Unit 2 is an 8-week comprehensive spelling program with lessons that are fun and engaging. This spelling program is simple to tailor to your unique classroom needs. Each week includes 4 different spelling lists, interactive notebook activities, task cards, practice sheets, homework, and assessments. You can choose the lists and activities that work best for your students.
Spelling Curriculum with Activities: Unit 2 FOURTH & FIFTH GRADE
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Students are explicitly taught how letters and groups of letters connect to sounds to form letter/sound relationships and spelling patterns.
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Students are provided opportunities to read and write words in the practice pages, interactive notebooks, and task cards.
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Differentiated spelling lists provide appropriate instruction for all students.
What’s Included:
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8-weeks of spelling lessons – 7 new skills and 1 review week.
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Differentiated spelling lists (4 each week) and family letter for each week.
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7 Anchor charts assist visual learners and provide a student reference throughout each unit.
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PowerPoint Mini lessons teach the rule, pattern, or skill to be covered each week in a ready-to-use interactive lesson; all you have to do is display the slides.
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Interactive notebook activities (2 per week) reinforce spelling rules – 1 focuses on the general use of the rule and the other focuses on applying the rule specifically to the spelling list.
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Task Cards (12 per week) are included for centers, review, or whole group activities.
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Practice sheets give students the opportunity to recognize the skill in written texts and bridge the gap between spelling and reading.
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Homework sheets (optional) provide additional practice before assessment
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Assessments cover both the weekly spelling list and general skill.
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Cover and Table of Contents make student organization easy.
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Spelling Inventory allows you to easily assess students and decide which spelling list is right for them.
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Sample Schedules show how to implement the spelling program in 2-5 days per week.
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Detailed teacher directions provide flexibility and make implementation in the classroom easy.
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A FAQs section provides answers to commonly asked questions about the resource and helps you get started right away.
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Closed Syllables
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Open Syllables
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R-Controlled Vowels
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Consonant le Words
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Vowel Teams
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Diphthongs
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Jobs of e
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Unit 2 Review
How to Use It in the Classroom:
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Day 1: PowerPoint mini lesson – whole group and individual practice; approximately 20 minutes
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Day 2: Interactive notebook and partner practice
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Day 3: Task card scoot
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Day 4: Practice sheet and partner practice; optional homework
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Day 5: Assessment
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Flexibility is built into this program. It is designed to be used between 2-5 days per week. See the sample schedules for implementation ideas.
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You can use the PowerPoint mini lesson for your whole group instruction. Project on the whiteboard and have students participate in the interactive lesson. Students can write words on individual whiteboards or spell with a partner.
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Complete interactive notebooks as a whole group activity or have students complete independently, such as during centers or morning work.
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You can integrate spelling work into reading centers if time permits.
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Partner practice takes only five minutes and can take place at any time throughout the day – try before lunch, after recess, or before dismissal.
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Interactive notebook pages, task card answer sheets, and assessments come two to a page to save time, paper, and copy costs. Simply print one sheet for every two students and cut it in half.
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The weekly spelling list and family letter are printed on the same sheet to save time and paper.
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Practice sheets and homework can be printed front to back.
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If you use the NSW Grammar notebook, the spelling program can fit into the same notebook.
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Practice sheets can be completed independently, in small groups, or as a whole class.
Differentiation:
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Each week includes three differentiated spelling lists, for beginner, on-track, and advanced spellers, as well as a combined list. ALL LISTS focus on the same rule each week.
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Choose the appropriate list for each student; the spelling inventory can help you make the right choice.
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Reduce the number of spelling words to be memorized and focus on the spelling pattern.
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Assign the optional homework for extra practice.
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Use both interactive notebook activities for additional practice.
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Allow students to use their spelling lists as a resource when using task cards and practice sheets
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“Scoot” with beginning spellers to provide assistance as they complete the task cards.
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Provide additional time for partner practice.
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Challenge advanced students with specific directions for the “write a sentence” part of the practice activity.
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Grade both the spelling lists and spelling pattern part of the assessments, or just grade one section.
❤️❤️ Why You’ll Love It ❤️❤️
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Super-flexible spelling program can be tailored to fit YOUR schedule.
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You don’t have to be a phonics whiz to teach spelling! The PowerPoints make it so easy that even a substitute could teach it!
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Every single student is learning the same rule each week. You don’t have to teach multiple lessons.
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Teaches students WHY words are spelled the way they are, which will help them spell more new words correctly.
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Aligned with the Science of Reading.