How to Spell 1, for students in grade one, teaches rules and generalizations, provides space for copying, contains exercises appropriate for their grade levels, and indicates when students should write words, phrases, and/or sentences from dictation. The book also includes instructions for the teacher on each page. No additional teacher key is necessary. Some of the lessons covered are Printing Name, Consonants, Practicing Short Vowels, Letter Combination (sh, ch, and th), Practicing Vowel-Consonant-e Sounds, The Ending -ed, and The Ending -ing.