Section 2
SPELLING CONVENTIONS
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Concept: This video explores how default prefixes can change their spelling based on the spelling of the element following it.
Concept: This video explores how default prefixes can change their spelling based on the spelling of the element following it.
Concepts: Help students identify whether or not a word is a noun using the proof for nouns. Notice how nouns can be used in sentences.
Concepts: Help students identify whether or not a word is a noun using the proof for nouns. Notice how nouns can be used in sentences.
Word Family: contractions, tractor, extract, subtract, attract.
Concepts: Explore the etymology of the word contraction to help students notice that all the words in this family have something to do with the notion of pulling. Activating this understanding helps students make sense of what contractions are in English spelling. It may also be helpful to highlight that the apostrophe signals that graphemes have been extracted.
Word Family: contractions, tractor, extract, subtract, attract.
Concepts: Explore the etymology of the word contraction to help students notice that all the words in this family have something to do with the notion of pulling. Activating this understanding helps students make sense of what contractions are in English spelling. It may also be helpful to highlight that the apostrophe signals that graphemes have been extracted.