Unit 3 Word Study

Week 1

Skill Focus: Related Words

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge.

Challenge words:

- origin

- original

- originality

Week 2

Skill Focus: r-Controlled Vowels

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

Challenge words:

- deterrent

- oratory

- affirmative

Week 3

Skill Focus: Final Stable Syllables

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

Challenge words:

- occasion

- separation

- example

Week 4

Skill Focus: Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V

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

Spell words using advanced knowledge of syllable division patterns.

Challenge words:

- pretentious

- civilian

- spontaneous

Week 5

Skill Focus: Silent Letters

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge.

Challenge words:

- pneumonia

- fascination

- acquiesce