Grade 5 Spring — Literary Essay, Voice and Tone as Craft, Poetry Stretch, and Public Speaking
English · VOC
G5
eng.g5.s.voc.greek_latin_roots_extension
Apply 8 new Greek/Latin roots (spec, vis, aud, terra, aqua, sol, lun, multi) (L.5.4.b)
Apply MG-14 roots extension wheel (8 new roots beyond G5-fall's 12). SPEC (look), VIS (see), AUD (hear), TERRA (earth), AQUA (water), SOL (sun), LUN (moon), MULTI (many). Identify example words for each; use morphology to decode unfamiliar vocabulary. Combined with fall's roots, children now have 20-root toolkit.
Mastery threshold
85%
Min instances
12
Typical minutes
30
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Successors
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eng.g6.f.voc.greek_latin_advanced_set
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Common misconceptions
- Confuses SPEC (look) and VIS (see) — overlapping meanings; need example-word grounding.
- Confuses SOL (sun) and LUN (moon) — particularly when both appear in nature poetry.