Spelling

Dear Parents,

This year your child's spelling program may be different from what you've come to expect as "spelling."
In the Rocky River School District, the Sitton Spelling program begins in fourth grade and is aimed at instructing children how to be lifetime spellers and not just memorizers of words. The Sitton Spelling philosophy is that words aren't really mastered until they are spelled correctly in everyday writing. Fourth graders are responsible to learn "core words" and in addition, it is imparative that all students master the "No Excuses Priority Word List".

This program includes:

     NO traditional spelling tests
     NO weekly word lists sent home
     Skill-Building exercises
     Take-Home tasks
     A 4th grade level "No Excuses List" (Priority Words) of all words students are expected to spell correctly all the time in all subjects during the year. Please print and post this list on the refrigerator or on a desk so it will be easy to find.
      A list of the words 4th graders are responsible to learn this year titled "Core Words".
      A "WORDS TO LEARN" list of spelling words your child has not yet mastered. These words are recorded in your child's personal Quick Word Book.

GRADING SYSTEM:

      Cloze Story Test
      Skills Test
      Sentence Dictation
      Priority words on assignments in other subjects.

*PLEASE NOTE: Words not capitalized correctly will be counted as misspelled.
incorrect: lions live in africa.
correct: Lions live in Africa.

The goal of this program is to teach our kids strategies to become better spellers in writing, not just spell well on a test. Be watching for take-home activities to do with your child to help him/her become a better speller.


336 become	364 town	392 piece	420 outside	448 carry	476 question
337 grow	365 complete	393 surface	421 power	449 distance	477 wide
338 draw	366 oh	394 river	422 problem	450 although	478 least
339 yet	367 person	395 common	423 longer	451 sat	479 tiny
340 less	368 hot	396 stop	424 winter	452 possible	480 hour
341 wind	369 anything	397 am	425 deep	453 heart	481 happened
342 behind	370 hold	398 talk	426 heavy	454 real	482 foot
343 cannot	371 state	399 whether	427 carefully	455 simple	483 care
344 letter	373 list	400 fine	428 follow	456 snow	484 low
345 among	373 stood	401 round	429 beautiful	457 rain	485 else
346 able	374 hundred	401 dark	430 everyone	458 suddenly	486 gold
347 dog	375 ten	403 past	431 leave	459 easy	487 build
348 shown	376 fast	404 ball	432 everything	460 leaves	488 glass
349 mean	377 felt	405 girl	433 game	461 lay	489 rock
350 English	378 kept	406 road	434 system	462 size	490 tall
351 rest	379 notice	407 blue	435 bring	463 wild	491 alone
352 perhaps	380 can't	408 instead	436 watch	464 weather	492 bottom
353 certain	381 strong	409 either	437 shell	465 miss	493 check
354 six	382 voice	410 held	438 dry	466 pattern	494 reading
355 feel	383 probably	411 already	439 within	467 sky	495 fall
356 fire	384 area	412 warm	440 floor	468 walked	496 poor
357 ready	385 horse	413 gone	441 ice	469 main	497 map
358 green	386 matter	414 finally	442 ship	470 someone	498 friend
359 yes	387 stand	415 summer	443 themselves	471 center	499 language
360 built	388 box	416 understood	444 begin	472 field	500 job
361 special	389 start	417 moon	445 fact	473 stay
362 ran	390 that's	418 animals	446 third	474 itself
363 full	391 class	419 mind	447 quite	475 boat


able	check	friend	less	ran	summer
alone	class	full	letter	reading	surface
already	common	game	list	ready	system
although	complete	girl	longer	real	talk
am	dark	glass	low	rest	tall
among	deep	gold	main	river	that's
animals	distance	gone	map	road	themselves
anything	dog	green	matter	rock	third
area	draw	grow	mean	round	tiny
ball	dry	happened	mind	sat	town
beautiful	easy	heart	miss	shell	understood
become	either	heavy	moon	ship	voice
begin	else	held	notice	shown	walked
behind	English	hold	oh	simple	warm
blue	everyone	horse	outside	six	watch
boat	everything	hot	past	size	weather
bottom	fact	hour	pattern	sky	whether
box	fall	hundred	perhaps	snow	wide
bring	fast	ice	person	someone	wild
build	feel	instead	piece	special	winter
built	felt	itself	poor	stand	within
can't	field	job	possible	start	yes
cannot	finally	kept	power	state	yet
care	fine	language	probably	stay
carefully	fire	lay	problem	stood
carry	floor	least	question	stop
center	follow	leave	quite	strong
certain	foot	leaves	rain	suddenly

These are words 4th grade students are expected to spell correctly 100% of the time. This list is the minimum competency for spelling.
1 the	18 his	35 when	52 them	69 time	86 way
2 of	19 they	36 we	53 then	70 could	87 find
3 and	20 at	37 there	54 she	71 no	88 use
4 a	21 be	38 can	55 many	72 make	89 may
5 to	22 this	39 an	56 some	73 than	90 water
6 in	23 from	40 your	57 so	74 first	91 long
7 is	24 I	41 which	58 these	74 been	92 little
8 you	25 have	42 their	59 would	76 its	93 very
9 that	26 or	43 said	60 other	77 who	94 after
10 it	27 by	44 if	61 into	78 now	94 words
11 he	28 one	45 do	62 has	79 people	96 called
12 for	29 had	46 will	63 more	80 my	97 just
13 was	30 not	47 each	64 her	81 made	98 where
14 on	31 but	48 about	65 two	82 over	99 most
15 are	32 what	49 how	66 like	83 did	100 know
16 as	33 all	50 up	67 him	84 down
17 with	34 were	51 out	68 see	85 only

Fourth grade students are expected to spell these words correctly 100% of the time. This list is the minimum competency for spelling.
a	could	how	of	the	up
about	do	I	on	their	was
all	each	if	one	them	we
an	first	in	or	then	were
and	for	into	other	there	when
are	from	is	out	these	which
as	had	is	said	they	will
at	has	like	see	they're	with
be	have	make	she	this	would
been	he	many	so	time	you
but	her	more	some	to	you're
by	him	no	than	too	your
can	his	not	that	two	what

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