Fifth Grade Scope and Sequence for Word StudyRevised June 2014

Lesson / Students Outcomes: The students will be able to read, spell, and understand… / Homophones
Unit 1/Quarter 1
1 / Closed Syllable
  • Introduce routines
  • Set up Word Study Notebook
  • Review short vowel sounds, consonant clusters/diagraphs (ch, sh, th, wh, ck, and ph) (posters/wall chart)
  • Review bonus letters (ss, ll, ff, and zz)
/ mist/missed
profit/prophet
2 / Closed Syllable con’t
  • Review short vowel sounds (poster/wall chart)
/ lesson/lessen
find/fined
3 / v-c-e Syllable (helping e)
  • Review long vowels sounds in VCe syllables (the “e” is the perfect volunteer, it helps make the first vowel say its name, but keeps silent) (poster/wall chart)
  • Welded exceptions to VCesyllable –ive (like in give or olive); we do not have real owrds that end in the letter v in our language
/ gate/gait
mode/mowed
lute/loot
4 / Open Syllable
  • Review long vowel sounds in Open syllables (poster/wall chart)
  • Discuss the sounds of the letter y in open syllables (y says the long i sound as in cry in a one syllable word)(y says the long e sound when not in the first syllable like in baby or pretty)
/ pi/pie
no/know
5 / Open Syllable con’t
  • Review long vowel sounds in Open syllables (poster/wall chart)
/ n/a
6 / Open and Closed Syllables
  • Review both short and long single vowel sounds (posters/wall charts)
  • Mixed Practice
  • Discuss exceptions
/ n/a
1
Unit 1 / Greek and Latin Roots
*These can be taught any time during Unit 1/Quarter 1
-press
-script/scribe / n/a
2
Unit 1 / Greek and Latin Root
*This can be taught any time during Unit 1/Quarter 1
-port / n/a
Unit 2/Quarter 2
7 / Other sounds of c and g
  • C says /s/ when followed by e, i, or y (cyclone, accident)
  • G says /j/ when followed by e, i, or y (gigantic, suggest)
/ cereal/serial
genes/jeans
8 / c-le Syllable (consonant-le)
  • Consonant-le syllable is an ending syllable, only the consonant and the letter l is heard, the e is silent. The e is there to make the syllable legal (nimble, vehicle)
  • Exceptions to the c-le syllable: -stle (the t is silent like in whistle and hustle)
/ meddle/medal muscle/mussel
bridle/bridal
peddle/pedal
9 / Review
Sorting and reviewing all four types covered
•open
•closed
•v-c-e
•c-le / n/a
10 / Prefixes
  • A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem or base of a word
  • Adding it to the beginning of one word changes it into another word.
  • meaning and spelling
/ n/a
11 / Adding Prefixes to base words / n/a
1
Unit 2 / Greek and Latin Roots
*These can be taught any time during Unit 2/Quarter 2
-manu/-man
-ject / n/a
2
Unit 2 / Greek and Latin Roots
*These can be taught any time during Unit 2/Quarter 2
-tract
-min / n/a
Unit 3/Quarter 3
12 / Suffixes
  • A suffix is an affix which is a word ending. It is a group of letters you can add to the end of a root word.
  • meaning and spelling
  • -al and -ity
/ stationary/stationery
guessed/guest
13 / Adding Suffixes to base words
-ine, -age, -ege / n/a
14 / R-Controlled Syllable
  • Vowel sounds for r-controlled syllables: ar as in car, or as in horn, er as in her, ur as in burn, ir as in first
  • The letter r controls the vowel sound
/ kernel/colonel
hanger/hangar
whirled/world
current/currant
15 / Vowel Team Syllable
•ai,ay,ee, ey
•oe, oa, ue / waive/wave toad/toed/towed
sees/seas/seize
hair/hare
16 / Vowel Team Syllables con’t
•oi, oy, au, aw
•eu, ui, ew / haul/hall
pause/paws
17 / Vowel Team Syllables con’t
•ou (troutsoup) 2 sounds
•ow (snowplow) 2 sounds
•oo (good food) 2 sounds
•ea (eat bread and steak) 3 sounds / moose/mousse
pores/pours
1
Unit 3 / Greek and Latin Roots
*These may be taught any time during Unit 3/Quarter 3
-miss/mit / n/a
2
Unit 3 / Greek and Latin Roots
*These may be taught any time during Unit 3/Quarter 3
-sym / n/a
Unit 4/Quarter 4
18 / Silent Letters
  • wr says /r/ (wrath), rh says /r/ rhinoceros, gh says /g/ ghoul, kn says /n/ knob, gn says /n/ gnarled, mn says /n/ column, and mb says /m/ plumber
/ wrest/rest
plumb/plum
rain/reign
19 / Advanced spellings
que- /k/
ch-/k/ / click/clique
cord/chord
mask/masque
20 / Advanced Spellings con’t
-ti, -ci , -tu,-ture
feature, signature, social / patients/patience
21 / Homographs
  • two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same and having different meanings and origins
/ n/a
22 / Homographs
  • two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same and having different meanings and origins
/ n/a
1
Unit 4 / Greek and Latin Roots
*These may be taught any time during Unit 4/Quarter 4
-carm
–corp / n/a
2
Unit 4 / Green and Latin Roots
*These may be taught any time during Unit 4/Quarter 4
-ped
–pod / n/a

B. Herrig, M. Duermit, C. Ryan 7/2014