Created by English
June 9, 2026
Target Audience: Grade 3, Grade 4, and Grade 5 students (ages 8-11)Difficulty Level: IntermediateCurriculum Description: This complete spelling workshop builds essential spelling skills for upper elementary students. Students will master homophones, prefixes, suffixes, root words, silent letters, and commonly misspelled words . Each lesson is followed by a verification quiz to test understanding.Prerequisites: Basic reading ability (Grade 2 level).Learning Outcomes: By the end of this workshop, students will be able to spell commonly confused words correctly, understand and apply prefixes and suffixes, identify root words, recognize silent letter patterns, and avoid common spelling errors.
1
Lesson 1: Commonly Confused Words. Learn to distinguish between frequently confused word pairs like their/there/they're, your/you're, its/it's, and to/too/two. This lesson explains the meaning and proper usage of each word with clear examples.
2
Quiz 1: English Test - Homophones. Verify your understanding of commonly confused words and homophones. This quiz tests your ability to choose the correct word in context.
3
Lesson 2: 40 English Prefixes and Their Meanings. Master common prefixes like un-, re-, pre-, mis-, dis-, and non-. This lesson teaches how adding a prefix changes a word's meaning and helps students decode unfamiliar words.
4
Quiz 2: English Test - Prefixes. Verify your understanding of English prefixes. This quiz tests your ability to identify prefix meanings and apply them correctly.
5
Lesson 3: 30 Most Common English Suffixes and Their Meaning. Master common suffixes like -ful, -less, -ly, -er, -est, -tion, and -able. This lesson teaches how suffixes change word forms (nouns to adjectives, verbs to nouns, etc.).
6
Quiz 3: English Test - Suffixes. Verify your understanding of English suffixes. This quiz tests your ability to identify suffix meanings and apply them correctly.
7
Lesson 4: Root Words List and Tutorial. Learn how root words form the foundation of English vocabulary. This lesson covers common roots like tract, scrib, dict, port, and spect, and teaches how to combine them with prefixes and suffixes.
8
Quiz 4: English Test - Misspelled Words. Verify your ability to spell commonly misspelled words correctly. This quiz focuses on words that often trip up students, including those with tricky root and affix combinations.
9
Lesson 5: Silent Letter Words. Learn to identify and spell words with silent letters including silent k (knife, know), silent w (write, wrong), silent b (doubt, climb), silent gh (light, night), and silent t (castle, listen).
10
Quiz 5: Overcoming Common Pronunciation-Based Spelling Errors. Verify your ability to spell words where pronunciation and spelling differ. This quiz targets words with silent letters and other tricky pronunciation patterns.
11
Lesson 6: 5 Most Important Spelling Rules to Improve Your Writing Skills. Master essential spelling rules including I before E except after C, dropping the final E before adding -ing, changing Y to I, doubling consonants, and adding -es to words ending in ch, sh, s, x, or z.
