Unit Plan/Differentiated Instruction

Unit Subject: Spelling-Words with a short vowel sound Grade Level: 3rd Grade Duration /Length: One week (Monday-Friday)/45 minute lessons Subject Learning objectives: Students will be able to use features of words (e.g., common word parts, sound/symbol relationships, and spelling patterns) to decode unknown words. Expand vocabulary Monday/Lesson 1 Lecture: Opening lecture consists of informing students that we will have a pre-test
Wednesday to see how they are coming along before the final test Friday. Informing the students there are 20 spelling words with 1 bonus word. I have created a cryptogram and a spelling list in Spanish in order to accommodate my Spanish speaking students. Students should study words nightly as homework in order to prepare for the test on Friday. To begin the class we will start with a spelling bee to see who may be able to sound out and put letters together better than some of the other students in class. This assessment will give me an idea of who may need to study more as well as those who might need extra help with spelling assignments in class. I would like to form four groups that will be divided into accelerated spellers, moderate spellers, beginning spellers, and non-English speaking spellers. Throughout the week students will study and work assignments in groups that are on the same academic level as themselves.

Assessments: Spelling Bee Activities: Whole class participation in a spelling bee lead by the teacher. Materials & Resources: Spelling list for each student Wrap-up/ Reflection: After the spelling bee I should have a good idea which students are
struggling with sounding out their words and not able to spell at grade level, I also will know which students seem to be stronger spellers. From this spelling bee I can plan spelling lessons accordingly for the week with my students strengths and

Unit Subject: Spelling-Words with a short vowel sound Grade Level: 3rd Grade Duration /Length: One week (Monday-Friday)/45 minutes per class Subject Learning objectives: Encourage good study habits Become familiar with spelling words while using cognitive thinking skills Tuesday/Lesson 2 Lecture: Explain to class how to work a cryptogram. Activities: Work a Cryptogram for 25minutes. For the remaining 20 minutes students need to write spelling words 3 times each in their assigned groups based off the spelling bee (accelerated, moderate, beginner and non-English speaking) after writing three times each students can then have a spelling bee in their own groups. Materials & Resources: cryptogram handout, notebook paper for 3X each Wrap-up/ Reflection: In class today the students received practice spelling their words by writing them three times each and if they had time they were also able to practice more with a spelling bee in groups with peers who are at their equivalent spelling level.

Unit Subject: Spelling-Words with a short vowel sound Grade Level: 3rd Grade Duration /Length: One week (Monday-Friday)/45 minutes per class Subject Learning objectives: Students will be able to use features of words (e.g., common word parts, sound/symbol relationships, and spelling patterns) to decode unknown words. Write a variety of sentence types (e.g., statements, commands, questions, exclamations) Displaying the correct use of verb tenses, pronouns, and correct spelling of contractions and plural forms. Make a statement that has a begging, middle, and end. Wednesday/Lesson 3 Lecture: inform the class that they are having a pretest today for their spelling words. Offer to give them five minutes to look over their words. Total test time should not take longer than 20 minutes. Once the test is finished we will then have 25 minutes to work on putting our spelling words into sentences. Activities: Pre-Test, spelling words into sentences work page. Materials & Resources: notebook paper for the test, pre-printed assignment page to write sentences on. Wrap-up/ Reflection: By the end of the day I should have a good idea about who is studying effectively and who is struggling by how long everyone took to finish the test and how well they all did.

Spelling Word Use in a Sentence

Name/Nombre: _______________

Date/Fecha: __________

Directions: Use each one of your spelling words correctly in a sentence. Please make sure to use proper capitalization and punctuation.

1. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 2. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 3. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 4. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 5. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 6. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 7. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

8. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 9. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 10._____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 11._____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 12._____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 13._____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 14._____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 15._____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 16._____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 17._____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

18._____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 19._____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ 20._____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________

Unit Subject: Spelling-Words with a short vowel sound Grade Level: 3rd Grade Duration /Length: One week (Monday-Friday)/45 minutes per class Subject Learning objectives: Give the students a fun activity to work on while still studying their spelling words. Thursday/Lesson 4 Lecture: Today I would stress that this is the last spelling class before we take our final spelling test for the week. I am going to assign a word search for everyone to work on for 20 minutes if you dont finish it will be due Friday morning. After 20 minutes of working on our word search then we will divide into our groups for more spelling bee time. As we are in the groups I will be able to spend time with students who have been struggling and that might need some extra help from me. Class time today will be spent mostly in preparation for tomorrow. Activities: Word search and assigned group study Materials & Resources: Word search assignment page Wrap-up/ Reflection: Hopefully by the end of this day I feel confident that all of my students understand their spelling words and with just a little study time at home tonight, if needed they will be successful tomorrow.

Name: _________________________

Date: _____________________________

Word Search_ teacher key

Nombre: _____________________

Fecha: _________________________

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Unit Subject: Spelling-Words with a short vowel sound Grade Level: 3rd Grade Duration /Length: One week (Monday-Friday)/45 minutes per class Subject Learning objectives: ABC order provides good review before the test for students Test provides feed back to the students and teacher about how effective lessons have been and how well students have been studying.

Friday/Lesson 5 Lecture: In class today will be take the spelling test. I would like to review a little bit by taking 20 minutes and putting our spelling words in ABC order, we will do this activity in our groups. After you are finished with ABC order and have turned it in then you can come back to your desk and start on your test. Activities: ABC order and spelling test Materials & Resources: 2 pieces of notebook paper for ABC order and spelling test Wrap-up/ Reflection: Hopefully at the end of the week everyone has thoroughly reviewed their words and did well on the test. I can look back on the week from this point as well and see where I could probably do things differently to help the students more.

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Spelling List 1. (2013) (PDF Document). Super Teacher Worksheets. T.P.W. Websites, LLC. Retrieved from website on 2013 April, 27: http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/spelling/listc1_WQNFF.pdf
Cryptogram for spelling list 1. (2013) (PDF Document). Super TeacherWorksheets. T.P.W. Websites, LLC. Retrieved from website on 2013 April, 27: http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/spelling/listc1_WQNFF.pdf