SYLLABUS FOR GRADE 6
The World Spelling Championship covers questions on spelling rules, strategies, and generalizations. Each student gets a specially designed e-book to prepare for the Championship. Each lesson focuses on a core set of 20 words, plus 10 challenge words to extend students. The crafted word lists are based on the sound, structure, and meaning of words. They support teaching of the following elements of the State Standards:
English Language Arts Standards
| Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.2 | Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4 | Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.6 |
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1.Spell correctly. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.2.B
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1.Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4.B
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Aspects of spelling covered in this year Championship
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Digraphs |
ea, ee; ai, ay; ie, ei; oa, ow |
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Endings |
ant, ent; ery, ary, ory |
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Prefixes |
un, dis, mis; re, de, pre; in, im, ir, il |
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Suffixes |
er, est; s, es; s, ies; er, or; ful, less; ic; able, ible; ous; ence, ance; ness; ion, ian; ly; ity; ably, ibly; ancy, ency |
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Letter patterns |
igh, eigh, aigh; cc, xc |
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Origins |
Greek |
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Other |
homophones; vowel sounds; vowel sounds exceptions; word building; compound words; loan words; tricky words; irregular plurals; eponyms |