Week

Content

Strategies

Assessment

Aug 28^th

Words with thr, scr, str, squ

Draw your own conclusion

Using words in context

Spelling Test

Sept.4^th

Words with kn, gn, wr, mb

Rhyming words

Defining Words

Dictionary – guide words

Spelling Test

Sept. 11^th

Words with /k/ and /f/

Classifying words

Proof reading

Proof reading Test

Sept. 18^th

Adding -ed and -ing

Context clues

Add endings

Antonyms

Spelling Test

Sept. 25^th

Adding -er and -est

Comparison words

Exaggeration

Spelling Test

Oct. 2^nd

Words with sh, ch, tch, wh

Making associations

Word Histories

Spelling Test

Oct. 9^th

Words with Double Consonants

Antonyms

Words in context

Acrostics

Antonyms Test

Oct. 16^th

Short e and Long e

Definitions

Proverbs

Spelling Test

Oct. 23^rd

Short vowels - a, e, i, o, u

Base words

Dictionary - pronunciation

Spelling Test

Oct. 30^th

Long vowels - a, i, o

Syllables

Proofread a Summary

Idioms

Spelling Test

Nov. 6^th

Related Words

Contrasts

Synonyms

Persuasive writing

Synonyms Test

Nov. 13^th

Consonant Sounds - i/ks/kw

Tongue twisters

Using a Dictionary

Spelling Test

Nov. 27^th

Using just enough Letters

Classifying

Words in context

Spelling Test

Dec. 4^th

Contractions

Homophones

Creating contractions

Quotation marks

Homophones Test

Dec. 11^th

Getting Letters in Correct Order

Homophones

Affixes

Spelling Test

Christmas Vacation

Jan. 1^st

Vowels with 'r'

Poetry words

Onomatopoeia

Spelling Test

Jan. 8^th

Vowel sounds IN put AND out

Syllables

Rhyming words

Spelling Test

Jan. 15^th

Vowel sounds IN few And moon

Analogies

Tongue twisters

Collective Nouns

Spelling Test

Jan. 22^nd

Homophones

Homophones

Homographs

Spelling Test

Jan. 29^th

Including all the letters

Syllables

Proofreading

Spelling Test

Feb. 5^th

Compound Words

Classifications

Joining Words

Spelling Test

Feb. 12^th

Suffixes -less, -ment, -ness

Suffixes

Adding to Base Words

Proofread captions

Suffixes Test

Feb. 19^th

Suffixes -ful, -ly, -ion

Adding endings

Base words + suffixes

Haiku

Spelling Test

Feb. 26^th

Suffixes dis-, in-, mis-, re-

Antonyms

Prefix addition

Proofreading a letter

Antonyms Test

March 5^th

Vowels with no sound clues

Drawing conclusions

Synonyms

Using a Dictionary

Spelling Test

March 12^th

Vowels in final syllables

Context clues

Abbreviations

Categorizing

Spelling Test

March 19^th

Capitalization and Abbreviation

Abbreviations

Spelling Test

March 26^th

Possessives

Singular possessives

Using context clues

Plural possessives

Plurals Test