6th Grade Spelling

Course Length

2 Semesters

6th Grade Spelling is a 30-week course of instruction that practices phonics skills, including vowel pairs and digraphs.

Course units also include significant incorporation of word parts such as prefixes and suffixes. Units include review of Greek and Latin roots, compound words, and homophones.

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Overview of Concepts

• MULTISYLLABIC WORDS USING LONG A VOWEL PAIRS
• MULTISYLLABIC WORDS USING LONG I VOWEL PAIRS
• MULTISYLLABIC WORDS USING LONG U VOWEL PAIRS
• MULTISYLLABIC WORDS USING LONG O VOWEL PAIRS
• MULTISYLLABIC WORDS USING LONG E VOWEL PAIRS
• CONSONANT DIGRAPHS: INITIAL DIGRAPHS - CH, KN
• CONSONANT DIGRAPHS: INITIAL DIGRAPHS - SH, TH, THR
• REVIEW LIST
• CONSONANT DIGRAPHS: INITIAL DIGRAPHS - PH, WH, WR
• MULTISYLLABIC WORDS WITH FINAL DIGRAPHS - CH, TH
• MULTISYLLABIC WORDS WITH FINAL DIGRAPHS - SH
• COMPOUND WORDS
• BASE AND ROOT WORDS USING THE PREFIXES IL-, IM-, AND IN-
• BASE AND ROOT WORDS USING THE PREFIX EX-
• BASE AND ROOT WORDS USING THE PREFIXES EN- AND EM-
• REVIEW LIST
• HOMOPHONES
• SUFFIXES: -WARD AND -LY
• SUFFIXES: -ING
• SUFFIXES: -ED
• WORDS USING GREEK ROOTS: -LOGY
• WORDS USING GREEK ROOTS: AER-
• WORDS USING GREEK ROOTS: AMBI- AND AMPHI-
• REVIEW LIST
• WORDS USING LATIN ROOTS: ANN- AND EMM-
• WORDS USING LATIN ROOTS: BENE-
• WORDS USING LATIN ROOTS: -CAPT-, -CEPT, and -CEIVE
• WORDS USING LATIN ROOTS: CIRC- AND CIRCUM-
• ACADEMIC VOCABULARY USED IN MATH
• REVIEW LIST