Word+Study+Learning+Plans

=Teachers:= Please note, these plans include //**sample activities**// for each unit. Each unit will require you to complement the plans with sorts and explorations based on your students' needs. Be sure to go to the resources page for help creating more activities. //**PLEASE**// upload your activities to this Wiki to make it more comprehensive. If you don't know how to do this, email the lesson to Ms. Ayala or Mr. Case.

=** September **=

[[file:sorting C sounds DIFFICULT.pdf]]
= October: Word Families and parts of speech =
 * [|Lesson plan, _oo_ words] **
 * ** Multiple Ways of Spelling One Sound: [[file:long A sound DIFFICULT.pdf]][[file:words w- air sound-1.pdf]] **

Word Families (onset and rime)

 * === [[file:Word Families Exploration.doc]] ===
 * === [[file:words w- air sound-1.pdf]] onset + rime: are, air, ere ===

Parts of Speech

 * === [[file:Parts of Speech.doc]]UNDER CONSTRUCTION ===
 * [[file:Exploration, jabberwocky.pdf]] [[file:Jabberwocky-1.pdf]]
 * [|Parts of Speech Website, PPT presentations and more]
 * [|3 column sort]
 * **[|Mad libs stories]**
 * [|Grammar Game, beg, interm, adv.]
 * [|List of Adverbs]
 * [[file:Cloze Activities for Adverbs.doc]]
 * [[file:Adverb Verb Adjective Practice Box.doc]]Rewriting sentences using an adverb, verb, and adjective

= November: Plurals =




 * [[file:Plurals Word Sort.doc]]**There are 4 patterns in this sort.(No cutting and pasting required)**
 * [[file:PluralsES 8.doc]]**Plurals Spelling Activity - focus is on adding es and changing y to ies**
 * [[file:Plurals Vowel S Consonant Es.doc]]**Plurals Spelling Activity - focus is on vowel + o ADD "s" and consonant +o ADD "es"**


 * [[file:Plurals Sort Includes words ending in O.doc]]**Sort including words ending in vowel + "O" & ending in consonant + "O"**
 * [[file:Plurals Vowel S Consonant Es Text Connection.doc]]**Text connection, includes ending in vowel + "O" & ending in consonant + "O" This is a book review of W. D. Myers Dream Bearer**
 * === [[file:plural sort.pdf]] ===
 * === [[file:generalizations.pdf]] ===
 * === [[file:plurals xword.pdf]] ===

= December/January: Contractions and Possessives =
 * === [[file:Contractions Word Study Outline.doc]] ===
 * [[file:possessives.ppt]]

= February-Derivations Homophones =
 * === [[file:Derivation Lessons.doc]] [[file:then.than.notebook]] ===
 * === [[file:Derivative Powerpoint.ppt]] A smartboard lesson for then and than. ===
 * === [[file:Derivations Crossword Puzzle.pdf]] ===

= March-Affixes = = =


 * ===== [[file:Prefix and Suffix card game.doc]] =====

**(*see link next to Chapter 13 notes for on-line resources as well as the resources page for this word study)**

 * [[file:suffix lesson.doc]]

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 * [[file:ful.less sort.doc]]

= = = April: Proofreading and Editing = **May: Synonyms, Antonyms, & Eponyms**
 * === [[file:Proofreading and editing.doc]] ===
 * == [[file:compound words topic.doc]] ==


 * I. Synonyms **


 * II. Antonyms **


 * III. Eponyms **
 * A. [[file:Eponyms Lesson.doc]] **
 * 1. [[file:Eponym Words Powerpoint.ppt]] **


 * IV. Blended Words **
 * A. [[file:Blended Words Lesson.doc]] **