Examples: structural analysis-root words, prefixes, suffixes

B. Utilize spelling strategies in all content areas

1. phonemic (by sound)
2. visual (by look)
3. morphemic (by meaning)
4. linking (connections)
5. research (by inquiry)

You Must Remember This!
Students create mnemonics that help them remember the correct spellings of words.

Spell Check - Live!
Using information on the H.I.P. pocket change Web site, students create vocabulary words and a variety of spelling exercises. This exercise can be done either online or offline.

Creating a Memorial Day Poster Poem
Children create a Memorial Day word web and use it to create a poem about Memorial Day.
 

Spelling Resources from Houghton Mifflin:  This site offers hands-on activities for spelling practice.

Games for Grade 5 Language Arts Standard:  This site offers two online games for practicing spelling.

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) 

E/B: Read one's own writing and possibly some simple, brief narrative texts and begin to produce phonemes appropriately; D: Read simple narrative and expository texts with some elements of appropriate voice and expression; E: Read narrative and expository text with appropriate timing, voice, and expression.
E/B: Recognize and produce English phonemes students already know and morphemes in simple phrases and possibly sentences; D: Recognize and produce frequently heard synonyms and homographs; E: Understand most frequently heard synonyms, antonyms, and homographs.
D: Identify similes and metaphors in simple literature; E: Explain use of figurative language (i.e. similes, metaphors).
E: Understand roots and affixes to derive meaning from literature.
 

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