DOCUMENT RESUME ED 425 415 CS 013 301 TITLE Spelling, Grades 1-6: Skills-Based Scope and Sequence Guide. Target Skills & Sample Assessment Methods. INSTITUTION Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 151p. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Alphabetizing Skills; Capitalization (Alphabetic); Classroom Techniques; *Curriculum Development; Elementary Education; *Elementary School Curriculum; Instructional Improvement; Learning Strategies; Spelling; *Spelling Instruction; State Curriculum Guides; Student Evaluation; Suffixes; Teacher Developed Materials; *Word Lists IDENTIFIERS Dictionary Skills; Idaho; Scope and Sequence ABSTRACT Developed by a team of teachers, parents, school board members, community representatives, patrons, and Idaho State Department of Education specialists, this skills-based scope and sequence guide is organized around a suggested list of spelling skills for the use of teachers of grades 1-6. The guide's purpose is to help build a basis for curriculum development, instructional strategy, and assessment practices, and provide consistency across the state in what is being taught and learned. The guide includes sample assessment methods. The guide lists processes for each skill, thinking levels for each skill, and application of the same three thinking levels to the assessment method. (CR) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************************************