Oxford Spelling

A flexible whole school
research-based spelling program

Planned and written by Dr Tessa Daffern, Oxford Spelling incorporates the latest spelling research into a flexible and practical classroom resource.

This comprehensive series enables teachers to teach spelling generalisations and strategies sequentially and explicitly, and connect spelling knowledge to reading, writing and other disciplines.

You can trust our expert authors and award-winning publishing team to support you with the tools needed to confidently implement the new Study Design, save time while lesson planning and ensure the best learning outcomes for your students.

Evaluation Pack

Confidently teach spelling sequentially and explicitly

Enables the teaching of spelling generalisations and strategies, and connects spelling knowledge to reading, writing and other disciplines.
Support students to build their spelling success

Cater for diverse learning needs and address classroom differentiation with a flexible whole class or group instruction program.
Expand student vocabulary and literacy skills

Uses high-frequency Oxford Wordlist words, Oxford Dictionaries and excerpts from fiction and non-fiction literary texts.
Apply research-based teaching to classroom practice

Teacher Handbooks and Oxford Owl Teacher Dashboards provide a rich offering of blended teaching support and resources.

View our latest Oxford Spelling on-demand webinar

In this webinar, Oxford Senior Publisher Joanna Lake, shares her knowledge about the latest research in spelling and using spelling metalanguage in the classroom.

You’ll learn more about phonology, orthography, and morphology and how incorporating these components into your teaching strategies can help build student autonomy and confidence in their spelling.

Confidently implement curriculum-aligned spelling

Oxford Spelling is aligned to the latest Australian, NSW and Victorian curricula, with support for the ACARA Literacy Progressions.

This comprehensive series enables teachers to teach spelling generalisations and strategies, connect spelling knowledge to reading, writing and other disciplines.

Help support students build upon their spelling success

Oxford Spelling’s full colour Student Books provide a systematic exploration of words through phonology, orthography and morphology.

The full colour Student Books also feature ‘Bringing it together’ activities to allow for practice and consolidation of the phonological, orthographic and morphological skills.

Student Workbooks provide targeted opportunities that enable students to learn spelling rules and generalisations.

Links to Oxford resources and phonics sequence

The series includes links to the Oxford Wordlist, Oxford Dictionaries and the phonic sequence of our phonics-based literacy.

Oxford Spelling allows for exposure to rich vocabulary for spelling practice through dictionary activities and includes a glossary of useful terms that link to our Oxford Wordlist.

Within the Student Workbooks, glossary terms are highlighted so that students can remind themselves of key terminology. Oxford Wordlist high frequency words are covered across Years F–2, reinforcing the use and spelling of much-used vocabulary.