3rd Grade Spelling Program: Lessons and Worksheets for an entire year! Curriculum Map
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A Spelling Program for a full year. This program includes the teaching guide with a strategic plan for students to ONLY practice the words they don't know, and NO PREP! Worksheets.
Program includes:
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36 units organized by a sequence of spelling patterns based on sound structure, function, and meaning, as well as high-frequency vocabulary.
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A 5-day teaching plan for each unit provides the skill focus, teaching tips, word list, introductory activities, skill exercises, independent practice, challenge words and review activities.
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A wealth of remediation, enrichment, tracking, and assessment tools is also included, and all components of this program are designed for flexibility so that you can meet the diverse needs of your students within a minimum of preparation.
Blacklines:
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The blackline masters support and extend the lessons in the program.
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36 carefully sequenced study units designed to increase student achievement in spelling.
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Each unit focuses on specific spelling patterns, as well as high-frequency vocabulary appropriate for this grade level. High-frequency words are marked with an asterisk.
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The independent word study exercises incorporate the multi sensory tasks identified as the most effective in current spelling research.
Section 1: Teacher Guide
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Instructional Approach
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Implementation of the Program
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Teaching Tip
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Word List
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Introducing the Skill Activities
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Applying the Skill Exercises
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Independent Practice Exercises
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Challenge Words: Syllabication Skills
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Review Activities
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Math Connections
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Spelling Through Writing: Cue Cards, “Have a Go” Book, Spelling Journal,
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Proofreading Checklist
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Modified Programming - Remediation and Enrichment
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Assessment: Self-Corrected Testing Procedure; Scoring Student Spelling;
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Recognizing Individual Progress; Error Analysis; Writing Records
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Recording Student Development
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Expected Learning Outcomes
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Tracking and Assessment Forms
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Scope and Sequence of Skills, Test Scores
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Booklet Cover
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Spelling Award
Section 2: Thirty Six Unit Teaching Plans
Reviews
Unit 1: Review of Short Vowels
Unit 2: Review of Consonant Blends
Digraphs
Unit 3: Digraphs ch, sh
Unit 4: Digraphs th, wh
Unit 5: 3-Letter Consonant Clusters
Long Vowels
Unit 6: Long Vowel /a/ in a_e, ai, ay
Unit 7: Long Vowel /e/ in e, ea, ee, ie, ey
Unit 8: Long Vowel /i/ in i, i_e, ie, igh
Unit 9: Long Vowel /o/ in o, oa, o_e, ow
Unit 10: Long Vowel /u/ in u, ue, u_e, ew
Vowels
Unit 11: Y as a Vowel
Unit 12: Vowel + r in ar, or
Unit 13: Vowel + r in er, ir, ur
Dipthongs
Unit 14: Dipthongs oi, oy
Unit 15: Dipthongs ou, ow
Units 16 to 19
Unit 16: Vowel + l and w Spelled au, aw, all, alk
Unit 17: 2 Sounds of Letters oo
Unit 18: Double Consonants
Unit 19: Suffixes ed, ing
Plurals
Unit 20: Regular Plurals s, es
Unit 21: Irregular Plurals
Units 22 to 24
Unit 22: Contractions
Unit 23: Hard and Soft g, c
Unit 24: Compound Words
Suffixes
Unit 25: Suffixes er, est, en
Unit 26: Suffixes ful, ly, ness
Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives
Unit 27: Nouns
Unit 28: Verbs
Unit 29: Adjectives
Silent Consonants
Unit 30: Silent Consonants
Homophones, Antonyms & Synonyms
Unit 31: Homophones
Unit 32: Antonyms
Unit 33: Synonyms
Units 34 to 36
Unit 34: Syllables
Unit 35: Prefix re_
Unit 36: Prefixes un_, dis
Section 3: Introductory Activities
Section 4: Independent Practice Exercises
Section 5: Review Activities
Section 6: Take Home Lists
Section 7: Forms for Activities and Games
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