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SPELLING SPELLING SPELLING SPELLING SPELLING SPELLING SPELLING
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Sequential Spelling Sequential Spelling Sequential Spelling Sequential Spelling Sequential Spelling Sequential Spelling Sequential Spelling
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READING READING READING READING
Lesson: _____ EXERCISE Lesson: _____ EXERCISE Lesson: _____ EXERCISE Lesson: _____
Readings for Fluency Readings for Fluency Readings for Fluency Readings for Fluency
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DICTATION DICTATION DICTATION
EXERCISE Page(s): ______ EXERCISE Page(s): ______ EXERCISE Page(s): _______ EXERCISE
Word Families in Word Families in Word Families in
Sentence Context Sentence Context Sentence Context
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TYPING TYPING TYPING TYPING
Lesson: _____ FREE WRITE Lesson: _____ FREE WRITE Lesson: _____ FREE WRITE Lesson: _____
Individualized Individualized Individualized Individualized
Keyboarding Keyboarding Keyboarding Keyboarding
(15 min., 3X/day) (15 min., 3X/day) (15 min., 3X / day) (15 min., 3X/day)
HANDWRITING HANDWRITING HANDWRITING
FREE WRITE Lesson: _____ FREE WRITE Lesson: _____ FREE WRITE Lesson: _____ FREE WRITE
Let’s Write Right Let’s Write Right Let’s Write Right
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COMPREHENSION WORD GAMES COMPREHENSION WORD GAMES
(10 min.) PLEASURE (10 min.) PLEASURE (10 min.) PLEASURE (10 min.)
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Remember that frequent, short study sessions and lessons are much more effective than fewer, lengthy sessions.
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 Inspire Me
Take a few moments to study the picture below. Think about all of the things that it reminds
you of. What is the picture? What could it represent? Take a minute or two to list the things
that come to mind when you look at the picture. Pictures are only one small moment in time –
but you are now going to write a story about what is happening, what happened before the
picture was taken, and what will happen now. Write for at least ten minutes on a separate
sheet of paper.

My Ideas

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 QUOTABLES:
Read the quote below and take a few moments to think about it. To whom do you think the
person was speaking? What do you think about the quote? Use the space below to write
your response(s) and continue on another sheet if necessary. Continue writing for at least five
minutes.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing
within him the image of a cathedral. –Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Directions: Create a short story of at least a paragraph using all of the words below. Be
creative. You could choose to write a poem instead of a story.

good old one see ten up

book love time car
dog hat big ice air looking

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Teacher Instructions: Read each of the following proverbs to your student for dictation.
Show him the correct spelling, and have him correct his own mistakes. Ask if he knows
and understands the meaning of each, and have him explain them to you. Have a
conversation about each proverb: Do you agree with it? Is it good advice? Are there
exceptions?

1. A man can die just once.

2. Bad news travels fast.

3. Boys will be boys.

4. Don't cry over spilt milk.

5. Easy come, easy go.

Teacher’s Notes:

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 Picture This!
Draw a picture to represent each English Idiom listed below – make it silly or serious, but make the
picture memorable! You can represent the figurative or literal meaning. Look up the definition if you
don’t know what it means.

(Don’t) throw a game (She’s) sicker than a dog

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Directions: List as many words as you can that have the following letters (in order)
contained in them. How many can you name in 5 minutes? Look up all of the
other words in that word family in The Patterns of English Spelling when the five
minutes are up.

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 Scramblers
Directions: Make as many words as you can using the letters in the word given
below. You do not need to use all of the letters in the word given for your
answers. How many can you make?

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Sequential Spelling 1, Eval 1

O N F L T N R R L E E V T T T T I R U E N T P H T
T G E V N I I I D E T T S O E N S S R F G L R E E
S R S G B G O A T L F A O P T F T O O N A L B G N
T F E P T E F S T E U E N E I E T O I N A G W N F
G I W E T L G E W T S O O E E E L D N I R O S L U
N L I A S P D I I I N P W E N I L E N F L N A T U
A N S T W S T U N U N S U S N O D S F O I T L E T
E M I T E T T D I N O N O G F P L M E W T U R S E
L I O T P R D G O L I G E E R G S O T E N F P U F
N A E N M I O L G S I N U R S T R R R F N A N I P
O G S S T I P N I I S S G I U W D S P O R T S E E
O F E I L G I N P W S R P F E W T E S I E R R P R
D N F R H T I O S O E E E I R T M G U P I M U I L
I F T P T I P T N W S M E R U N I U E I I N O S T
M F O I D L N S T T W N T T I I R D E T N I O L E
S E L R O I W E S U I T E N W W H I T I D G F P S
G P E T G L U R I T T O T T E B L E N R N O G R E
S E T P T O E E W I A I R W S T D H L L U N D L W
L N P T P P T S G A R I D I I E O N R S H P N S N
E D E B P L S R E I T T S T S E U O S P N H L A T
T A O U L F N H I V S S G F F T L T E E E L T L G
O L S T S I R I O R O R G D S E F N T S I V W R S
P S A O S E I T I U T H O E R R D E T A P S D L N
I L S R I T S L H E T I S I L U P H G E I A R O N
F D L N I I F D E F W S T R L T T T T T O L M T P

twins beginning trees winner

would shouts suppers ten

planned fooling flat fit

flatters splitting folding permitted

upset wild shoves forgot

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 Speech tuh Spellin’ 1
Directions: Translate these sentences from sloppy speech into correct written forms.

1. Thairz noh such thing az uh dum pursun.

2. Whud juh say?

3. Ah sed, “thairz noh bud dee hooze dum.”

4. Doh’n-t wur ree if yuh may’k sum miss takes.

5. How’d juh lurn how duh waw’k?

6. Did juh lurn how duh waw’k with ow’t fawl in dow’n?

7. How’d juh lurn how duh taw’k?

8. Dij juh lurn how duh taw’k with ow’t may’k in miss tay’k-ss?

9. In this class yor gaw nuh lurn how duh spell uh lotta wurdz.

10. In this klass, ee vin yor tee chur is gaw nuh lurn sum thin.

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Directions: Unscramble these words.

1. nips

2. snik

3. ndienp

4. hiscn

5. eetsr

6. gaedirse

7. reesf

8. gsneigdraei

9. tuore

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Directions: Reunite the word family pattern in the word bank on the right with the words
on the left. Each pattern will only be used once.

WORD BANK

D___ ACK
F___ AME
TR__ ASS
B__ AST
J___ AW
L__ AY
ST__ EAR
ST___ EE
G___ EE
H___ ELL
L__ ET
P__ IE
S__ ILL
T___ ISH
BL___ ISS
CL___ IX
H___ ONE
K___ OPE
L___ OW
L__ UNE
M___ UST

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 This is a page from AVKO's "Word Families in Sentence Context"
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rod My dad used to drive a hot rod to school in the sixties.
Rod My friend Rod bought himself a new fly rod.
Rod’s I think I’ll borrow Rod’s fly rod to go fishing.
rods He has all kinds of fishing rods.
gods The Greeks and Romans believed in all kinds of different gods.
god They had a god for everything. They even had a god for wine.
God Today, most Greeks and Romans believe in just one God.
God’s Does anybody know what God’s name is?
cod The fish in fish and chips is usually the cod fish.
nod I hope you don’t nod off to sleep.
nods If Rod or Rodney nods his head yes, let him go.
nodded He nodded his head no and then just nodded off to sleep.
nodding Rod just sits there nodding his head.
sodding When you are sodding a lawn, remember: Green side up!
sodded Our neighbor sodded his lawn last spring.
sods I hope my older brother sods his lawn before it’s too late.
sod How can you put sod over cement and expect it to grow?
Tod Tod is a real close friend of mine.
Tod’s Have you seen Tod’s new hot rod?
plod Some people move quickly. Others just plod along.
plods I don’t care if Tod plods along as long as he gets there.
plodded Rod plodded his way to school through a foot of snow.
plodding Who cares if Rod or Tod is always plodding along?
prodding My teacher was always prodding me to do better.
prodded He prodded the steer with a cattle prod.
prods Rod’s teacher prods him all the time, but not with a cattle prod.
prod I guess you have to prod some people to get them started.
shod Have you ever seen a horse get shod? Can you shoe a horse?
shoddy Tod’s work is shoddy. In fact, it’s just plain slipshod.
pod Tod and Rod are just like two peas in a pod.
pods Have you ever taken peas out of their pods?
Rodney Rod’s real name is Rodney O’Connell.
clod Don’t call me a clod, you stupid klutz!
clods Lumps of dirt are called clods. You shouldn’t call people clods.

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