The Zaner-Bloser Spelling Connections program provides students with explicit spelling instruction that will help them retain, internalize, and transfer spelling knowledge from their spelling assignments to all areas of life and literacy.

Structured around weekly spelling lists, each lesson delivers meaningful instruction and practice opportunities. Word lists are organized so students can see the relationships among words, visually reinforcing valuable pattern- and rule-based instruction. Diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments, along with integrated standardized test practice, are included to help teachers monitor progress and prepare students for testing.

The Student Edition provides comprehensive daily spelling practice by connecting spelling to thinking, phonics/ vocabulary, reading, and writing through engaging exercises and activities. This grade 5 workbook also includes "Writer's Workshop" enrichment activities along with "Extend and Transfer" exercises that provide word study questions as well as subject-specific context. 36 units, with include assessment and review units, are included. Grade 5 students will study vowel sounds oo and yoo, r-controlled vowels ur and ar, vowel diphthongs oi, oy, ou, ow, prefixes pre-, re-,post-, and co-, compound words, commonly confused words, and more.

Student Edition, 336 pages, softcover. Non-reproducible; consumable workbook. Grade 5.

This edition includes a three and five-day plan and includes differentiated word sorts to promote higher-level skill development in thinking, phonics/vocabulary, reading, and writing. "Spelling Tutor" QR codes have also been added; students can scan with a mobile phone to listen to the spelling words being spelled out loud and used in sentences.