Focuses on action suffixes (-ize, -ify, -en) and the transition to complex word endings like -ion, -ation, and consonant alternations.
A vocabulary and word study lesson focused on suffixes and base words, themed around the Great Migration in the Serengeti. Students explore word structures while learning about one of nature's most incredible journeys.
Unit 9 Lesson 2 Do Now focusing on focused structure in a solar eclipse passage and editing dialogue punctuation and complex sentences in a formal letter.
Unit 9 Lesson 1 Do Now focusing on developing engaging ideas in a baking narrative and editing capitalization and spelling for a Texas state parks report.
Unit 8 Lesson 15 Do Now focusing on improving sentence variety in a science fair passage and editing adjectives and prepositions in a mountain climbing journal.
Unit 8 Lesson 14 Do Now focusing on passage organization for a sea turtle conservation story and editing compound sentences and pronouns in a school play description.
Unit 8 Lesson 13 Do Now focusing on adding details to a passage about a community garden and editing irregular verbs in a museum trip narrative.
Foundational practice for Sorts 13-17, focusing on short and long vowel patterns including CVCe and CVVC for a, o, u, and e.
The final sorts (38-56) covering advanced spelling patterns including silent consonants, prefixes, suffixes, and geography vocabulary.
Sorts 29-37 focusing on unaccented final syllables like -le, -er, -en, and final -y variations.
Sorts 22-28 exploring ambiguous vowels like oy/oi and ou/ow, as well as r-influenced vowel patterns.
Sorts 17-21 diving into long vowel patterns (a, i, o, u, e) within accented syllables.
Sorts 10-16 covering compound words and the foundational rules of syllable junctures in VCV and VCCV patterns.
The first 9 sorts focusing on review of vowel patterns in single-syllable words and adding -ing to different word patterns.