Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
4.2.B
demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
(i) spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;
(ii) spelling homophones;
(iii) spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns;
(iv) spelling words using advanced knowledge of syllable division patterns;
(v) spelling words using knowledge of prefixes; and
(vi) spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants; and
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
4.11.D
edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
(i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
(ii) past tense of irregular verbs;
(iii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;
(iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;
(v) adverbs that convey frequency and adverbs that convey degree;
(vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases;
(vii) pronouns, including reflexive;
(viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;
(ix) capitalization of historical periods, events, and documents; titles of books; stories and essays; and languages, races, and nationalities;
(x) punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound sentences, and quotation marks in dialogue; and
(xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and
4th Grade Writing - Common Words Lesson
Homophones and Sight Words
The correct spellings of many words must be memorized.
Homophones
Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different spellings and different meanings.
stationery / stationary
The stationery I bought is decorated with two stationary owls sitting on a tree branch.
hole / whole
I walked around with a hole in my shirt for the whole day!
A sightword is a word whose spelling should be memorized. It may be more difficult to sound out. It may not follow normal spelling patterns and rules. It may be a high-frequency word that appears often in writing.