail keep stretching further apart until they “graduate.” You don’t manage any of this — just press Start.
- Each session targets what’s not yet solid — words he’s missing or still shaky on, plus the next new pattern he hasn’t learned. Already-mastered words are set aside (only spot-checked occasionally), so practice time goes where he actually needs to grow.
What each section teaches (full scope)
Every word in the app belongs to one of these 13 skills, taught roughly in this order. Click any skill to see all its words. Codes are the Illinois / Common Core standards (RF.1.3 = reading foundations; L.1.2 = writing conventions).
| Skill | What it teaches | Standard |
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The three things this child is working on
- “kat” → cat — when to use c vs k (c before a/o/u; k before e/i/y). This is an early skill, so it’s tackled first.
- “nise” → nice — the silent-e that makes a vowel long, and the soft “c” that sounds like /s/. This word needs both rules, which is why it’s tricky.
- “dot” → don’t — hearing the hidden “n” in words like tent/hand, plus contractions (the apostrophe stands in for missing letters). Contractions are an end-of-first-grade / early-second-grade skill, so it’s normal if this one lags.
Honest scope: this is original practice aligned to public Common Core / Illinois standards. It is not a copy of any commercial program and does not produce an official score. It runs offline and stores progress only on this device.