Out of the 120 different levels on Rocket Spelling (not including review challenges), 22 of them focus on high-frequency words. Whereas the other 98 levels are designed to help students practice a certain spelling pattern or work on a related set of words, these levels can seem more random. Although expert lists vary somewhat, the words in our high-frequency levels are generally all included in a list of the top 1,200 most frequently-used words in the English language. They are critical words for students to learn. But what's the best way for students to attack them?

For each set of words on Rocket Spelling, there are two types of levels: practice and challenge. The practice level is multiple choice, and words that are missed are re-tested later in the list. The challenge level is harder: students must type the word in themselves (without answer choices being provided), and they only get one try for each word.

For each word set, the challenge level is locked by default. A student must first beat the practice level for a certain set of words to unlock that particular challenge level.

The first six levels on Rocket Spelling (levels 1-1 to 1-6) focus on short vowels. The 60 words in these levels all follow either a basic consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern or are simply two-letter words that begin with a short vowel and end with a consonant (e.g. am, if, on, us).

Our primary goal in these levels is to ensure that students gain complete mastery of the short vowel sounds.

Welcome to the official launch of Rocket Spelling!

With 1,200 words for your students to learn, practice levels that feel like a game and which reward the efforts and achievements of your students, and with live results available to you at a glance, RocketSpelling.com is designed to enable you to fully customize your classroom spelling program to meet the needs of all of your students.

Best of all, from now through September 30th, 2017, we're giving away Rocket Spelling classroom subscriptions for free!