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Weekly Speller is an old-school app that does a straightforward job with spelling practice. Ron Swerdfeger created it for his own kids to use, and its bright colors and visually uncluttered look suggest that its natural audience would be children in the K-3 range. However, older students could use it, too, since the advantage with Weekly Speller is that users can add their own spelling lists to it.
To add your own spelling words, use the Edit menu and choose New Spelling List. There will be fields available for the words, as well as for two misspellings of each word and a sentence for use in the Sentence games. I used the opportunity to write silly sentences about my own kids, so they would look forward to finding them.
There's nothing wrong with Weekly Speller, but there are more polished offerings developed over the last twenty years or so (e.g., JumpStart Spelling) that are available from online resellers for the same price or less. On the other hand, some of the popular customizable spelling software packages marketed to parents sell for $40-$90, so compared to that the $10 Weekly Speller program seems like a bargain.
--Leigh Anne Jones
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