Wild Tales
Wild Tales continues your student’s journey through the Skill Development stage. For the first seven weeks, your student will continue to work with the nursery rhyme theme from Jack and Jill before transitioning into nonfiction passages about animals beginning in Lesson 8. If you’re beginning your Spelling you See program on the Wild Tales level, you will want to take a little more time with the first few lessons in order to become familiar with this unique approach.
In Wild Tales, your child:
- Reads interesting nonfiction passages about animals
- Reads the passage with the instructor each day. Guided reading helps readers of all ability levels become familiar with the passage
- “Chunks” the appropriate letter patterns indicated for that day’s lesson
- Will have opportunities for copywork, free writing, and writing from dictation throughout the week

Wild Tales provides opportunities for students to study words in the context of factual passages about animals. Students mark various letter patterns, copy passages, and produce their own compositions or drawings. They also practice writing the passages from dictation with assistance. This level is for a student who knows letter sounds and can spell many common words correctly.
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Sample Lesson
A Typical Week
Wild Tales
Universal Set
This set includes everything you need:
- Instructor’s Handbook – Includes an introduction to the philosophy to Spelling You See, the “Getting Started” guide with an overview of the 36 lessons, and helpful information and resources
- Student Pack – Includes two student workbooks and erasable colored pencils
Wild Tales
Instructor’s Handbook
- Includes an introduction to the philosophy to Spelling You See, the “Getting Started” guide with an overview of the 36 lessons, and helpful information and resources.
Wild Tales
Student Pack
- Includes two student workbooks (workbooks are broken into part one and part 2) and erasable colored pencils.*Student Packs are great for an additional student, teaching multiple students on the same level, students in a class or co-op setting. Instruction materials not included and are necessary for use of this program.
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