SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Grade 05 Unit 03: Word Study

Revised: 6/15/2014
SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Grade 05 Unit 03: 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
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
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.
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Unit 3
Words of the Week
High Frequency Words Resources
Assessment
Week 1
Focus:
Open
Syllable
following v/v
spelling
pattern
(po/et)
ea,io,eo,oe,
ia, ue, ua
ie, ui
video
poet
riot
piano
diary
radio
ideas
ruin
diet
patriot
fluid
rodeo
cruel
genuine
casual
trial
fuel
meteor
diameter
meander
situation
variety
machine
base
ago
stood
Week 2
Focus:
Vowel Team
Syllables
open
closed
final stable
footprint
laughter
bleachers
grouchy
entertain
caution
southern
fairground
appoint
grownup
flawless
applause
boundary
roughness
although
coastal
encounter
lawyer
faucet
doubting
plane
system
behind
Review:
poet
radio
fuel
Treasures
 309C-D
 5-Day Spelling 319 I-J
 319N, 319W, 319AA
 308K Phonics/Word Study Flip
Chart 26
 Essential Word Sorts for the
Intermediate Grades #’s
 http://www.spellingcity.com/
 Vowel team activity
Assessment Word List:
machine
base
ago
stood
genuinely
triangular
diameter
meander
situation
variety
patriot
cruel
trial
poetic
creative
Assessment Word List:
plane
system
behind
entertain
encounter
southern
nowadays
distraught
grouchy
although
doubting
caution
lawyer
roughness
boundary
Week 3
stable
hospital
ran
Treasures
Review:
recent
closet
minus
Treasures
 279 C-D
 5-Day Spelling 307 E-F and
 307J, 307 S, 307 W
 278K Phonics/Word Study Flip
Chart 23
 Essential Word Sorts for the
Intermediate Grades #51
 http://www.spellingcity.com/
 Open Closed syllable wordlist
 Open closed lesson Powerpoint
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Assessment Word List:
Unit 3
Words of the Week
High Frequency Words Resources
Assessment
Focus:
Consonant +
le Syllables
saddle
table
noble
cattle
stumble
terrible
beetle
kettle
eagle
royal
cripple
round
boat
ran
round
boat
stable
royal
label
humble
terrible
hospital
several
impossible
people
stumble
table
journal
legal
label
vocal
journal
medal
several
sample
impossible
people
Review:
entertain
encounter
southern
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321 C-D
5-Day Spelling 349E-F
349J, 349 S, 349W
320 K Phonics/Word Study Flip
Chart 28
Essential Word Sorts for the
Intermediate Grades #’s 85,86,87
http://www.spellingcity.com/