Day 73 Communication (Spelling Strategies)

Spelling Strategies

Students will begin with a crossword puzzle to review their Lesson 1 words. They will then write a spelling test using those words.

Students will then proceed ontop the next lesson:


SPELLING LIST

proceed
process
secede
procedure
supersede
procession
recede
recession
exceed
excessive
intercede
intercession*
succeed
successive
accede
ledger
precede
acknowledge
conscious
conscience

SPELLING STRATEGY

Some of the words in this week’s lesson contain the sound “seed”. This sound can be represented by three different letter combinations (cede, ceed, or sede).

Another area of difficulty relates to the longer version of these words (see right hand column) when the spelling changes with the addition of a suffix.

For example, “recede” becomes “recession” when the suffix is added. A good strategy to use when dealing with spelling problems like this is to group words together that have similar letter combinations.

Exercise 1

Fill in the words from the spelling list with the /seed/ sound.

Words ending in ‘cede’____Words ending in ‘ceed’_____Words ending in ‘sede’
1.___________________1.___________________1.__________________
2.___________________2.___________________
3.___________________3.___________________
4._____________________
5.___________________

Exercise 2

Fill in the blanks on the next page with an appropriate word from this week’s lesson. Try to complete the exercise without looking at the list of spelling words.

1. The tide will start to _______________ at 4:30.
2. Do not _______________ 50 kph when driving through Blackville.
3. The letter “w” _____________ the letter “x” in the alphabet.
4. After turning right at the lights, ______________ north for one mile.
5. If Quebec were to __________ from Canada, all Canadians would suffer.
6. John wanted his teacher to ____________ in his dispute with the principal.
7. Prince Charles will ______________ his mother as ruler of Great Britain.
8. The boxer was not ____________ when the referee stopped the fight.
9. His ________________ would not allow him to cheat on the test.
10. Do you know the ___________________ for enlarging photocopies?