MONTH/YEAR

CONTENT AREA

SKILLS

STATE GOAL-STANDARD

1.A.2a

1.A.2b

August/September

Short vowel Sounds

/a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/

Long Vowel Sounds

/ā/, /ē/, /ī/, /ō/, /ū/ and /ü/

Words from Social Studies

these words are about or related

to social studies concepts

October

Syllable Patterns

long vowel and short vowel

sounds in the first syllable of a

word

Words with Specific Sound

/f/, /k/, /s/

Patterns

Plurals

adding –s or –es to various

words

Words from the Arts

these words are about or related

to concepts from art

November

Words with Specific Sound

/ô/, / ôr/, /är/, /âr/, /îr/, and /ûr/

Patterns

December

Adding –ed and –ing

making appropriate spelling

changes when adding –ed or

-ing to a word

Words from Music

these words are about or related

to concepts from music

January

This month we read the book

Vocabulary

all of the spelling words for

“Where the Red Fern Grows”

this unit come directly from

the novel; students will be

asked to correctly spell and

define these words

February

Words with Various Sound

/sh/, /ch/, /zh/, /ər/, /əl/, /ən/

Patterns

Spelling Unstressed Syllables

/ə/ spelled with an a, e, o, or, u

Words with Silent Letters

gh, g, t, k, l, n

March

Words from Science

these words are about or related

to science concepts

Compound Words

one word, hyphenated, two

words

Homophones

words that sound the same but

have different spellings and

meanings

Homographs

words that are spelled the same

but have different meanings

and sometimes different

pronunciations

Suffixes

-ion, -ation, -ity, -able, -ible

April

Suffixes

-ness, -less, -ant, -ent, -ance,

-ence

Words from Math

these words are about or related

to math concepts

Prefixes

un-, de-, in-, im-, dis-, mis-

Words from Foreign Language

Spanish, Italian, and French

Words with Latin Roots

port, spec, pon/pos, grad/gress,

cede/ceed/cess, pends/pens

May

Prefixes

re-, ex-, com-, con-, pro-

Words from Social Studies

these words are about or related

to social studies concepts