TEACHER ELEMENTS

STUDENT ELEMENTS

GRADE 6

GRADE 6

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 Latin prefixes.

Tell the spelling/meanings of the Latin prefixes AB, ANTE, CIRCUM, COM/CON, CONTRA, DE, DIS/DIF, EX/E/EF, IN/IL/IM, INTER, INTRA, INTRO, NON, POST, PRE, PRO, RE, RETRO, SUB/SUF/SUS, SUPER, TRANS, ULTRA.

Teach the spelling/meanings of Latin root words.

Tell the spelling/meanings of the Latin root words FRAG/FRACT, FUS, GEN, JECT, JUNCT, JUD, JUG, JUR, LEG/LIG/LECT, LOC, LOC/LOQU, MAGN, MAL, MAN/MANU, MIT/MISS, MOR/MORT, MATER, MOV/MOB, NOM, OMNI, PATER/PATR, PED, PEND/PENT, PON/POS, PORT, PLIC, PRIM, PULS, PUNCT, REG/RIG/RECT.

Teach the spelling/meanings of at least 25 more pairs of homophones.

Identify the spelling/meanings of at least 25 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.

Help students to set up a cumulative, individualized record of new spelling/vocabulary words found in literature selections.

Set up a cumulative, individualized record of new spelling/vocabulary words found in literary selections.