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 1–20
for Advanced Learners.

If… students correctly spell
all pretest
words,

then… use words 1–15
for On-Level practice.

If… students misspell 1–4 pretest words,

then… use words 1–8
for Strategic Intervention.

If… students misspell more than 4 pretest words,

Spelling

HOMEWORK Spelling Practice Book, p. 41

Spelling Practice Book p. 41

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TEACH

In contractions, two words are combined and an apostrophe takes the place of letters that are left out. Write you will on the board. Cross
out the wi and replace with an apostrophe. Then write the new
word you'll. Guide students to do
the same thing for other spelling words.

you '

FIND THE PATTERN Ask students to identify the missing letters in each spelling word. Demonstrate how the apostrophe takes the place of those missing letters.

HOMEWORK Spelling Practice Book, p. 42

Spelling Practice Book p. 42

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Spelling & Phonics Contractions

WRITE INSTRUCTIONS

Ask students to write instructions
on how to do an activity or project, using at least four spelling words. Have students read their
instructions to the class and see
if other students can figure out what activity is being described.

These words are difficult for third-graders to spell because students are often confused
about where to place the apostrophe. Alert students to
these frequently misspelled
words and encourage them to
think carefully before they
write them.

that's		they're
didn't		it's

Frequently Misspelled
Words

HOMEWORK Spelling Practice Book, p. 43

Spelling Practice Book p. 43

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REVIEW CONTRACTIONS

Encourage students to create a matching game. They can write each part of a contraction in two columns. Then have students trade papers and match the words to create the contractions. Have students write each contraction next to the paired words.

Spelling Strategy
Missing Letters

Apostrophes take the place of missing letters in contractions. Encourage students to be aware of what letters are missing, so they will place the apostrophe in the correct place by thinking of the two words that have been combined to make the contraction.

HOMEWORK Spelling Practice Book, p. 44

Spelling Practice Book p. 44

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DICTATION SENTENCES

Let's go to the park today.
He'd like to come with us.
You'll like the new car.
Rita can't go with us.
I'd like to see my friend.
You'd better be careful on the slide.
We haven't been here before.
Why hasn't Tom played with us?
She'd be late for school if she slept until nine o'clock.
They'll meet us at three o'clock.
When's it time to go home?
We'd better run before it rains.
They'd like to play the game.
Why wasn't Jason home?
She didn't want to play with us.

CHALLENGE

You should've called me.
I would've come right away.
We could've met after lunch.
You needn't shout at me!
You've been happy all day.

1.	let’s	9.	she’d*
2.	he’d	10.	they’ll
3.	you’ll	11.	when’s
4.	can’t*	12.	we’d
5.	I’d	13.	they’d
6.	you’d	14.	wasn’t
7.	haven’t*	15.	didn’t*
8.	hasn’t

16.	should’ve	19.	needn’t
17.	would’ve	20.	you’ve
18.	could’ve