Download SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Grade 05 Unit 06: Word Study

Revised: 6/15/2014
SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Grade 05 Unit 06: Word Study
Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
RF.5.3 Know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.5.3.a Use combined knowledge of all letter sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology, (e.g. roots & affixes) to
read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context in and out of context.
Reading Foundational Skills-Word Study
These units focus on the Reading Standards: Foundational Skills (3 – 5) found in our Common Core Learning Standards. These units are
intended to build students’ phonics and word recognition skills so that students will know and apply grade-level phonics and word
analysis skills in both reading and writing.
Lessons outlined in these units should be delivered during the 20 minute phonics/word study time. The foundational skills do NOT
replace vocabulary instruction within the whole group comprehension lesson. The word lists suggest words to be used during the
weekly word study time. You are encouraged to build upon the given word list. Students need to interact with these words daily in a
variety of ways. Suggestions are given within the units.
Research shows that rote memorization of chosen words does not encourage mastery of specific spelling patterns. Learning and
interacting with spelling patterns and syllable types enables students to read and write multisyllabic words based on these patterns. The
following units encourage daily interaction with specific spelling patterns (rather than just specific words) in order to obtain mastery of
those patterns.
In order to determine mastery of the weekly skill, students will be tested on a specific word list at the end of each week. This specific
word list should not be given directly to students prior to test administration at the end of the week.
Fifth Grade Foundational/Word Study Units
Weekly Routine:
 Day 1 - Introduce Words/Explicit Instruction
 Day 2 - Word Sorts/Guided Practice/Partner Activity
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Day 3 - Deeper Process/Word Meanings/Independent Practice/Do It Now
Day 4 - Review/Small group instruction
Day 5 – Assessment
Additional resources that can be used in all units include:
 Spiral Up phonics sets (available in many schools)
 Treasures Phonics and Word Study 5 day plan in teacher’s manual
 Differentiated spelling lists in the back of the Treasures teacher’s manual under “Additional Resources” page T14
 Words Their Way books (by Francine Johnston, Donald Bear, and Marcia Invernizzi) pages 375-404 – Sorts by spelling stage and
pattern
 Treasures Tier 2 Intervention Grades 3-6 Phonics and Word Study Teacher’s Edition
 Fry Sight Word list for 5th grade
 Quizlet – online cards and activities with 100 words 5th 100 words
 Advanced phonics – FCRR activities
 Word Wall Procedure
 Spelling Menu
 Most common prefixes
 Fry’s High Frequency Words Activities
 Latin and Greek Affixes Resources
 Latin Roots
 Nifty Thrifty Fifty Word List
 Nifty Thrifty Fifty Word List 2
Homework: Below are some homework activity links. These are suggestions of activities that can be used for homework. Please be sure
to choose weekly or daily activities to send home with students for additional practice.
Spelling Homework Activities
Tic Tac Toe Spelling Activities
Spelling Activities
Fry Sight Word list for 5th grade
Quizlet – online cards and activities with 5th 100 words
Plural nouns
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Assessment: Total spelling words 15.
In the assessment column are the 15 mandatory words that you will assess your students on each week. However, there are a variety of
ways in which you can do this. Some examples for assessments are a traditional spelling test, sentence dictation, a multiple choice test
or a cloze passage.
Unit 6
Words of the Week
High Frequency
Resources
Assessment
Words
Week 1
Focus:
Suffixes
–ance & ence
Week 2
Suffixes
-ful,
-tion, -ion, ition, -ation
-less
-ist
distance
importance
balance
attendance
absence
performance
dependence
substance
disturbance
appearance
inference
assistance
ignorance
brilliance
ambulance
residence
radiance
resistance
reluctance
persistence
hesitance
vigilance
clear
equation
yet
government
serious
furious
eruption
destruction
position
forgetful
comfortable
finally
usually
apparently
completely
eventually
carefully
microscopic
allergic
scientific
safety
activity
sickness
filled
heat
full
Review:
creature
measure
rancher
Review:
distance
ambulance
substance
Treasures
 485 C-D
 5-Day Spelling 375 E-F
 375J, 375S, 375W
 484K Phonics/Word Study Flip Chart
40
Treasures
 525C-D
 5-Day Spelling 549E-F
 549J, 549S, 549W
 524K Phonics/Word Study Flip Chart
41
 Essential Word Sorts for the
Intermediate Grades #102-105
 Activities for prefixes and suffixes,
roots
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Assessment Word List:
clear
equation
yet
government
vigilance
inference
distance
importance
performance
appearance
residence
inference
brilliance
ignorance
assistance
Assessment Word List:
filled
heat
full
aquatic
mathematics
serious
furious
forgetful
finally
apparently
completely
allergic
scientific
completely
Unit 6
Words of the Week
High Frequency
Words
Resources
Assessment
eventually
Week 3
Focus:
Homophones
Week 4
Focus:
Prefixes
-dis,-in,-mis, pre
Week 5
Focus:
sweet
prey
peer
pole
poll
pray
waste
manner
current
manor
pier
waist
currants
presents
counsel
presence
council
stationary
stationery
suite
kernel
colonel
hot
check
object
prewash
disable
discolor
mistaken
preheats
mistrust
incorrect
disconnect
preview
prejudge
dismount
misunderstand
disobey
dishonest
injustice
disapprove
inexpensive
indefinite
misjudge
discomfort
am
rule
among
sadness
gladness
foolishness
fondness
noun
power
Review:
eruption
forgetful
allergic
Review:
presence
stationary
current
Treasures
 551C-D
 5-Day Spelling 577 E-F
 577J, 577 S, 577 W
 550K Phonics/Word Study Flip Chart
44
 Essential Word Sorts for the
Intermediate Grades #95-97
 Website resource on vocabulary
/homophones
 Homophones Activities
 Homophones and Homographs
activities
Treasures
 C-D
 5-Day Spelling E-F
 J, S, W
 K Phonics/Word Study Flip Chart
 Essential Word Sorts for the
Intermediate Grades #98-101
 Activities for prefixes and suffixes,
roots
Treasures
 591C-D
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Assessment Word List:
hot
check
object
kernel
colonel
pole
poll
prey
pray
waist
waste
suite
sweet
peer
pier
Assessment Word List:
am
rule
among
prehistoric
misbehave
disable
mistaken
incorrect
prejudge
disobey
injustice
misjudge
discomfort
dishonest
inexpensive
Assessment Word List:
noun
Unit 6
Suffixes
–less & -ness
Word List:
Week 6
Focus:
Suffix -ion
Week 7
Focus:
Greek Roots
Words of the Week
High Frequency
Words
Resources
needless
harmless
darkness
fullness
stillness
hopeless
fearless
weakness
bottomless
effortless
meaningless
emptiness
forgiveness
motionless
ceaseless
fierceness
weightlessness
thoughtlessnes
s
cannot
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impress
correct
elect
discuss
locate
decorate
confuse
estimate
impression
correction
election
discussion
location
decoration
confusion
estimation
concentrate
exhaust
concentration
exhaustion
conclude
conclusion
able
six
size
astronaut
telephone
automobile
photography
mechanical
myth
television
phonics
automatic
photograph
telescope
mythical
telegraph
mechanic
telegram
telephoto
autograph
astronomer
disaster
homophone
dark
ball
material
Review:
disobey
mistrust
preview
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Review:
5-Day Spelling 619E-F
619J, 619 S, 619 W
590K Phonics/Word Study Flip Chart
48
Essential Word Sorts for the
Intermediate Grades #102-105
Activities for prefixes and suffixes,
roots
Treasures
 621C-D
 5-Day Spelling 643E-F
 643J, 643 S, 643W
 620K Phonics/Word Study Flip Chart
50
 Essential Word Sorts for the
Intermediate Grades #102-105
Treasures
 655C-D
 5-Day Spelling 685 E-F
 685J, 685S, 685W
 645K Phonics/Word Study Flip Chart
51 and 15
 Essential Word Sorts for the
Intermediate Grades #106-108
 Resources for Latin /Greek Roots
 Activities with Roots
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Assessment
power
cannot
sadness
harmless
foolishness
fondness
meaningless
forgiveness
motionless
weightlessness
thoughtlessness
fierceness
emptiness
effortless
Assessment Word List:
able
six
size
Assessment Word List:
dark
ball
material
videophone
photogenic
automobile
automatic
photograph
autograph
disaster
Unit 6
Words of the Week
High Frequency
Words
Resources
Assessment
photogenic
mythical
telescope
mechanic
photography
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