Download Third Grade Spelling Test For Friday, March 9, 2012 (only 10 words

Third Grade Spelling Test
For Friday, March 9, 2012 (only 10 words – but they’re hard!)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
important
information
afternoon
Atlantic
conversation
6. establish
7. fantastic
8. interrupt
9. interruption
10. September
This week’s lesson will focus on syllable division with overlapping patterns. Students
will begin dividing words with a vccvccv pattern into three syllables. This is an
important word-attack strategy for longer words.
Students have already been taught the following regarding vccvccv syllable division:
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When they see a word with three vowels that are not side by side, they know the word needs
to be divided into three syllables.
The procedure for dividing a vccvccv word into syllables is as follows:
o Code suffixes and final, stable syllables.
o Look for obvious coding such as digraphs, trigraphs, combinations, diphthongs, kbacks, and so on.
o Place a small v below each vowel in the word. Remember, a small v will not be placed
below the vowels in a suffix or a final, stable syllable.
o Look between the vowels and mark a small c below the consonants between those
vowels.
o Students should now have two vccv patterns. The middle v (vowel) is used in both
patterns. Draw a vertical line between the two consonants in each pattern.
o Now the word is in three parts (syllables), each of which is treated independently.
When working with three-syllable words, try accenting the first syllable first. If it
doesn’t produce a familiar word, try the second, and finally the third.
o Determine whether the vowel in each syllable is, or is not followed by a consonant and
code the vowel accordingly.
o Read the word. If it isn’t a familiar word, shift the accent to the second syllable and
repeat the previous step and this step. From here, try the third syllable. At some
point, a familiar word should be discovered. You will probably notice that threesyllable words with the vccvccv pattern are surprisingly dependable.