Unit 1 Word Study

Week 1

Skill Focus: Suffixes -ed, -ing, -s, -er, -est

Spell words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants. 

Challenge words:
- magnified
- iciest
- interfering

Week 2

Skill Focus: Suffixes -ity, -ty, -ic, -ment

Spell words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants. 

Correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic high-frequency words. 

Skill Focus: Suffixes -ity, -ty, -ic, -ment

Challenge words:

- diversity

- requirement

- opportunity

Week 3

Skill Focus: Syllable Pattern VCe

Spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables.

Challenge words:

- meteorite

-  accumulate

- retaliate

Week 4

Skill Focus: Vowel Teams and Diagraphs

Spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables.

Challenge words:

- mayonnaise

- reasonable

- conceited

Week 5

Skill Focus: Prefixes mis-, en-, em-

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by spelling words using knowledge of prefixes. 

Challenge words:

- misinterpret

- misrepresent

- miscapsulate