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ACSI Spelling Program Grade 4

Words in which o has

a schwa sound

Lesson 2
(pages 8-11)
 
Introduction

 

 Give First Look as directed. See if the student can tell you what these words have in common. Use the word common to illustrate the principles being taught. In our language it is common that an o before an m, n, v or th is pronounced as a short u or schwa as in money, month, honey, come, mother, love, etc. the exception is in words of several syllables in which the accented syllable with o receives a short o pronunciation as in the first syllable of common. When you get to the ov words remind the students that a final v is spelled ve. Thus, you spell ove in all cases. another principle to develop in this lesson is the prefix con meaning with. The spelling can change from con to com, cor, or col.

 
First Look The first step in each lesson should be First Look.   For guiding the student through the First Look procedure, read the specific guidelines in Teaching the Program of the parent introduction to the program.

Upon completion of the spelling list, the student is encouraged to return to the model list in the text as the words are checked. If the words are correct a check mark can be placed in the bar graph provided in the Personal Spelling Record.

Have the student record the pre-test score in the Personal Spelling Record at the back of the workbook.

 
Word Banks

 

 Encourage the student to place this lesson's Home Base Words and any other difficult spelling words encountered this week in the Fourth Grade Word Bank located at the back of the spelling workbook.

Home Base suggestions are: Gideon, Samson, tongue, lovely, and government.

 
Exercises

 

 Assign exercise A. Cons. (5 min) Do as directed.

Answers:

  1. control, connect, confused, company, compare
  2. collect, correct
  3. collect, correct, connect

Assign exercise B Tricky Definitions. ( 10 min)

Answers:

  1. gloves
  2. shovel
  3. grandmother
  4. reason
  5. brother
  6. Answers will vary.
  7. Answers will vary.

 

Assign exercise C Which list word. (15 min) and exercise D Pardoned (15 min).

Exercise C Answers:

  1. other
  2. pardoned
  3. kingdom
  4. among
  5. someplace
  6. someone's

Exercise D Answers:

This is the first use of the Glossary. You may want to give a couple of other words as practice before assigning the exercise. It would be helpful to read the Bible verses with the students before they do this exercise. Some students may have a little trouble with some phrases and words in the verses, such as abundance and mercy.

  1. e.g. forgave (definitions will vary)
  2. ready to forgive, lots of forgiveness, forgive all sins, is happy to forgive, wants to forgive
  3. yes, seventy times seven
  4. Pictures will vary                                                         

Assign exercise E. Story Starter (15 min)

Answers:

  1. kingdom
  2. grandmother
  3. someplace
  4. company
  5. overcome
  6. confused

Exercise F is optional.

 
Final Evaluation

 

 

 

Use the following procedure for dictation of the word list:

  1. Say the word.
  2. Use the word in a sentence.
  3. Repeat the word.
  4. Student should write each word as it is dictated until the list has been completed.

Example sentences for the words in this lesson are:

  1. Cory walked to the other side of the field.
  2. We are among friends.

Please Note:  You may choose to reduce the number of words to be mastered for students experiencing difficulty (e.g. to the first 10 words on the list).

Record the student's score in the Personal Spelling Record at the back of the workbook. The student is provided with a graph on the inside of the back cover for the purpose of graphing both the number correct on First Look and the Final Evaluation.  The design of the graph will accommodate your choice of teaching a bar graph or a line graph construction.  However, at this grade level a bar graph is recommended.  You may want the student to use one color for First Look and a second color for Final Evaluation.   the lines can be drawn from the bottom up of the page until the number correct has been reached.  The student will then be able to see a percentage score as well as the number correct.

 
Devotional Thought Here's a thought to share with the student. "Imagine a dog who is waiting for you to come home and give him a tasty bone to chew on.  Can't you just see him standing by the door?  When he hears your footsteps on the porch his tail begins to wag.  He might even jump up and bark because he is so excited.  What are some words that describe how the dog feels?  Make a list, such as eager, excited, ready.  Now think about god.  He is eager and ready to forgive your sins.)  Let the student think about that for a few minutes.   Challenge the student and yourself with these additional questions:  Are you always ready to forgive?  Think about when someone did something unkind to you recently.  Did you forgive him or her?  Are you ready to forgive him or her now?

 
Enrichment and Recovery

Recovery Strategies

 

 

 Introduce and assign the Blackline Master for this lesson.

 

The student may need to be reminded of the ove pattern in many of these words. Start a list with love at the top. Have the student list other ove words underneath. Both list and nonlist words can be used. Repeat this exercise with other words. Also, see the Blackline Master for this lesson.