The Alberta Public School Speller / Authorized by the Minister of Education for Alberta

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
Breves and macrons are accurately represented (ă ĕ ā ē etc). Letter e with a dot above is represented by ė. Letters a and u with a diaeresis underneath are shown as a̤ and ṳ (using Unicode combining diacritical), and shown as ą and ų on handheld devices. ą and ų on handheld devices.
Obvious punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Authorized by the Minister of Education for Alberta.
TORONTO THE COPP, CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED
Copyright, Canada, 1910, by The Copp, Clark Company, Limited, Toronto, Ontario.
CHIEF FEATURES.
1. Choice of Words. There has been a careful selection of those words best suited for the various grades or years in school.
2. Grouping of Words. These words have been so grouped as to favor their being taught economically, and to impress upon the pupil that spelling rests largely upon a basis of law and order. In the earlier grades the sequence of lessons gives an orderly development of phonic forms; by this arrangement spelling and phonic reading can be made mutually helpful.
3. Dictation Exercises. These are so constructed as to give in the briefest space an adequate test of the words taught. They should be supplemented by sentences constructed by the pupil, embodying the new and difficult words he is learning.
4. Reviews. There are regular reviews at short intervals. Many of the hardest words appear several times, but with some change of context. At the end of each year's work there is given in alphabetical order a list of the most difficult words used therein.