SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Grade 04 Unit 06: Word Study

Revised: 6/12/2014
SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Grade 04 Unit 06: Word Study
Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
RF.4.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.4.3.a: Use combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, and morphology (e.g., roots and
affixes) to read accurately unfamiliar multisyllabic words in context 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.
Fourth Grade Foundational/Word Study Units
Weekly Routine:
 Day 1 - Introduce Words/Explicit Instruction
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Day 2 - Word Sorts/Guided Practice/Partner Activity
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/Spelling Practice Book , Phonics Intervention Teacher’s Edition, Differentiated Spelling list under additional
resources (T14),
 Essential Word Sorts (test purchased by district)
 Words Their Way books (by Francine Johnston, Donald Bear, and Marcia Invernizzi) pages 375-404 – Sorts by spelling stage and
pattern
 Fry’s High Frequency Words Activities
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 4th grade
Quizlet – online cards and activities with 4th 100 words
Plural nouns
Unit 06
Words of the Week
High Frequency
Words
Resources
Assessment
Week 1
Focus:
Diphthongs
/oi/ & /ou/
flower
voices
tower
mound
cowboy
cold
cried
Review:
cookie
zoom
Treasures
 5 Day Spelling 503E-F
 503J,503S, 503W
 475C-D
 474K Phonics/Word Study Flip
Assessment Word List:
pointless
around
shouted
voyage
pouch
thousand
wound
grouch
cough
plan
Page 2
Unit 06
Words of the Week
High Frequency
Words
Multisyllabic
Words
gown
frown
south
howling
annoy
noises
pound
hound
grown
voyage
shouted
household
around
soybean
joining
pointless
group
Challenge:
drought
downtown
Week 2
Focus:
Variant
Vowel /ô/
walker
chalk
laws
stalk
bald
caught
drawn
halt
strawberry
fought
caller
straw
small
thought
talking
awe
shawl
false
squall
chalkboard
drawstring
lawsuit
walkway
saucepan
pausing
notice
south
sing
Review:
grouch
pouch
annoy
Challenge:
wallpaper
awkward
Treasures
 5 Day Spelling 531E-F
 531J, 531S, 531W
 505C-D
 504K Phonics/Word Study Flip
Chart
dinner
blanket
willow
plastic
welcome
summer
dipper
nodded
planner
member
fossil
rumbles
blossom
magnet
ground
fall
king
Review:
talking
drawn
shawl
Treasures
 5 Day Spelling 569E-F
 569J, 569S, 569W
 543C-D
 542K Phonics/Word Study Flip
Chart
Multisyllabic
Words
Week 3
Focus:
Closed
Syllables
Multisyllabic
Words
Resources
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Page 3
Chart
Fry’s High Frequency Words
Assessment
thousand
south
noises
voices
howling
annoy
cold
cried
plan
zoom
group
Assessment Word List:
pausing
false
chalkboard
talking
awe
caught
drawn
small
thought
walkway
notice
south
sing
grouch
annoy
Assessment Word List:
submit
magnet
fossil
rumbles
welcome
foggy
Unit 06
Words of the Week
High Frequency
Words
foggy
thriller
ticker
swallow
picket
witness
slender
banner
contest
admit
sadden
submit
planting
Challenge:
cupboard
friendly
Week 4
Focus:
Open
Syllables
Multisyllabic
Words
river
level
never
talent
radar
limit
diver
finish
famous
spoken
cabin
wiper
habit
bison
cider
stolen
promise
razor
pity
easel
meteor
reminder
rotate
flavor
hibernate
locate
delay
town
I’ll
unit
Review:
Swallow
plastic
rumbles
Challenge:
sequence
vivid
Treasures
 5 Day Spelling 597E-F
 597J, 597S, 597W
 571C-D
 570K Phonics/Word Study Flip
Chart
Week 5
Focus:
Vowel Teams
airfare
staircase
between
persuade
discount
compound
beneath
sleepless
oatmeal
repeat
approach
afloat
defeat
reveal
increase
domain
airfare
oatmeal
figure
certain
war
Review:
diver
finish
spoken
Challenge:
employee
Treasures
 5 Day Spelling 609I-J
 609N, 609W, 609AA
 599C-D
 598K Phonics/Word Study Flip
Chart
Multisyllabic
Words
Resources
Page 4
Assessment
thriller
slender
blossom
blanket
ground
fall
king
talking
shawl
Assessment Word List:
habit
limit
river
talent
stolen
easel
reminder
rotate
flavor
locate
town
I’ll
unit
plastic
swallow
Assessment Word List:
mermaid
eighteen
oatmeal
defeat
reveal
shoelace
approach
persuade
Unit 06
Week 6
Focus:
r-Controlled
Vowel
Syllables
Multisyllabic
Words
Week 7
Focus:
Consonant
+le Syllables
Multisyllabic
Words
Words of the Week
High Frequency
Words
Resources
eighteen
baboon
mermaid
trainer
shoelace
staircase
discounted
defeated
reindeer
grocer
pepper
barber
grader
polar
tanker
singer
enter
odor
collar
zipper
powder
danger
cheddar
popular
harbor
anchor
elevator
daughter
victor
endangered
janitor
laborer
whimpering
whispering
disorder
field
travel
wood
Review:
between
eighteen
defeat
Challenge:
conductor
waiter
Treasures
 5 Day Spelling 637E-F
 637J, 637S, 637W
 611C-D
 610K Phonics/Word Study Flip
Chart
uncle
turtle
total
pencil
oral
pebble
channel
local
paddle
pupil
symbol
bubble
settle
vessel
bugle
pedal
special
ankle
docile
candle
wiggle
middle
fire
upon
Review:
barber
anchor
cheddar
Challenge:
animal
snorkel
Treasures
 5 Day Spelling 663E-F
 663J, 663S, 663W
 639C-D
 638K Phonics/Word Study Flip
Chart
Page 5
Assessment
compound
discount
figure
certain
war
spoken
finish
Assessment Word List:
grocer
pepper
polar
singer
odor
enter
zipper
popular
whimpering
endangered
field
travel
wood
between
defeat
Assessment Word List:
turtle
bubble
special
pedal
pencil
oral
symbol
title
middle
settle
Unit 06
Words of the Week
medal
mantle
High Frequency
Words
Resources
fable
title
Assessment
fire
upon
barber
anchor
cheddar
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