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INTRODUCTION TO GRADE 7 - SPELLING AND VOCABULARY

In Grade 7 students will learn the spelling and meanings of Old English and foreign suffixes that are used to form nouns. They will identify the spelling/meanings of at least 50 pairs of homophones. They will analyze unfamiliar words based on individual word elements. They will spell and use words from professional lists prepared for grade level. In addition, they will add to their vocabulary new words that are found in literature selections.

TEACHER ELEMENTS	STUDENT ELEMENTS

GRADE 7	GRADE 7


*THE TEACHER SHALL:*	*THE STUDENT SHOULD:*
REVIEW, RETEACH, AND REASSESS PAST CONCEPTS.

NEW CONCEPTS	NEW CONCEPTS

Help students to use dictionaries to look up spelling, pronunciation, semantic changes, and origins of words.	Use dictionaries in order to look up spelling, pronunciation, semantic changes, and origins of words.

Teach the spelling/meanings of Old English and foreign suffixes that are used to form nouns.	Tell the spelling/meanings of Old English and foreign suffixes AGE, ANCE/ ANCY, ARD, ATE, CY, DOM, EE, EER, ER, ERY, ESS, ET/ETTE, HOOD, ISM, IST, ITY, MENT, NESS, OR, RY, SION/TION, TUDE, TY, URE.

	Explain that words containing the suffixes (mentioned above) are nouns.

Teach the spelling/meanings of at least 50 more pairs of homophones.	Identify the spelling/meanings of at least 50 more pairs of homophones.

Provide opportunities for students to analyze the spelling/meanings of unfamiliar words based on the spelling/meanings of the individual word elements.	Analyze the spelling/meanings of unfamiliar words based on the spelling/meanings of the individual word elements.

Regularly and systematically teach spelling/vocabulary words taken from professional lists prepared for grade level.	Spell and use words regularly and correctly from professional lists prepared for grade level.

Provide opportunities for students to add to cumulative, individualized record of new spelling/vocabulary words found in literature selections.	Add to cumulative, individualized record of new spelling/vocabulary words found in literature selections.

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