Spelling Links:
http://www.spellingcity.com/ - a great way to practice spelling words
Skills and concepts for Grade 4 (From Rebecca Sitton's Sourcebook Series)
Spelling by analogy ( be_: behind, became, behave)
Short and long vowel spelling patterns ( long a: able, state, rainy, today)
Consonant spelling patterns (/j/: just, change, giant, gym)
Irregular Spellings ( build, watch, friend)
Multisyllabic words ( information)
Silent letters ( become, often, walk, answer)
Spelling digraphs ( weather, English, wheel, telephone, check)
Spelling Diphthongs ( /ou/: hour, power, /oi/: voice, enjoy)
Spelling vowel-r ( /er/: certain, third, surface)
Spelling soft-syllable endings
Letter substitutions (letter-card manipulations)
STUDENTS SHOULD LEARN STRATEGIES THAT ENABLE THEM TO ANTICIPATE THE SPELLING OF A WORD SUCH AS /ER/ IS USUALLY SPELLED ER, IR, OR UR IN STRESSED SYLLABLES.
STUDENTS SHOULD EXPLORE THE USE OF PREFIXES, SUFFIXES, AND KNOW THE BASIC RULES THAT GOVERN THEIR USE.
