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1. My grandmother says all babys are deer.

2. Mr. Martin is going to raize tiney roses in his garden.

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1. April

2. babies

�. over

�. hello

�. even

�. we

7. silent

�. tiny

�. menu

10. future

11. dear

12. raise

1�. white

1�. used

1�. those

1�. bonus word

17. bonus word

Correlated to StateStandards

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Sample Pages from Grade 3

SentencesforDictation.............................................. 1

WordStrips................................................................. 3

SampleWeek26......................................................... 4

Scope and Sequence

Grade1....................................................................... 8

Grade2....................................................................... 9

Grade3....................................................................... 10

Grade4....................................................................... 11

Grade5....................................................................... 12

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Sentences for DictationTherearetwodictationsentencesforeachspellinglist .SpaceforsentencedictationisprovidedonWednesdayofeachweekandonFriday’stestform(page142) .

•Askstudentstolistentothecompletesentenceasyoureadit .•Havestudentsrepeatthesentence .•Readthesentenceinphrases,repeatingeachphraseonetimeclearly .•Havestudentsrepeatthephrase .•Allowtimeforstudentstowritethephrase .•Readthesentenceagain,havingstudentstoucheachwordasyousayit .

Week Dictation Sentences1 Were they always playing that great game?

Jay is afraid of things with eight legs.

2 Has she seen the sea very many times?I believe I left my lunch between those seats.

3 Don’t swim while the shark is close by.Why did you shine that light in my eye?

4 Will your pocket hold most of the toy rockets?The king often sat on his gold throne.

5 Touch the cute, young kitten under its chin.Carlos invented a new fuel for humans to use.

6 The wind blew the blue kite above the trees.Do you know where you will live when you move?

7 Will the wind carry my pretty balloon off to Mississippi?Is the artist willing to draw a different pattern?

8 The note he received told who is getting the prize.Are you coming to the swimming party I’m having?

9 The price of uniforms usually stayed the same.Her niece tried to float an ice cube.

10 The teacher and her children went everywhere together.Where do you think we need to search for it?

11 Everyone came to school without their homework today.Was everybody scared by the earthquake?

12 That tough kid called the small boy an awful name.Bob brought his strongest rope along on our camping trip.

13 The ladies cried when the story was finally over.My family gave me toys and shoes as a surprise.


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Week Dictation Sentences14 Is it true that the school has good food?

Maggie chewed on cookies until she was full.

15 The boy joined his dad for a voyage across the sea.His choice was oysters and chocolate pudding for dinner.

16 I’m sure we’re going where they’re going.The clock doesn’t work, so they’re always late.

17 You should follow that group to the old house.My cousin ran around town until she found her dog.

18 Did April’s pet rabbit have those tiny white babies?Pat raised the flag over her head.

19 I’m too tired to read the book again.Does some of the money need to be given to Mother?

20 Clean up the spilled cereal and put it in the carton.Could the guards save the city from danger?

21 Can I learn to be a nurse and work all around the world?Burt stirred the fire and turned the meat on the grill.

22 Farmer Brown takes care of her large horse every morning.Aren’t you going to read the warning on the chart?

23 The thoughtless boy was cold because he threw away his jacket.It’s wonderful to watch water flow over a cliff.

24 Take two dollars to the store and buy some sugar.Doctor Hunter said my leg will be better in forty days.

25 Her nephew was unhappy when he lost the photograph.Happily, his cough was better by Friday.

26 My neighbor thinks she saw a ghost climb on a tree limb.The postman knew the wrong name was written on the letter.

27 If you work too quickly, you will make careless mistakes.Everyone is joyful when Tina tells her funniest jokes.

28 I heard Mother call out a friendly greeting early this morning.Measure some milk and break an egg into the bowl.

29 Our mother wrote her letter on a piece of pretty paper.We must wait an hour for the bus that goes to their house.

30 It’s all right to open the beautiful presents now.People went straight to the hospital after the train crash.

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Sentences for DictationGRADE 3


Week Dictation Sentences14 Is it true that the school has good food?

Maggie chewed on cookies until she was full.

15 The boy joined his dad for a voyage across the sea.His choice was oysters and chocolate pudding for dinner.

16 I’m sure we’re going where they’re going.The clock doesn’t work, so they’re always late.

17 You should follow that group to the old house.My cousin ran around town until she found her dog.

18 Did April’s pet rabbit have those tiny white babies?Pat raised the flag over her head.

19 I’m too tired to read the book again.Does some of the money need to be given to Mother?

20 Clean up the spilled cereal and put it in the carton.Could the guards save the city from danger?

21 Can I learn to be a nurse and work all around the world?Burt stirred the fire and turned the meat on the grill.

22 Farmer Brown takes care of her large horse every morning.Aren’t you going to read the warning on the chart?

23 The thoughtless boy was cold because he threw away his jacket.It’s wonderful to watch water flow over a cliff.

24 Take two dollars to the store and buy some sugar.Doctor Hunter said my leg will be better in forty days.

25 Her nephew was unhappy when he lost the photograph.Happily, his cough was better by Friday.

26 My neighbor thinks she saw a ghost climb on a tree limb.The postman knew the wrong name was written on the letter.

27 If you work too quickly, you will make careless mistakes.Everyone is joyful when Tina tells her funniest jokes.

28 I heard Mother call out a friendly greeting early this morning.Measure some milk and break an egg into the bowl.

29 Our mother wrote her letter on a piece of pretty paper.We must wait an hour for the bus that goes to their house.

30 It’s all right to open the beautiful presents now.People went straight to the hospital after the train crash.

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1. ghost

2. neighbor

�. high

�. knew

�. knot

�. unknown

7. rewrap

�. wrong

�. written

10. wrapper

11. unwrap

12. climb

1�. limb

1�. gnaw

1�. gnat

1�. bonus word

17. bonus word

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Visual MemoryFindthewordshidinginthispuzzle .

g h o s t k n e w z

n e i g h b o r r w

k x g g i r l e i r

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1. gost �. knot �. rong 1�. limb

2. naybor �. knoo 10. written 1�. naw

�. hi 7. unknone 11. onwrap

�. gnat �. rewrap 12. clim

1�. The ribbon was tied in a not.

1�. Little nats flew around the fruit tree.

17. A lim broke off the tree during the storm.





Visual MemoryFindthewordshidinginthispuzzle .

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1. gost �. knot �. rong 1�. limb

2. naybor �. knoo 10. written 1�. naw

�. hi 7. unknone 11. onwrap

�. gnat �. rewrap 12. clim

1�. The ribbon was tied in a not.

1�. Little nats flew around the fruit tree.

17. A lim broke off the tree during the storm.





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ghost limb knot unwrap

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Write the correct prefix in front of each word .

un means “not”unhappy means “not happy”unhappy means “not happy”unhappy

re means “again”reread means “read again”

1. My cat tore the paper on the gift, so Mother had to it. it.(wrap)

2. The name of the artist was .(known)

�. People were of what to do after the earthquake. of what to do after the earthquake.(sure)

�. My homework paper was messy, so I had to it.(write)

�. the present to see what is inside.(Wrap)

�. Uncle Ted must the fence every five years. the fence every five years.(paint)

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Week Focus Page

1Spell short a words;Recognize a as a special word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2 Spell short i words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3 Spell words in the -an and -at families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

4Review short a and i words;Review the -an word family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

5Spell short u words;Recognize to as a special word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

6Spell short u words;Recognize I as a special word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

7Review short i, a, and u words;Recognize the special vowel sound in put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

8Spell short o words;Recognize the as a special word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

9Spell short e words;Spell words in the -et word family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

10Review short o, i, and e words;Recognize the -op and -en word families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

11Review short e, a, and o words;Practice with rhyming words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

12 Spell plural forms of words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

13 Spell words that end with ll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

14Spell words with the initial or fi nal consonant digraph sh;Recognize rhyming words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Scope and Sequence


Week Focus Page

15Spell long a words with silent e;Recognize the short u sound in come . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

16Spell long i words with silent e;Spell words with the long i sound spelled y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

17 Review long a and i words with silent e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

18 Spell words with the long e sound spelled e and ee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

19Spell words with the long o sound;Recognize do and you as special words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

20Review words with long vowel sounds made with a silent e;Review words with the long e sound spelled ee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

21 Spell plural forms of words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

22 Spell words that end in nt and nd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

23 Spell words with initial or fi nal st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

24 Spell words with the vowel digraphs ay and oa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

25 Review words in the -all, -ill, and -ell word families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

26 Spell words with the vowel digraph ow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

27 Spell words with ar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

28 Spell words with double consonants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

29Spell words with the vowel digraph aw;Spell words with the initial consonant digraph th;Recognize what as a special word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

30Spell words with the vowel sound in book;Practice present and past tense words;Spell words in the -ook, -ood, and -and word families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136


GRADE 1

Scope & Sequence



Week Focus

1 Spell short vowel words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2 Spell short vowel words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3 Spell short i and a short words;Spell words in the -all and -and families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

4Spell short vowel words;Spell words with or;Recognize homophones four and for;Recognize the words I and we . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

5 Review short vowel words;Spell long vowel words with silent e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

6 Spell words with the long e sound spelled e or ee;Spell short o words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

7Spell long o and long a words;Recognize the vowel sound in do;Spell words in the -ind family;Add the ending -ing with no change to the base word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

8Review long and short vowel words;Spell words with the consonant digraph th;Recognize the short u sound in was and of;Recognize the vowel sound in a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

9Review short u, long u, and long o words;Recognize the short u sound in some and come;Add the ending -ing after doubling the final consonant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

10Review long a and long i words;Spell the vowel sounds in help, here, and want;Add the ending -ing after dropping the silent e;Recognize homophones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

11Spell words with the final consonant blends nd and st;Spell words with the final consonant digraph th;Spell words with the /k/ sound spelled ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

12Spell words with the long i or long e sound spelled y;Review short and long vowel spelling patterns;Study contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

13 Practice spelling words with double consonants;Distinguish between one- and two-syllable words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

14 Spell words in the -oat, -ong, and -all families;Spell words with the vowel digraph aw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

15 Spell words with the vowel digraphs ai and ay;Review long a words with silent e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

16Spell words with the vowel digraph oo;Recognize the two sounds of oo;Spell words with the initial consonant digraph wh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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17 Spell words with the vowel digraphs ow and ou;Recognize the two sounds of ow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

18 Spell words with r-controlled vowels spelled er, ir, ur, and ar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

19 Spell words with initial consonant blends fl , bl, and st;Spell words in the -ore, -ew, and -ing families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

20Spell words ending in ve;Spell words with the consonant blends fr and ld;Spell words with the fi nal consonant digraph ch;Recognize the short u sound spelled ove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

21Spell words with the initial /y/ sound;Review long i words with the silent e;Spell words with the initial consonant blend dr;Spell words with the vowel digraph aw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

22Spell words with diphthongs oi and oy;Spell words that end with -ther or -ter;Distinguish between one-, two-, and three-syllable words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

23 Spell words with fi nal consonant digraphs th and sh;Spell words with fi nal consonant blends ng and nk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

24Review words with the long i or long e sound spelled y;Spell words with the long e sound spelled ea;Spell words with initial blends tr and fl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

25Spell words with initial consonant blends tr and st;Add the ending -ed after doubling the fi nal consonant;Spell say and said;Spell words with the short u sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

26 Spell words with a fi nal k or ck;Review the two sounds of the vowel digraph oo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

27Spell words with the blends pr, br, and ft;Spell two-syllable words;Review long a words with silent e;Spell words with the initial consonant digraph ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

28Spell words with the vowel sound in put and could;Spell words with the diphthongs ou and ow;Recognize the short u sound in something . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

29Review long and short vowel sounds;Listen for the initial consonant digraph th;Spell two- and three-syllable words;Recognize homophones (no, know and to, two)o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

30Spell words with initial consonant digraphs wh and th;Recognize and spell antonyms;Spell compound words;Recognize the short e sound in again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136


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Scope & Sequence



Week Focus

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Spell short and long a words;Spell words with the endings -ed and -ing;Add the endings -ed and -ing after dropping the silent e;Recognize the short e sound in said . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2Spell short e words; Spell words with the long e sound spelled ea, ie, ee, e, and y;Recognize the short i sound in been . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3Spell short and long i words;Spell words in the -ind, -ile, -ight, and -ink word families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

4Spell words with the long o sound; Distinguish between one- and two-syllable words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

5Spell words with the short and long u sounds;Spell words with an initial /y/ sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

6Spell words that end with a silent e; Spell homophones; Compare past and present tense verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

7Spell words with double consonants;Divide words into syllables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

8Spell verbs that end with -ing or -ed;Spell irregular past tense verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

9Spell words with long vowel sounds;Add -ed to verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

10Spell words with consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, and wh;Identify the number of syllables in a word;Recognize the /sh/ sound in sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

11Spell compound words;Divide compound words into syllables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

12Spell words with the vowel sound in small, straw, song, and bought;Spell words with the short u sound spelled ough;Add the endings -er and -est . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

13Spell words with the long e and long i sounds spelled y;Spell the plural forms of words by adding s, es, or ies;Spell the past tense of words by changing y to i and adding ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

14 Spell words with the vowel sounds in push and do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Week Focus

15Spellwordswithoyandoi;Spellwordswiththeinitialdigraph ch;Addtheendings-s,-es,-ed,and-ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

16Spellcontractions;Recognizehomophonesit’sandits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

17 Spellwordswiththevoweldigraphsowandou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

18Reviewwordswithlongvowelsounds;Identifylongvowelsinopensyllables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

19Spellwordswiththeshortusound;Spellwordswiththeschwasound;Reviewwordswithlongvowelsounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

20 Spellwordswiththevariantsoundsofgandc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

21 Spellr-controlledwordswithor, er,ir,ur,andear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

22 Spellr-controlledwordswithar,are,or,andore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

23Spellwordswiththevowelsoundsinto, top, wall, and up;Recognizehomophonesthrew and through;Spellwordswithsuffixes-lessand-ful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

24Spellwordsthatendwithor,ar,ander;Spellwordswiththefinallonge soundspelledy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

25Spellwordswiththe/f/soundspelledph, gh,andf;Spellwordswiththebasewordhappy;Spellwordswiththesuffixes-lyand-ness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

26Spellwordswithsilentletters;Spellwordswiththeprefixesun-andre- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

27 Spellwordswiththesuffixes-ful,-ly,-less,-er,and-est . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

28Spellwordswiththelonga,longe,andshortesounds;Spellwordsinthe-other,-ead,-eat,and-earwordfamilies;Recognizethe/ur/soundinheardand early . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

29Recognizehomophones;Reviewwordswithlongvowelsounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

30Reviewlongandshortvowelsounds;Reviewhowtodividewordsintosyllables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136


Scope & Sequence GRADE 3


Week Focus

1Spellwordswithconsonantblends;

Spelltwo-syllablewords

2

Spellwordswithconsonantdigraphsspelledth,ch,tch,andwh;

Spellwordswiththe/ r/soundspellederandir;

Spellwordsthatbeginwithsprandthr

3Spellwordswiththeshortasound;

Spellwordswiththelongasoundspelleda,ai,ay,eigh,andei

4Spellwordswiththeshortesound;

Spellwordswiththelongesoundspelledea,ee,ei, ie,e,andeo

5Spellwordswiththeshortisound;

Spellwordswiththelongisoundspelled i,y,igh, and uy

6Spellwordswiththeshortosound;

Spellwordswiththelongosoundspelledo,ow,oa,ou,andoe

7Spellwordswiththeshortusound;

Spellwordswiththelongusoundspelledue,u,andeau

8Spellwordswithdoubleconsonants;

Dividewordswithdoubleconsonantsintosyllables

9Spelltimeandcalendarwords;

Identifywordorigins

10Spellwordswiththeschwasound;

Spellwordswiththeshortusoundspelledo

11 Spellcontractions

12 Spellcompoundwords

13 Spellwordswiththeendings-ingand-ed

Week Focus

14 Spellwordswiththeendings-erand-est

15Spellwordswiththe/ur/soundspelleder,ir,ur,ear,or,

andar

16 Spellsingularandpluralformsofwords

17Spellwordswiththe/aw/soundspelledal,ough,o,au,

andaw

18 Spellwordswiththevariantsoundsofcandg

19Spellwordswiththe/oo/soundspelledew,o,oe,oo,ou,

ough,u,ue,andui

20Spellwordswiththe/oi/soundspelledoi andoy;

Spellwordswiththe/ow/soundspelledowandou

21 Spellwordswiththe/f/soundspelledf,ff,ph,andgh

22 Spellwordswithight,ought,aught,andau

23 Spellwordswithsilentletters

24Addthesuffixes-ion,-tion,-sion,and-ciantobasewords

andwordroots

25Spelltwo-andthree-syllablewords;

Identifyopensyllables

26 Spellhomophones

27 Spellwordswitheasilyconfusedspellings

28Spellwordswiththesuffixes-less,-ful,and-ness;

Spellwordswiththeending -ly

29 Spellwordswiththeprefixesdis-,un-,re-,andmis-

30 Spellmultisyllabicwords


Scope & SequenceGRADE 4


Week Focus

1Spellwordswiththeshortusound;Reviewothershortvowelsounds;Spelltwo-syllablewords

2Spellwordswiththelongasound;Identifywordswithopensyllables

3Spellwordswiththelongesound;Spellwordswiththelongusound;Recognizetheshortvowelsoundinbeen

4Spellwordswiththelongosound;Spellwordsinthepresentandpasttenses

5Spellcontractions;Learnthehomophoneswho’sandwhose

6Spellwordswiththelongi sound;Addtheendings -edand-ing

7Spellwordswiththe/oo/soundspelledoo,ou,ue,u,

andew;Spellwordswiththevowelsoundinlook

8Spellwordswiththediphthongsoiandoy;Spellwordswiththedigraphsouandow

9Spellthethreetypesofcompoundwords(oneword,twowords,andhyphenatedwords)

10 Spellwordswiththe/aw/sound

11 Spellwordswiththeendings-ed,-ing,-er,and-est

12Spellpluralformsofwordsbyaddingendingstobase

words;Spellwordswithirregularpluralforms

13Spellwordswiththe/ r/sound;Spelltwo-andthree-syllablewords

14 Spellwordswithr-controlledvowelsounds

15Spellwordswiththeschwasound;Spelltwo-syllablewords;Reviewthe/ r/sound

Week Focus

16Spellwordswiththeconsonantdigraphswh,ch,tch,sh,

andth;Spellpluralformsofwords

17 Spellwordswiththevariantsoundsofgandc

18Spellwordswiththefinal/l/soundspelledle,el,oral;Spellmultisyllabicwords;Reviewtheschwasound

19Spellwordswithieandei;Spellwordswiththeendings-ing,-ed,-s,and-es

20Spellwordswiththesuffixes-ness,-ist,and-ant;Spellwordswiththeendings-ly,-er,-or,and-ar;Practiceaddingsuffixestobasewords

21Reviewlongvowelsounds;Reviewthesoundsof/oo/and/ow/;Practiceusinghomophones

22Spellwordswiththesuffixes-ful,-ment,and-less;Spellmultisyllabicwords

23Spellwordswiththesoundof/sh/spelledsh,s,ci,ti,ss,

orsi;Spellwordswiththeendings-ian,-ion,and-tion

24Spellwordswithsilentletters;Reviewlong,short,andschwavowelsounds

25Spellwordswiththeprefixesre-,dis-,mis-,andil-;Practiceaddingprefixestobasewords

26 Spellwordswiththe/f/ sound

27 Spellwordswiththeprefixes im-,in-,pre-,andun-

28 SpellwordswithGreekandLatinrootsandaffixes

29Spellmultisyllabicverbs;Spellwordswiththesuffix-tion

30 Spellmultisyllabicwords


Scope & Sequence GRADE 5



Scope & SequenceGRADE 6+

Week Focus

1 Spellwordswiththeshortandlongavowelsounds

2 Spellwordswiththeshortandlongevowelsounds

3Spellwordswiththeshortandlong o vowelsounds;

Recognizethe/aw/soundspelledo

4 Spellwordswiththeshortandlong i vowelsounds

5 Spellwordswiththeshortandlonguvowelsounds

6Spellwordswithdoubleletters;

Spellwordswiththe/aw/sound

7Spellwordswiththeendings-ed, -ing, -er,and-est;

Practiceaddingendingstobasewords

8 Spellcompoundwords

9 Spellwordswiththe/ur/ sound

10 Spellwordswiththe/cher/ and /zher/ sounds

11Spellwordswiththe/f/ soundspelledf,gh,ph,andff;

Spellwordswiththe /oi/soundspelled oi and oy

12 Spellwordswithsilentletters

13Spellwordswiththeschwasound;

Spellwordswithr-controlledvowelsounds

14 Spellhomophones

15 Spellwordswiththeendings-sion,-tion,and-cian

Week Focus

16Spellwordswitheasilyconfusedspellings;

Distinguishbetweenhomophones

17 Spellwordswiththeendings-ent and -ant

18 Spellwordswiththe/sh/sound

19 Spellwordswiththesuffixes -able,-ible, and -ous

20 Spellpluralformsofwords

21 Spellwordswiththesuffixes-ment, -ful,and-less

22Spellwordswiththeprefixesun-,im-, in-,andunder-;

Practiceaddingprefixestobasewords

23 Spellwordswithgeo, act, bio, port,andgraph

24 Spellwordsforsaid

25Spellwordswiththesuffixes-ship and -ancy;

Spellwordswiththeendings -ly and -en

26Spellwordswiththeprefixes mis-, dis-, re-, non-, and anti-;Practiceaddingprefixestobasewords

27 Spelladjectives

28Spellwordswiththeprefixesbi-, tri-, uni-, semi-,andcent-

29 Spellwordswithrupt, spec, sign, scope,andform

30 Spellcontentvocabularywords


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