Class 8 - spelling 2020

1. Word Study: Spelling
Class 8
2020

2. Social Justice Picture Book: Round 3
Section 5: Mon/Thurs
• Group 1: Natasha C.; Sarah M.,
Emma M.
• Group 2: Meliza; Natasha L., Emily T.
• Group 3: David; Sara; Gabriela

3. Social Justice Picture Book: Round 3
Section 6: Tues/Fri
• Group 1: Maicee; Katherine
• Group 2: Daniela; Alessia; Iryna
• Group 3: Andrew; Sarah B.

5. Ontario Curriculum: Language
• “Teachers don’t have to deal with spelling
anymore. It isn’t in the curriculum.”
• True / False?
• Examine the Ontario Curriculum: Language
for your answer.

6. Overall Expectation 3
• Applying Knowledge of Language Conventions
and Presenting Written Work Effectively

7. Specific Expectations
3.1 Spelling Familiar Words
3.2 Spelling Unfamiliar Words
3.3 Vocabulary
3.4 Punctuation
3.5 Grammar
3.6 Proofreading

8. Consider:
• Does the placement of spelling and grammar
in the Language curriculum support/not
support the Writing Process?

9. Spelling Development
• Developmental Continuum
– Developmental stages of learning to spell
• Gradual, systematic development of pattern
recognition and application
• From an emphasis on sounding words out (frost), to the
application of structural patterns (frosted), to meaning
components (defrosted)

10. Ontario Curriculum: Grade 5
• 3.2 Writing: Spelling Unfamiliar Words
• Spell unfamiliar words using a variety of
strategies that involve understanding sound-
symbol relationships, word structure, word
meanings, and generalizations about spelling

11. e.g.
• Pronounce the silent letters in words
• Divide polysyllabic words into syllables
• Visualize irregular plurals
• Apply rules for adding –ed, -ing, and –er, -est
to base words
• Use memory tricks to memorize the letter
order of irregular spellings
• Prefixes and suffixes

13. SPELLING PATTERNS
• SOUND
• STRUCTURE
• MEANING

14. SOUND PATTERNS
• VOWELS:
– Short: ask; bet; sit; dot; but
– Long: fame; eat; fight; oats; cute
– Diphthongs house; noise
• CONSONANTS:
– Single cat
– Blends clamp
– Digraphs chicken

15. SCHWA VOWELS
• Vowels in unstressed syllables
– Composition
– Planet
– Minimum
– About

16. STRUCTURAL PATTERNS
• Plurals
• Contractions
• Possessives
• Adding endings e.g –ed; -ing
– Doubling (hop/hopping)
– E-drop (hope/hoping)
– Y to I (happy/happiness)

17. Plural and Possessive
• Student
• Students
• Student’s
• Students’

18. • The student sits at her desk.
• The students sit at their desks.
• The student’s desk is near the window.
• The students’ desks are in clusters.

21. MEANING PATTERNS
• BASE WORDS
• COMPOUND WORDS
• PREFIXES
• SUFFIXES

24. irreplaceable

25. Meaning Prefix Examples
one mono- monologue, monopoly
one uni- unique, unicycle
two bi- bicycle, biracial
two du- dual, duplex
three tri- tripod, triangle
four quad- quadriplegic,
quadrangle
five penta- pentathlon, the
Pentagon
six hexa- hexagon, hexagonal
seven sept- September
eight oct- October, octopus
nine nov- November
ten dec- December, decade
Prefixes Signifying Number or Amount

26. polit
politics
politician
political
cosmopolitan
polit (Greek): “citizen, subject of
government”

27. Word Building Activity
• Select one prefix from the list provided.
• Brainstorm as many words as possible
containing this prefix (don’t start with a
dictionary!)
• Feel free to add suffixes as well
• Cover one side of the bag with your words and
mount it on the bulletin board

28. Spelling Strategies
• What happens when words don’t follow
familiar spelling patterns??

29. cappuccino

30. cappuccino

31. SPELLING STRATEGIES
• VISUAL
• AUDITORY
• TACTILE
• MEANING
• MEMORY TRICKS
• DICTIONARY SKILLS

32. MEMORY TRICKS
pursue

33. because

34. Bears Eat Candy And Usually
Swallow Everything

38. Cloze Assessment
Please accept our
appolagy for forgetting to
come on Saturday. We
both feel very sorry and
would like to repay you for
our irresponcable
behavior. We hope your
lovable dog brady is
alright because we both
enjoyed his company and
would like to see him well
and happy. Sincerly, Ryan
appolagy
a __ol__gy
irresponcable
irrespon __ __ ble
alright al __ right
Sincerly Sincer__ ly

39. Why Is English Spelling So Weird?
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhqr-
GNNgGo

41. App Critiques
• Working in pairs or triads, play at least 3 word
study apps:
– Spelling City - 7 Words
– Bluster - Word Storm Lite
• Use the suggestions in the monograph you
just read and the criteria in the form provided
to critique each spelling app.

42. Resources
• Spelling: Connecting the Pieces
• Nelson Word Study (kit)
• Words Their Way

43. Sentence Structure