English Language Arts3-5
Weekly Spelling Routine for 4th Grade Week 8
By Vanessa B.
A five-day slide presentation for 4th graders that walks through a 10-word spelling list with a gradual-release arc, from Monday introduction through Friday's test. It builds word recognition, spelling accuracy, and sentence-writing skills, with speaker notes and tricky-spot callouts such as 'i before e' and silent letters.
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Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use the Monday slide during a 5–8 minute whole-class introduction, reading the words aloud together and spending extra time on receive/believe and business before students copy them into their notebooks.
- Discussion question: Why do 'receive' and 'believe' follow the 'i before e except after c' rule, and what other words can you think of that break it?
- Scaffold for struggling readers: Provide a word bank with picture cues or syllable breaks (bus-y, bus-i-ness) for the Tuesday cover-spell-check activity and the Wednesday sentence task.
- Extension for advanced students: Ask them to write a sentence for all three of their chosen words that uses a word from the list in a compound or complex sentence, or to find a related word family (peace/peaceful, important/importance).
- Time estimate: About 5–8 minutes on Monday, 5 minutes on Tuesday and Thursday, 5–8 minutes on Wednesday, and 5–10 minutes for Friday's test, roughly 30 minutes total per week.
English Language Arts3-5
Weekly Spelling Routine for 4th Grade Week 8
By Vanessa B.
A five-day slide presentation for 4th graders that walks through a 10-word spelling list with a gradual-release arc, from Monday introduction through Friday's test. It builds word recognition, spelling accuracy, and sentence-writing skills, with speaker notes and tricky-spot callouts such as 'i before e' and silent letters.
Customize for your classroom
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use the Monday slide during a 5–8 minute whole-class introduction, reading the words aloud together and spending extra time on receive/believe and business before students copy them into their notebooks.
- Discussion question: Why do 'receive' and 'believe' follow the 'i before e except after c' rule, and what other words can you think of that break it?
- Scaffold for struggling readers: Provide a word bank with picture cues or syllable breaks (bus-y, bus-i-ness) for the Tuesday cover-spell-check activity and the Wednesday sentence task.
- Extension for advanced students: Ask them to write a sentence for all three of their chosen words that uses a word from the list in a compound or complex sentence, or to find a related word family (peace/peaceful, important/importance).
- Time estimate: About 5–8 minutes on Monday, 5 minutes on Tuesday and Thursday, 5–8 minutes on Wednesday, and 5–10 minutes for Friday's test, roughly 30 minutes total per week.