Word Factory

Free spelling and vocabulary practice for kids in grades 1 to 5. 30 skills across 33 levels, every one tied to a benchmark from Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts. No sign up, no ads, nothing a child types leaves the device.

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What your child practises, grade by grade

Each grade is a separate ladder. A child picks their grade and climbs it, and the last level mixes every skill in that grade.

Grade 16 skills · 6 levels

digraphs and blends, r-controlled vowels, silent e, sight words, word endings and capital letters.

Sounds and spelling patternsELA.1.F.1.3
Sight wordsELA.1.F.1.4
Everyday wordsELA.1.V.1.1
Word endingsELA.1.V.1.2
Working out a new wordELA.1.V.1.3
Capital letters and sentencesELA.1.C.3.1

Grade 26 skills · 6 levels

vowel teams and diphthongs, syllable types, base words and affixes, plurals, contractions and possessives.

Vowel teams and syllablesELA.2.F.1.3
Reading words smoothlyELA.2.F.1.4
Words for school and booksELA.2.V.1.1
Base words and affixesELA.2.V.1.2
Context cluesELA.2.V.1.3
Plurals, contractions and possessivesELA.2.C.3.1

Grade 36 skills · 7 levels

Greek and Latin roots, derivational suffixes, multiple-meaning words, irregular plurals and irregular past tense.

Roots, suffixes and long wordsELA.3.F.1.3
Reading longer wordsELA.3.F.1.4
Academic wordsELA.3.V.1.1
Greek and Latin rootsELA.3.V.1.2
Words with more than one meaningELA.3.V.1.3
Irregular plurals and past tenseELA.3.C.3.1

Grade 46 skills · 7 levels

syllabication in long words, roots and affixes together, figurative language, fragments, run-ons and subject-verb agreement.

Breaking apart long wordsELA.4.F.1.3
Tricky spellingsELA.4.F.1.4
Academic vocabularyELA.4.V.1.1
Roots and affixes togetherELA.4.V.1.2
Figurative language and word choiceELA.4.V.1.3
Sentences, agreement and conjunctionsELA.4.C.3.1

Grade 56 skills · 7 levels

morphology in long words, affixes and parts of speech, shades of meaning, clauses, modals and consistent tense.

Morphology in long wordsELA.5.F.1.3
Words people misspellELA.5.F.1.4
Academic vocabularyELA.5.V.1.1
Affixes and parts of speechELA.5.V.1.2
Shades of meaningELA.5.V.1.3
Clauses, modals and tenseELA.5.C.3.1

How it works

Pick a grade, type a first nameThat is the whole sign-up. The name is stored in the browser and never sent anywhere.

Climb the levelsClear one to unlock the next. Three stars for a perfect round, and a mixed challenge that draws from every skill in the grade.

Wrong answers explain themselvesEvery question carries a worked explanation, and a help card giving the standard's own method without giving the answer away.

A report card at the endQuestions answered, accuracy, skills practised and the benchmarks behind them, downloadable as an image.

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