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4th Grade Spelling Program 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:

  • 36 units organized by a sequence of spelling patterns based on sound structure, function, and meaning, as well as high-frequency vocabulary.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Worksheets:

  • The worksheet support and extend the lessons in the program.

  • 36 carefully sequenced study units designed to increase student achievement in spelling.

  • 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.

  •      The independent word study exercises incorporate the multi sensory tasks identified as the most effective in current spelling research.

Section 1: Teacher Guide

  • Instructional Approach

  • Implementation of the Program

  • Teaching Tip

  • Word List

  • Introducing the Skill Activities

  • Applying the Skill Exercises

  • Independent Practice Exercises

  • Challenge Words: Syllabication Skills

  • Review Activities

  • Spelling Through Writing: Cue Cards, “Have a Go” Book, Spelling Journal,

  • Proofreading Checklist

  • Modified Programming - Remediation and Enrichment

  • Assessment: Self-Corrected Testing Procedure; Scoring Student Spelling;

  • Recognizing Individual Progress; Error Analysis; Writing Records

  • Recording Student Development

  • Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Tracking and Assessment Forms

  • Scope and Sequence of Skills, Test Scores

  • Booklet Cover

  • Spelling Award 

Section 2: Thirty Six Unit Teaching Plans

Unit 1: Letter Consonant Blends

Unit 2: Letter Consonant Blends

Unit 3: Vowels with ch, tch, ge, dge

Unit 4: Hard and Soft c, g

Unit 5: Short and Long Vowel a

Unit 6: Short and Long Vowel e

Unit 7: Short and Long Vowel i

Unit 8: Short and Long Vowel o

Unit 9: Short and Long vowel u

Unit 10: ie or ei

Unit 11: Vowels + r

Unit 12: Multiple Spellings of /er/

Unit 13: Multiple Spellings of /air/ and /ear/

Unit 14: Words with ure

Unit 15: Dipthongs oi, oy

Unit 16: Dipthongs ou, ow

Unit 17: Words with au, aw, al, wa

Unit 18: Silent Consonants

Unit 19: Multiple Spellings of /f/ and /kw/

Unit 20: Suffixes ed, ing

Unit 21: Suffixes ed, ing, es with Silent e Rule

Unit 22: Comparative Suffixes er, est

Unit 23: Regular and Irregular Plurals

Unit 24: Compound Words

Unit 25: Syllable Pattern VC/CV

Unit 26: Syllable Pattern V/CV, VC/V

Unit 27: Words with le, al, el

Unit 28: Words with ain, en, in, on

Unit 29: Words with ion

Unit 30: Contractions

Unit 31: Possessives

Unit 32: Prefixes

Unit 33: Prefixes

Unit 34: Suffixes ly, ful, less, ness

Unit 35: Irregular Verbs

Unit 36: Homophones

Section 3: Introductory Activities

Section 4: Independent Practice Exercises

Section 5: Review Activities

Section 6: Take Home Spelling Lists

Section 7: Forms for Activities and Games

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