Spelling Grades 3/4 Curriculum Map

Spelling lessons based on phonics which many teachers feel is the most effective way for children to learn to spell. These lessons are written primarily for students in grades three and four. Students of above average ability in mid to late grade three will benefit from the approach used, which is based upon sound theories of spelling, used by experienced teachers for many years.

For students of average ability in grade four, the lessons will serve as a very good review of some of the important principles of spelling. For many students in grade three who are having difficulty in reading and/or spelling, the lessons will serve as an excellent remedial aid that will assist them in building the skills necessary to become good readers/spellers.

Fifteen lessons and three review lessons cover these topics:

• short vowels

• long vowels

• rhyming words

• plurals

• rules of syllabication

• blends

• digraphs

• prefixes

• suffixes

• word meanings

• alphabetization

Recommended Schedule: The schedule below is recommended for the lessons, with sessions lasting approximately fifteen to twenty minutes.

Day One

Have students read over each of the words in the word list, paying close attention to the focus of each lesson, (long a, short a, consonant blends etc.) which is found directly below each word list. Provide students with a spelling notebook, and have them write out the words in the word list two times each. Check their work for accuracy when they have finished and have them write out any misspelled words.

Day Two

Have students complete all of the questions in Exercise A, writing the answers in the spaces provided, and then mark their work. Have them correct any mistakes which they have made.

Day Three

Have students complete all of the questions in Exercise B, following the procedure outlined in day two.

Day Four

Give students a dictation in the notebook you have provided, making sure to start on a fresh page, where no other words are visible. Or copy the dictation lists with the lessons.

To give a dictation, take the words from the word list, in random order, and do it like this:

Educator says - "The first word is dog. The dog ran down the street - dog. Now carefully write the word dog." The child now writes the word dog in his/her notebook. After all of the words have been written, correct them and the score is placed in the space provided. The same procedure should be followed for all of the lessons in the book.

Lessons cover:

Lesson 1 - Short 'a' and words ending in "ed, ing' that have a short vowel in the middle, usually double the consonants when adding the word ending

Lesson 2 - Short 'e' and consonant blends and syllables with short e

Lesson 3 - Short 'i' and words ending in "ed, ing' that have a short vowel in the middle, usually double the consonants when adding the word ending

Lesson 4 - Short 'o' and blends and syllables 

Lesson 5 - Short 'u' and words with a short vowel in the middle followed by a consonant, usually double the consonant with word ending in "ed, ing' 

Lessons 6 - Reviews the words covered in Lessons 1 to 5

Lesson 7 - 'ar' words, synonyms and suffixes 

Lesson 8 - 'or' words, adding and subtracting letters to make new words, and syllables

Lesson 9 - 'ir', 'ur' and 'er' letter combinations, making words by breaking the letter code and plurals

Lesson 10 - 'oi' and 'oy' letter combinations, break the code, sentence writing and suffixes

Lesson 11 - 'ow' and 'ou' letter combinations, break the code, sentence writing and alphabetical order

Lesson 12 - reviews all of the words in lessons 7 to 11

Lesson 13 - long 'a' words - the long 'a' sound is made by the 'ai', 'a-e', and 'ay' letter groups - words in a sentence, syllables and blends 

Lesson 14 - the long 'e' sound words  in this lesson contain 'ee', 'e-e', 'ie' and 'ea' letter combinations - combining beginning and endings to make words, completing sentences and unscrambling words

Lesson 15 - the long 'i' sound words in this lesson contain 'i-e', igh', 'ie', letter combinations -using words in a sentence, blends, plurals and completing sentences

Lesson 16 - the long 'o' sound words in this lesson contain 'oa', 'o-e', 'ow', 'old', 'olt' - combining beginning and ending to make words, completing sentences with correct words and alphabetical order

Lesson 17 -the long 'u' sound words in this lesson contain  'oo', 'u-e', 'ew', 'o' -  combining beginning and ending to make words, completing sentences with correct words and unscrambling words

Review Lesson 18 - review lesson from lessons 13 to 17 using the letter combinations of long vowels 'a,e,i,o and u' 

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