ELA consists of Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Viewing and Representing.         The class will have lots of activities which will help them achieve their ELA outcomes.  We have started working on handwriting so that by the end of Grade 4 they feel comfortable handwriting at all times.         We work on a new set of spelling words each week.  At the beginning of the week the students have a pretest to be introduced to the new words.  Then they complete questions related to their new words throughout the week.  At the end of the week they are tested on the words.  As a bonus, if the students get all the words correct on the pretest then they don't have to write the test and they are called Super Spellers for that week.           The students read a variety of text everyday, from fiction to nonfiction, directions, rules, for pleasure and for information.  The students will be read to everyday from a classroom novel.         The students write everyday in all subjects.  They write point-form, complete sentences, paragraphs, and stories.  Their work may be edited by themselves, peers or the teacher. Spelling Tests Unit One: enemy enjoy best instead foggy month jungle uncle sudden facts animals camp rest picnic dock pink Unit Two: able cage painter paid radio strange stairs playground stayed waited rain again train April tame plain Unit Three: knee sweep deep secret key pleased easy leaves between beak feel speed teeth dream sleeping feast Unit Four: smiled died hike life might right child hiding kind mind higher price bright highway sigh climb Unit Five: unable unclean unpack uneven untie unfair unlock undo unlike unhappy untidy unbuckle unchain undress unearth uneasy Unit Six: Is a review of the previous five units.  It will be an 80 word test to see if the students have retained the spelling patterns we have worked on. Unit Seven: broken coach cone hello owner post rowing smoke sold stones whole rode closed alone boats blow Unit Eight: during June July pure huge fruit new flew use suit blue true grew knew cute clue Unit Nine: knock knife know knowing knit knapsack knob knot knuckle knight knew knead knelt knack kneecap knowledge Unit Ten: shady shell shine shiny should shark shower splash wishful wishes sheep fishing shelter fresh flashlight punish Unit Eleven: quick quickly quiet question Quebec quilt quarter quail square squeeze quack squirt quest quart queen quit Unit Twelve: Is a review of the previous five units.  It will be an 80 word test to see if the students have retained the spelling patterns we have worked on. Unit 13: drank skunk blank blink chunk drink shrank shrink trinket cranky chipmunk donkey pink tank thank ankle Unit 14: attack dock track hockey lucky pocket thick ticket locket cricket pick rocket trick shack tick brick Unit 15: action addition collection direction information invention position education vacation pollution location completion question protection animation prediction Unit 16: chain chance chapter cherry Churchill bunch French kitchen peaches watched change checking chalk match pinch porch Unit 17: rough tough enough cough roughly does course told were because heard dirt tournament neighbour Pierson answer Unit 18: Is a review of the previous five units.  It will be an 80 word test to see if the students have retained the spelling patterns we have worked on. Unit 19: dance cutting since magic police coast cities cemetery canary cannot space carry doctor music certain lace Unit 20: height frightened daylight tonight sight highway sigh eight weigh right flight might night weight freight eighteen Unit 21: telephone nephew gopher graph pharmacy trophy physical photograph elephant alphabet dolphin phonics phrase orphan Philip phoning Unit 22: country couple cousin hours proud sound couch doubt scout shout bounce cloud fountain house double tough Unit 23: gallop giant gentle garage goose glove guess bridge edge greatest glitter guest guitar marriage tragedy Regina Unit 24: Is a review of the previous five units.  It will be an 80 word test to see if the students have retained the spelling patterns we have worked on. Unit 25: turtle birch world squirrel third curve author circus motor nurse birth major burst shirt worth purse Unit 26: produce prize proper promise present exercise except example explosion Prince Edward Island proof pretty protect expert exciting exchange Unit 27: closed skipped cried tried needed asked missed stopped picked pushed carried dotted flipped offered scratched worked Unit 28: fearless endless helpless careless useless comfortable lovable valuable removable dependable toothless spotless hopeless breakable agreeable redeemable Unit 29: dirty mighty sly pray donkey delay angry January birthday twenty canary company February Tuesday stray bay Unit 30: Is a review of the previous five units.  It will be an 80 word test to see if the students have retained the spelling patterns we have worked on. Unit 31: knee knife knapsack knob know write wrist wrap half talk castle listen caught climb numb lamb Unit 32: aunt ant herd heard through threw piece peace tale tail its it's past passed deer dear Unit 33: special laugh enough minutes princess period money equals these twelve parents couple invisible purple answer nineteen Unit 34: Is a review of the previous three units.  It will be a 48 word test to see if the students have retained the spelling patterns we have worked on. You made it! Have a great Summer!