Word Study

Unit 1: Compsition and Foundational Writing Skills

Lesson 1:

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.

Suffixes -ed, -ing, -s, -er, -est

Challenge words:
- magnified
- iciest
- interfering

Lesson 2:

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.

Suffixes -ity, -ty, -ic, -ment

Challenge words:
- diversity
- requirement
- opportunity

Lesson 3:

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

Syllable Pattern VCe

Challenge words:
- meteorite
- accumulate
- retaliate

Lesson 4:

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

Vowel Teams and Diagraphs

Challenge words:
- mayonnaise
- reasonable
- conceited

Lesson 5:

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

Prefixes mis-, en-, em-

Challenge words:
- misinterpret
- misrepresent
- miscapsulate

Unit 2: Compsition and Foundational Writing Skills

Lesson 1:

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge.

Plurals

Challenge words:
- eyelashes
- ambulances
- inventories

Lesson 2:

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

Vowel Diphthongs: ou, ow, oi, oy

Challenge words:
- corduroy
- annoyance
- trapezoid

Lesson 3:

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge.

Irregular Plurals

Challenge words:
- embargoes
- nebulae
- phenomena

Lesson 4:

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patters.

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by spelling multisyllabic words using advanced knowledge of syllable division patterns.

Greek Roots: bio, phon, scope, graph, meter, tele

Challenge words:
- kaleidoscope
- biodegradable
- cacophony

Lesson 5:

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge.

Latin Roots: terr, rupt, tract, aqua, dict

Challenge words:
- jurisdiction
- corruption
- extractable

Unit 3: Compsition and Foundational Writing Skills

Lesson 1:

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge.

Related Words

Challenge words:
- origin
- original
- originality

Lesson 2:

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

r-Controlled Vowels

Challenge words:
- deterrent
- oratory
- affirmative

Lesson 3:

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

Final Stable Syllables

Challenge words:
- ocassion
- separation
- example

Lesson 4:

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.

Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V

Challenge words:
- pretentious
- civilian
- spontaneous

Lesson 5:

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge.

Silent Letters

Challenge words:
- pneumonia
- fascination
- acquiesce

Unit 4: Compsition and Foundational Writing Skills

Lesson 1:

Spell words using knowledge of prefixes.

Greek and Latin Word Parts

Challenge words:
- amphibolite
- autoclave
- transcendent

Lesson 2:

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final constants.

Suffixes -able, -ible

Challenge words:
- illegible
- irreparable
- inevitable

Lesson 3:

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns.

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by spelling words using advanced knowledge of syllable division patterns.

Syllable Pattern VV

Challenge words:
- diaphanous
- conspicuous
- virtuous

Lesson 4:

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

Prefixes im-, in-, ir-

Challenge words:
- intolerant
- incompetent
- irresponsible

Lesson 5:

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by spelling homophones.

Homophones

Challenge words:
- principle
- principal
- colonel

Unit 5: Compsition and Foundational Writing Skills

Lesson 1:

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge.

Latin Roots: gener, port, dur, ject

Challenge words:
- portmanteau
- trajectory
- obdurate

Lesson 2:

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

Words with -en, -ent, -ence

Challenge words:
- opalescent
- fraudulent
- divergent

Lesson 3:

Spell multisyllabic words iwth 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.

Multisyllabic Words

Challenge words:
- conscience
- conscious
- hatchet

Lesson 4:

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

Words with dis-, over-, non-, under-

Challenge words:
- overabundance
- nonchalant
- underestimate

Lesson 5:

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

Words with sub-, inter-, fore-

Challenge words:
- subcontinent
- interference
- foreseeable

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