TFSD Unwrapped Standard
Sixth Grade – Language Arts
Power Standard (s) Reference: Standard 4 - Spelling
State Standard: none
District Standard: Standard 3.3 - Grammar and Mechanical Conventions
Full Text of TFSD Power Standard:
Students apply spelling rules in both formal and daily writing with focus on affixes and
Latin and Greek roots.
Concepts: Need to know about (Nouns)
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Patterns
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Rules
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Affixes
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Latin and Greek roots
Skills: Be able to do (Verbs)
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Identify patterns
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Employ rules
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Assign meaning using affixes
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Recognize Latin and Greek roots
Identifying Big Ideas from Unwrapped Standards:
1. Knowledge of spelling patterns and rules promotes good spelling.
2. The meaning of a word may be changed by changing the affix.
3. Word roots can be traced to Latin and Greek origins.
Essential Questions from Big Ideas to Guide Instruction and Assessment:
1. Why is knowledge of spelling patterns and rules important?
2. How do affixes affect word meaning?
3. How do Latin and Greek roots impact spelling of English words?
Possible Topics or Context: (what you will use to teach the concepts and skills-particular
unit, lessons or activities)
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Spelling competitions
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Greek auction (flashcards using Latin and Greek roots)
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Dictionary check for word origin
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Review spelling rules and patterns
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Bubble test – teach that the first part is the spelling words from list – the last 5 is a
test of rules (Open Court)
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Test taking skills
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Write the word correctly for partial credit
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Make up words
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Made big words prefix plus root
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6 syllable types
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