Students will take the pretest for each unit on Monday (or Tuesday if we are off school on Monday). Based on the score of the pretest, students will be assigned a level for that spelling unit which will determine their word list for the unit test on Friday. Each level is represented by a shape (circle, diamond, or square). Students' level may differ each week depending on the unit. 

Here is a break down of the pretest scores that determine the level. 

0-9 = emerging (circle)

10-17 = on level (diamond) 

18-20 = challenge (square) 

Throughout the week, students will work on the unit pages. This may be assigned as homework if not completed in class. 

Here is a list of the units that will be done throughout the year. We will skip the review units. 

Units: 

1. Long a, Long e

2. Long i, Long o

3. Vowel Sounds: /oo/, /yoo/

4. Vowel sounds- short o spelled like aw, oa, au

5. Short Vowel Sounds

6. Review (skip)

7. Vowel Changes

8. Final Schwa With I

9. Final schwa +n; final schwa with r

10. r-Controlled Vowel: /ur/

11. r-Controlled Vowels: /ar/

12. Review (skip)

13.  r-Controlled Vowels: /or/, /ir/ 

14.  Vowel Diphthongs: oi, oy, ou, ow

15. Prefixes: pre-, re-, post-, co-

16. Suffixes: -er, -est, -ed, -ing 

17. Consonant Sounds: /k/, /s/

18. Review (skip)

19. Consonant Changes

20. Syllable Division Practice

21. Endings: -en, -ize

22. Compound Words

23. Commonly Confused Terms

24. Review (skip)

25. Suffixes: -or, -er, -ist 

26. Regular & Irregular Plurals

27. Prefixes: bi-, mid-, semi-, tri-

28. Complex Consonant: soft g

29. Suffixes: -ty, -ity, -ness, -ment, -ive

30. Review (skip) 

31. Frequently Misspelled Words

32. Suffixes: -ous, -ish, -ant, -ic

33. Synonyms & Antonyms

34. Greek & Latin Roots 

35. Greek and Latin Suffixes