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Seventh Grade Spelling Curriculum Guide
Seventh Grade Spelling Curriculum Guide
Schedule: 5-day/week lesson plan
Instructions: This curriculum guide provides a full year of instruction using the materials on
SchoolhouseTeachers.com. If you choose to use this method, you do not need to use the lesson plans that are
included with each separate course. This guide incorporates all the content and assignments needed to meet all the
objectives on the Scope and Sequence. Please note that this is only one way to address the objectives for the year.
We encourage you to find a combination of materials, both on and off of our site, that best fits your family.
Resources needed:
• Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com
• Paper and pencil
Seventh Grade Spelling Curriculum Guide
Week 1: Four Sounds of the Letter A
Week 2: Open Syllables
Week 3: Five Spellings of /er/
Week 4: Letter Combinations for the /sh/ Sound
Week 5: All as a Prefix and the Wild Colt Rule
Week 6: Review
Week 7: Roots anni, annu, enni, arch, grat
Week 8: Roots liber, nym, phon, therm
Week 9: Roots tox, leg, scope, chron
Week 10: Roots temp, aero, urb, pop
Week 11: Roots cede/ceed, cept/ceive, fract/frag, gen
Week 12: Review
Week 13: Words from Math
Week 14: Words from Science
Week 15: Frequently Misspelled Words
Week 16: Words from Literature
Week 17: Continents, Rivers, Oceans, and Such
Week 18: Review
Week 19: Latin Numbers 1-10
Week 20: Greek Numbers 1-10
Week 21: Prefixes Kilo-, Mille-, Centi-
Week 22: Prefixes Auto-, Mini-, Inter-
Week 23: Prefixes Ante-, A-, Co-, Ab-
Week 24: Review
Week 25: Roots & Prefixes Mid-, Intra-, -Form, Pend-
Week 26: Roots & Prefixes Patr-, Matr-, Frat-, Soror-
Week 27: Roots & Prefixes Mega-, Post-, Aqua-, Act-
Week 28: Roots & Prefixes Mit-, Duct-, Geo-, Man-
Week 29: Roots & Prefixes Mot-, Opt-, Ped-
Week 30: Review
Week 31: Suffixes -ish, -hood-, -ous
Week 32: Suffixes -ize, -fy
Week 33: Suffixes -some, -age
Week 34: Suffixes -ive, -ic
Week 35: Suffixes -ology, -dom
Week 36: Review