Spelling
| Week | Quarter | Theme | Focus / Objective |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q1 | Community Helpers & Our Neighborhood | Multisyllabic word decoding strategies; academic vocabulary |
| 2 | Q1 | Homes and Families in Our Community | Greek and Latin roots (bio-, geo-, -ology) |
| 3 | Q1 | Jobs and Tools People Use | Prefixes affecting meaning (dis-, mis-, over-) |
| 4 | Q1 | Getting Around: Transportation | Suffixes affecting part of speech (-tion, -ment, -ive) |
| 5 | Q1 | Farm to Table: Where Food Comes From | Homophones and commonly confused words |
| 6 | Q1 | Keeping Us Safe: Firefighters and Police | Spelling patterns for -able/-ible |
| 7 | Q1 | Our School Community | Compound and hyphenated words |
| 8 | Q1 | Maps and Where We Live | Content-vocabulary spelling (science/social studies terms) |
| 9 | Q1 | Celebrating Our Community (Quarter Review) | Quarter review: roots, affixes, academic vocabulary |
| 10 | Q2 | The Four Seasons and How They Change | Silent letter patterns in advanced words |
| 11 | Q2 | Fall Harvest and Changing Leaves | Consonant doubling rules before suffixes |
| 12 | Q2 | Weather Patterns: Wind, Rain, and Clouds | Words with -ance/-ence endings |
| 13 | Q2 | Day and Night, Sun and Moon | Etymology mini-study: word origins |
| 14 | Q2 | Family Traditions and Celebrations | Vocabulary from this quarter's reading |
| 15 | Q2 | Winter Is Coming: Cold Weather Ahead | Spelling patterns for -ary/-ery/-ory |
| 16 | Q2 | Light and Shadows in Winter | Commonly misspelled words review |
| 17 | Q2 | Winter Holidays and Traditions Around the World | Dictionary and thesaurus skills |
| 18 | Q2 | New Year, New Goals (Quarter Review) | Quarter review: spelling strategies and vocabulary |
| 19 | Q3 | Animals and Their Habitats | Content vocabulary: habitats and ecosystems |
| 20 | Q3 | Animals in Winter: Hibernation and Migration | Multisyllabic word division into syllables |
| 21 | Q3 | Ocean and Water Habitats | Spelling in context: proofreading passages |
| 22 | Q3 | Forest and Woodland Animals | Root word families (port, dict, spect) |
| 23 | Q3 | Farm Animals and Their Needs | Vocabulary: synonyms/antonyms/nuance |
| 24 | Q3 | Insects and Small Creatures | Words with silent consonants (gh, gn) |
| 25 | Q3 | Earth's Land: Mountains, Deserts, and Rivers | Geography vocabulary spelling |
| 26 | Q3 | Caring for Animals and the Earth | Figurative language vocabulary |
| 27 | Q3 | Pets and Responsibility (Quarter Review) | Quarter review: vocabulary and proofreading |
| 28 | Q4 | Plants: Seeds, Roots, and How Things Grow | Content vocabulary: plants and life cycles |
| 29 | Q4 | Parts of a Plant and What They Need | Advanced homophones and homographs |
| 30 | Q4 | From Seed to Flower: Plant Life Cycles | Spelling patterns for -ous/-eous/-ious |
| 31 | Q4 | Gardens and Growing Our Own Food | Vocabulary from persuasive writing unit |
| 32 | Q4 | Spring Weather and New Life | Idioms and their spelling/usage |
| 33 | Q4 | Butterflies and Insect Life Cycles | Cumulative root-word review |
| 34 | Q4 | Healthy Bodies, Healthy Growth | Editing peer writing for spelling |
| 35 | Q4 | Looking Back: My Year in Review | Independent proofreading checklist mastery |
| 36 | Q4 | Growing Into the Next Grade (Year-End Celebration) | Year-end spelling and vocabulary assessment |