From the Tables of Contents in Primary Montessori Language and Elementary Montessori Language:
First things first: exposure to the key 40-44 sounds in your dialect (presuming English language - numbers differ in each language). This is done through a keys-based experience with the presentation in the spoken language, writing, and phonetic reading portions of the language albums.
PRIMARY ALBUM: 
 
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Phonogram Cards | 
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Phonogram Alphabet Exploration  | 
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Phonogram Commands | 
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Research | 
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Spelling | 
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Dictionary | 
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Personal Dictionary | 
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Reading: Puzzle Words | 
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Puzzle Words (primarily reading, but helps with writing too) | 
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Reading: Function of Words | 
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All word lists can become dictation games.  | 
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Word Study | 
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All Word Study lists can become dictation games.  | 
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ELEMENTARY ALBUM
 
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Chapter II: Grammar
  and Syntax | 
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           All Word Study provides dictation exercises.  | 
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                        Introduction to Word
  Study | 
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                                    Suffixes | 
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                                    Prefixes | 
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                                    Compound
  Words | 
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                                    Word
  Families | 
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                                    Synonyms | 
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                        Parts of Speech | 
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                                   Each grammar box provides some spelling rules 
                                      on one level or another.  | 
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                                    Introduction
  to the Noun | 
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                                    Oral
  Presentation of the Noun | 
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                                    Grammar
  Box II: The Article | 
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                                    Definite
  and Indefinite Articles | 
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                                    Noun:
  Number | 
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                                    Noun:
  Gender | 
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                                    Classification
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                                                Common
  and Proper | 
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                                                Concrete
  and Abstract | 
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                                                Material
  and Collective | 
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                                                Classification
  of Abstract Nouns | 
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                                                Classification
  Chart | 
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                                    Grammar
  Box III: The Adjective | 
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                                                Adjective
  Command Cards & Classification | 
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                                                Comparison
  of Adjectives | 
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                                    Introduction
  to the Verb | 
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                                    Grammar
  Box IV: The Verb | 
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                                                Verb
  Commands and Synonyms | 
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                                    Other
  Grammar Boxes & Commands Cards - Notes | 
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                                    Grammar
  Box V: The Preposition | 
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                                    Grammar
  Box VI: The Adverb | 
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                                    Grammar
  Box VII: The Pronoun | 
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                                    Grammar
  Box VIII: The Conjunction | 
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                                    Grammar
  Box IX: The Interjection | 
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                                                Additional
  Grammar Symbols | 
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                                    Personal
  Pronouns | 
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                        Introduction to the
  Tenses of the Verb 
                                practice in changing the endings with the verb tense | 
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                                    Simple
  Tense: Present | 
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                                    Simple
  Tense: Past | 
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                                    Auxiliary
  Verbs | 
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                                    Simple
  Tense: Future | 
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                                    The
  Perfect Tenses | 
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                                    The
  Infinitive and Moods | 
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                                    Negative
  Form of the Verb | 
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Chapter III: Written Language | 
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            Written Language Part I & II | 
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            The Content of Children’s Work | 
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          Be checking for spelling issues here; develop the child's dictionary with words and needed rules from here.  
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Appendix: Vendolia’s Rules for Writers | 
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Appendix: Singular/Plural Chart | 
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Perfect guide :) I don't know what else to say - it's perfect :) Thanks for providing an easy-to-understand run down of what can make up the basis of a Montessori approach to spelling :)
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