Spelling Curriculum *It is necessary to teach morphology and vocabulary during spelling instruction* Timeline Theme Learning Objectives PA Core Standards Eligible Content Anchor Suggested Activities Materials Needed Quarters 1, 2, 3, 4 Dictionary Skills properly use guide words to locate spelling words in a dictionary and use dictionary entries to determine part of speech, syllabication, and appropriate definition. CC.1.3.4.F E04.B-V.4.1.1 E04.B-V.4.1.2 E04.B-V.4.1 Word of the Day Dictionary Dictionary.com
Timeline Theme Learning Objectives PA Core Standards Eligible Content Anchor Suggested Activities Materials Needed Quarter 1 Phonics Skills VCCV Long a and I Long e and o Long u The students will use phonics skills to determine the spelling of words..4 Interactive Unit 1 Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 5 Quarter 1 Suffixes Add s and es The students will correctly spell and use suffixes..4 Unit 2 Week 1
Timeline Theme Learning Objectives PA Core Standards Eligible Content Anchor Suggested Activities Materials Needed Irregular plurals correctly spell irregular plurals.4 Unit2 Week 2 Homophones correctly spell and use homophones..4 Unit 3 Week 2
Quarter 3 Possessives Contractions Prefixes un, dis, in Greek Roots correctly spell possessive nouns correctly spell contractions prefixes Greek Roots.4.4.4.4 Unit 3 Week 5 Unit4 Week 1 Unit4 Week 5 Unit5 Week 3
Quarter 3 Quarter 3 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Latin Roots Prefixes mis, non, pre, re Suffixes Less, ment, ness, ful, ly, ion Consonant Digraphs ng, nk, ph, wh Latin Roots prefixes suffixes consonant digraphs.4.4.4.4 Unit2 Week 2 Unit6 Week 2 Unit6 Weeks 3 & 4 Unit2 Week 4
Quarter 4 Quarter 4 Quarter 4 Quarter 4 Words with - ear, ir, our, ur Multisyllabic Words Adding ed and -ing Schwa r controlled vowels correctly spell multisyllabic words - -ed and -ing schwa sound.4.4.4.4 Unit2 Week 5 Unit 5 Week 1 Unit3 Week 1 Unit6 Week 1
Grammar Curriculum Marking Period Quarters 1-4 Quarters 1-4 Learning Objectives Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely. Choose words and phrases for effect. PA Core Standards CC.1.4.4.E CC.1.4.4.K CC.1.4.4.Q CC.1.4.4.E CC.1.4.4.K CC.1.4.4.Q Eligible Content E04D.2.1.1 E04D.2.1.3 Anchor E04D.2.1 E04D.2.1 Suggested Activities Writing Process Units 2 and 3 Writing Process Units 2 and 3 Grammar Component Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely. Choose words and phrases for effect. 's Review Materials Needed Writing Process Units 2 and 3 Writing with Ease Booklet (WEB) *found in district public folder Writing Process Units 2 and 3 Writing with Ease Booklet (WEB) *found in district public folder Quarters 1-4 Quarters 1-4 Spell grade appropriate words correctly. Use correct capitalization E04D.1.2.4 E04D.1.2.1 E04D.1.2 E04D.1.2 *See Spelling curriculum. (Module 10) Spell grade appropriate words correctly Use correct capitalization 's 's *See Spelling curriculum. Unit 2: Week 1 (Common and Proper Nouns) Unit 6: Week 2 (Capitalization and Abbreviation)
Quarters 1-4 Quarter 1 Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they re). * Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences..7.6 (Module 9, Lesson 11) Frequently confused words Produce complete sentences 's Unit 3: Week 2 (Homophones) city.com Unit 1: Week 1 (Declarative/Interrogative) Unit 1: Week 2 (Imperative/Exclamatory) Unit 1: Week 3 (Complete Subject and Predicate) Unit 1: Week 5 (Complex Sentences) Quarter 1 Quarter 1 Choose punctuation for effect. Recall and Identify basic parts of speech CC.1.4.4.E CC.1.4.4.K CC.1.4.4.Q E04D.2.1.2 E04D.2.1 (Module 11) Choose punctuation for effect. Parts of Speech 's Review 's Review Unit 1: Week 1 (Declarative/Interrogative) Unit 1: Week 2 (Imperative/ Exclamatory)
Form and use the Progressive verb tenses. ( I was walking, I am walking, I will be walking) Use modal auxiliaries (can, may, must) to convey various conditions..2.3 Progressive Verb Tenses Auxiliary Verbs 's following each unit in the Reader's & Writer's Notebook 's Unit 3: Week 4 (Past, Present, Future Tenses) Unit 3: Week 3 (main and helping verbs) (* calls modal auxiliaries helping verbs. Need to use the term auxiliary for PSSA.) Ensure subject-verb agreement..8 (Module 2, Module 3) Subject-verb agreement 's Unit 3: Week 3 (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag). Form and use prepositional phrases.4.5 (Module 5, Lesson 4) (Module 6) Order of adjectives Prepositional phrases 's (*ORDER of adjectives is not covered in.) Unit 5: Week 5 (*Needs to be addressed earlier in the year, prior to testing.) Quarter 3 Ensure pronounantecedent agreement..8 (Module 2, Module 3) Types of Pronouns 's Unit 4: Week 1 (Singular and Plural pronouns) Unit 4: Week 2 (Kinds of Pronouns) Unit 4: Week 2 Unit 4: Week 3 (Pronouns and Antecedents) Unit 4: Week 4 (Possessive Pronouns)
Quarter 3 Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text. E04D.1.2.2 E04D.1.2 (Module 12) Use commas and quotation marks 's Unit 6: Week 4 (Quotations and Quotation Marks) (*Needs to be addressed earlier in the year, prior to testing.) Quarter 3 Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence. E04D.1.2.3 E04D.1.2 (Module 7) Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction 's Unit 1: Week 4 (Compound Sentences) Unit 6: Week 1 (Conjunctions) Quarter 4 Quarter 4 Review basic parts of speech Review Grammar concepts (online) (online) Parts of Speech Grammar Concepts 's
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