Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.2 C Grade 4 CPI 9

 

Standard: 3.2 Reading

 

Strand: C - Mechanics, Spelling, & Handwriting

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 9 - The student will use knowledge of base words, structural analysis, and spelling patterns to expand spelling competency in writing.

 

Grade: 4

 

Vignettes:

 

·      Using Word Origins to Develop Vocabulary

 

Sample Activities:

 

·      Students are taught to edit their writing for spelling by starting with the last word on the page and looking carefully in turn at each word to determine whether it looks right. They a re taught to use a variety of resources and strategies to correct their own misspellings. They know that their teacher will not correct their spelling without evidence on the paper (such as circling the word) that they have made independent attempts to identify and correct misspellings.

 

·      Students self-edit and peer edit writing drafts, checking for subject-verb agreement, word usage, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.