6th Grade Spelling Year-long Curriculum
This is a comprehensive year-long spelling curriculum for your 6th graders. These lists are organized by by spelling rule and pattern. See below for a list of which patterns and rules are covered. Each week has 10 words provided and also provides space for 5 of your own words. You can choose whether to add thematic words or personal spelling words. This resource includes enough spelling lists for 30 weeks. Over 200 pages!!
Each Week Includes:
- Teacher poster with spelling words and spelling rule/pattern (in color)
- Teacher call out page with sentences to read out during the test
- Spelling worksheet to trace each word twice and write each word twice.
- Spelling worksheet to trace each word once and write each word three times.
- Spelling worksheet to read a sentence and circle the correctly spelled word.
- Spelling worksheet to identify the correctly spelled words.
- Spelling test template
Also Provided:
Overall 6th Grade Spelling Word List
Spelling Test Template 2 to a Page
Spelling Test Template 1 to a Page
Personal Spelling List Practice Sheet
Extra Spelling Practice Sheet
Spelling Rules and Patterns Included By Week:
Week 1- Short vowel words with one syllable.
Week 2- Soft and hard /g/ sound.
Week 3- Vowel digraphs such as -ou, -oi, -ie, -au, and -oa.
Week 4- Vowel digraphs such as -ou, or -ough.
Week 5- Word endings -nce and -nse.
Week 6- Commonly misspelled words
Week 7- Suffixes such as -ant, -ance, and -ence.
Week 8- Suffixes -al and -ous.
Week 9- Prefixes in-, il-, and ir-.
Week 10- Two syllable words with a vowel/consonant/vowel pattern.
Week 11- Two and three syllable words with a vowel/consonant/-e pattern.
Week 12- Commonly misspelled words
Week 13- Two syllable words that have -ible, -dle, -ple, and -tle as the second syllable.
Week 14- "R-controlled" vowels.
Week 15- Vowel combination -ea and its three sounds.
Week 16- Letter combination -sion.
Week 17- Letter combination -tion.
Week 18- Commonly misspelled words
Week 19- Prefixes pre-, pro-, and de-.
Week 20- Prefixes dis-, mis-, non-, and un-.
Week 21- Suffixes -able and -ible.
Week 22- Homophones
Week 23- Suffixes -ward and -ly.
Week 24- Commonly misspelled words
Week 25- Words that use the suffix -ing and double the first consonant.
Week 26- Words that use the suffix -ed and its three sounds.
Week 27- Plural nouns that end in -y, -f, or -fe.
Week 28- Compound words.
Week 29- Three syllable words.
Week 30- Commonly misspelled words
