Spelling

Our customized spelling program builds on student’s skills from year to year and is based on specific learning targets that incorporate rules, syllable types, and affixes.

We do a variety of word work with each weekly unit, and do trimester and year-end review and assessments.

We also assess an accumulating bank of non-phonetic “red” words throughout their years at Faithful Shepherd.

4-1 spelling list- endings rules  *This is a two week review unit*

4-1 DOUBLING RULE instruction points

4-1 SILENT E RULE instruction points

4-1 Y RULE instruction points

OPEN SYLLABLES instruction

CLOSED SYLLABLES instruction

4-2 List Open Closed Syllables

SILENT E SYLLABLES instruction

4-3 list-open,closed, e syllable

Suffixes instruction

4-4 list SUFFIXES -less,-ful,-ment,-ness,-tion

4-5  list Review Week 

4-6  list_PREFIXES per- and pro-

4-7 list PREFIXES com-, con-

PREFIXES-com, con instruction-gr 4

4-8 list Prefixes e- ex- en-

PREFIXES e, ex, en instruction-gr 4

4-9 List suffixes -al -ive- -ish -ic

SUFFIXES -al-ive -ish -ic-instruction

SUFFIXES -able, -ous, -en instruction

4-10 List -able -ous -en

4-11 List suffixes -tion, -ssion, -sion

4-13 List Vowel Pairs ea (long), ea (short), oi, ou

VOWEL PAIRS instruction-gr 4 weeks 13-19

SUFFIXES -tion -sion instruction-gr 4

4-12 List: suffix review 

4-14 List ai, igh, oa, aw

VOWEL PAIRS week 15 au, augh instruction

4-15 List au augh

VOWEL PAIRS Week 16 instruction ew ui ue

4 -16 List ew, ui, ue

VOWEL PAIRS week 17 ough instruction

4-17 List ough

4-18 List vowel pair ie

CONSONANT le SYLLABLES instruction

4-20 LIST basic consonant-le syllable

4-21 List double consonant-le, -stle, -ckle

R-CONTROLLED SYLLABLES instruction

4-22 List r-controlled syllable ar er or

4-23 LIST r-controlled ir ur ear

4-24 List r-Controlled wor, war, ward & wa

4-25 List_ Review Week (c-le, r-controlled)

4-26 List ph

4-27 List Silent Consonants kn rh gn

4-28 List Silent Consonants wr- -mb, -mn

Red word study tips