Language Arts Grade 4-Spelling

Rhea County Schools
Rhea County Curriculum

Language Arts - Grade 4-Spelling

Language Arts

The Terra Nova Complete Battery for Reading/Language Arts "reflects current instructional practices. The skills essential for effective communication - - reading comprehension, language, vocabulary, and study skills - - are integrated into one test to provide a coherent assessment experience.

To help student succeed, the directions, passages, and test questions are linked by themes that provide context and stimulate interest. The arrangement of test questions leads to a deepening engagement with the material, much like the process a thoughtful teacher uses in exploring text with students.

The test reflects the diverse cultures and ethnic backgrounds and experiences of contemporary students, with the goal of providing equity in assessing achievement. It involves the students in constructing meaning, monitoring their own comprehension strategies, and thinking critically and creatively in response to texts." The Tennessee English Language Arts Curriculum Framework for Kindergarten through Grade 12 was adopted by the State Board of Education on December 5, 1996. "The framework includes the Content Strands and Learning Expectations necessary to insure K-12 Tennessee students develop the language skills needed to succeed in school, in the workplace, and in their lives." As a response to the concerns of the business and college communities, the TCAP Writing Assessment was developed. The Assessment measures strengths and weaknesses in the are of writing and provides a basis for developing instructional strategies to improve writing.

Consonants: Variant Spelling
The learner will be able to correctly spell words which contain a phonetic segment which has multiple representations.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Consonant	Comprehension	Master	1.0	Terra Nova, Plus Edition (Complete Battery), 1997, Level 14, Spelling Item #19 week tested: 25.

Consonant: Phonemes
The learner will be able to identify the correct spelling of words with consonant phonemes.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Consonant	Knowledge	Master	2.0	Terra Nova, Plus Edition (Complete Battery), 1997, Level 14, Objective Statement #40 week tested: 25.

Vowels: Digraphs
The learner will be able to correctly spell words which have a digraph -recognize correctly spelled words using sound/symbol relationships(consonant blends, long vowels, vowel diphthongs, and digraphs).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Vowel	Comprehension	Master	1.0	Terra Nova, Plus Edition (Complete Battery), 1997, Level 14, Spelling Item #8 week tested: 25.

Vowel: Phonemes
The learner will be able to identify the correct spelling of vowel phonemes.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Vowel	Knowledge	Master	2.0	Terra Nova, Plus Edition (Complete Battery), 1997, Level 14, Objective Statement #41 week tested: 25.

Vowels: Long/Short
The learner will be able to use the correct spelling with both long and short sounds of vowels.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Vowel	Comprehension	Master	2.0	Terra Nova, Plus Edition (Complete Battery), 1997, Level 14, Spelling Item #2, 5, 10-11, 13, 15, 18 week tested: 25.

Double Letters
The learner will be able to correctly spell words that have double letters.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Double Letter	Comprehension	Master	1.0	Terra Nova, Plus Edition (Complete Battery), 1997, Level 14, Spelling Item #6-7 week tested: 25.

Schwa Sound
The learner will be able to correctly spell words which have a schwa sound.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Schwa	Comprehension	Master	3.0	Terra Nova, Plus Edition (Complete Battery), 1997, Level 14, Spelling Item #3, 16-17 week tested: 25.

Structural Units: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the correct spelling of structural units.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Complete Sentence	Knowledge	Introduce	1.0	Terra Nova, Plus Edition (Complete Battery), 1997, Level 14, Objective Statement #42, Spelling Item #14, 20 week tested: 25.

Irregular Words
The learner will be able to correctly write words with irregular spelling.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Irregular Word	Comprehension	Introduce	1.5	Terra Nova, Plus Edition (Complete Battery), 1997, Level 14, Spelling Item #12 week tested: 25.

Compound Word
The learner will be able to correctly spell compound words.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Compound Word	Comprehension	Master	1.0	Terra Nova, Plus Edition (Complete Battery), 1997, Level 14, Spelling Item #9 week tested: 25.

Affixes: identify and spell
The learner will be able to identify correctly spelled root words containing affixes(prefixes:in, un, dis. de, re,mid, and mis and suffixes:s, ed, est,able, ible,and ing)and know the meaning of given affixes.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Suffix	Comprehension	Master	1.0	Terra Nova, Plus Edition (Complete Battery), 1997, Level 14, Spelling Item #1 week tested: 25.

Spelling: Identify Correct
The learner will be able to identify the correct spelling of words.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Emergent Spelling	Knowledge	Master	1.0	TN: Curriculum Framework (K-12), December 5, 1996, Grade 3 - 5, p.2

Spelling: Applications
The learner will be able to apply conventional spelling in his/her writing.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Spelling Applications	Application	Introduce	1.0	TN: Curriculum Framework (K-12), December 5, 1996, Grade 3 - 5, p.2

spell basic words
The learner will be able to spell basic words in isolation and in sentence dictation.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Spell words in isolation /dictation	Application	Master	1.0	Rhea Co. Dept. of Edu(a)

Vowel diphthongs
The learner will be able to recognize letter-sound associations for vowel diphthongs.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Vowel diphthongs	Knowledge, Comprehension, Application	Master	1.0	Rhea Co. Dept. of Edu(a)

Silent consonants
The learner will be able to identify silent consonants in words.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Silent consonants	Knowledge, Comprehension, Application	Master	1.0	Rhea Co. Dept. of Edu(a)

Sounds of C and G
The learner will be able to apply letter-sound association for the two sounds of c and g.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Sounds of C and G	Knowledge, Comprehension, Application	Master	1.0	Rhea Co. Dept. of Edu(a)

Contractions
The learner will be able to identify contractions and their meanings.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Contractions	Knowledge, Comprehension, Application	Master	1.0	Rhea Co. Dept. of Edu(a)

Syllabication Rules
The learner will be able to divide polysyllabic words using syllabication rules (all 10 rules).

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Syllabication	Knowledge, Comprehension, Application	Master	1.0	Rhea Co. Dept. of Edu(a)

Abbreviations
The learner will be able to write abbreviations of commonly used words.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Abbreviations	Knowledge, Comprehension, Application	Master	1.0	Rhea Co. Dept. of Edu(a)

Plurals and possessives
The learner will be able to correctly spell plurals and possessives forms of nouns.

Strand	Bloom's	Scope	Hours	Source
Spelling of nouns	Knowledge, Comprehension, Application	Master	1.0	Rhea Co. Dept. of Edu(a)