Which Words?

When creating a spelling unit several questions come to mind such as "Which words should we pick for spelling tests?" It turns out, this is not that difficult of a question. With modern computers we can analyze newspapers and books and quickly learn exactly which words are in common use.

Here are some words everyone should know how to spell, consider making them your first and second spelling tests:

a, and, are, as, at, be, for, from, have, he, his, I, in, is, it, of, on, that, the, they, this, to, was, with, you

Why should you know how to spell these words? Well, because they make up 25% of all written material!!! Learn how to spell another 75 words and you will know how to spell 50% of all written material. Seems like a safe place to start.