With all of the changes that have come about with Common Core implementation I knew that it was time to change up my 5th grade spelling program. We still needed spelling practice, but we also needed to incorporate Greek and Latin roots, academic vocabulary, and be exposed to various types of sentences. Do students still need to be looking up words and noting parts of speech and definitions? Absolutely! It just looks a little different than when we were in school. So with all of this in mind, a