6th grade · Spelling
What a 6th grade student learns in Spelling
Grade 6 spelling centers on morphological analysis of multisyllabic words through Greek and Latin roots, advanced affixes, and complex orthographic patterns so students spell grade-level academic vocabulary accurately in extended writing.
The skills for the year
- 1Spell words formed from common Greek roots (bio, geo, graph, phon, scope, therm)
- 2Spell words formed from common Latin roots (dict, port, scrib/script, spect, tract, vid/vis)
- 3Apply productive prefixes (anti-, inter-, intra-, mid-, mis-, non-, over-, pre-, re-, semi-, sub-, super-, under-) when spelling
- 4Apply advanced suffixes (-able/-ible, -ance/-ence, -ant/-ent, -tion/-sion, -ous/-ious/-eous, -ment, -ness) when spelling
- 5Choose correctly between -able/-ible and -ance/-ence endings based on root and pronunciation patterns
- 6Spell words containing ie/ei patterns and their major exceptions
- 7Apply syllable-division and stress patterns to spell multisyllabic words
- 8Spell frequently confused homophones and near-homophones (affect/effect, principal/principle, stationary/stationery, complement/compliment)
- 9Form and spell irregular plurals and plurals of words ending in -f/-fe, -o, and -y
- 10Spell words with silent-letter combinations (kn-, wr-, -mb, -gn, -gh)
- 11Apply doubling, silent-e drop, and final-y change rules when adding suffixes to multisyllabic bases
- 12Spell grade-level content-area academic vocabulary from science and social studies
- 13Use word origin and etymology clues to determine correct spelling of unfamiliar words
- 14Identify and self-correct high-frequency misspellings in own writing
- 15Consult dictionaries, spell-checkers, and morphology charts efficiently to verify spelling
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