Scott Foresman Reading Street

Pretest and Sort

Think and Practice

Connect to Writing

Review

Posttest

PRETEST

Use the Dictation Sentences from Day 5 to administer the pretest. Read the word, read the sentence, and then read the word again. Guide students in self-correcting their pretests and correcting any misspellings.

then… use words 1–25
for Advanced Learners.

If… students correctly spell
all pretest
words,

then… use words 1–20
for On-Level practice.

If… students misspell 1–5 pretest words,

then… use words 1–10
for Strategic Intervention.

If… students misspell more than 5 pretest words,

Spelling

HOMEWORK Spelling Practice Book, p. 1.

Spelling Practice Book p. 1

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TEACH

Vowels usually have the short
sound when they are followed by
two consonants. Write sudden
on the board. Underline
consonants dd, and circle the
vowel u. Say sudden and identify
u as a short vowel. Guide
students in finding the VCCV
pattern in finger, intend, and
happen.

VCCV

sudden

FIND THE PATTERN Ask students to identify the VCCV pattern in each of the spelling words. For each word, have them tell whether the two consonants that follow the vowel are the same, as in sudden, or different, as in finger. Have students name the vowel and say the vowel sound in the first syllable of each word.

HOMEWORK Spelling Practice Book, p. 2.

Spelling Practice Book p. 2

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Spelling & Phonics Short Vowels VCCV

WRITE A PERSONAL ESSAY

Ask students to use at least five spelling words to write a paragraph or two about an event from their life.

These words may seem easy
to spell, but they are often
misspelled by fourth-graders.
Alert students to these frequently misspelled words. Make sure
students pronounce the final th
in with. Point out that the letters
ou stand for the short u sound
in cousin, and that the z sound
is spelled with an s.

with

cousin

Frequently Misspelled
Words

HOMEWORK Spelling Practice Book, p. 3.

Spelling Practice Book p. 3

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REVIEW SHORT VOWELS

Have pairs of students take turns giving each other clues about the spelling words. Tell them to give one clue about the word's meaning. For the other clue, students should say the vowel sound in the word's first syllable.

Spelling Strategy
Problem Parts

We all have words that are hard for us to spell.

Step 1: Ask yourself: Which part of the word gives me a problem?

Step 2: Underline your problem part.

Step 3: Picture the word. Focus on the problem part.

HOMEWORK Spelling Practice Book, p. 4.

Spelling Practice Book p. 4

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DICTATION SENTENCES

I admire people who are kind.
A magnet picks up nails.
The girls won the contest.
Do you have a good method
for doing homework?
It is our custom to stand during the parade.
We had a pep rally before the game.
Terry loves to play soccer.
The car's engine wouldn't start.
The car made a sudden turn.
I cut my finger.
No one was hurt in the accident.
I always seem to lose one mitten.
How do you intend to solve the puzzle?
The wool fabric made me itch.
I used my hand to flatten the clay.
That playful puppy is a rascal.
The leaves clogged the gutter.
A camel is a mammal.
I wonder what will happen next.
There is a cannon at the park.

CHALLENGE

A dungeon is dark and damp.
Glasses magnify small print.
We had fun at the holiday festival.
A tree fell during the thunderstorm.
The doctor treated Jed's injury.

1.	admire	11.	accident
2.	magnet	12.	mitten
3.	contest	13.	intend*
4.	method	14.	fabric
5.	custom	15.	flatten
6.	rally	16.	rascal
7.	soccer	17.	gutter
8.	engine	18.	mammal
9.	sudden*	19.	happen*
10.	finger*	20.	cannon

21.	dungeon	24.	thunderstorm
22.	magnify	25.	injury
23.	festival