Intermediate Grade Objectives
What is the responsibility of intermediate grade teachers?
If instruction with Johnny Can Spell and Johnny Can Write begins in the primary grades, the intermediate grade teachers should not need to introduce basic knowledge or practice the skills. However, the intermediate grades should continue to apply the knowledge and use the skills during new word introduction for spelling or content vocabularies for the knowledge and skills are life long in their application.
If instruction with Johnny Can Spell and Johnny Can Write was not given in the primary grades, the intermediate grade teacher must assess student knowledge and skills. Then the teacher must provide instruction and practice in such a way as to fill any gaps and strengthen any weakness. Following the Lesson Planners, Book 3:1 and Book 3:2 will assist the intermediate teacher in this task.
In both scenarios, the intermediate teacher benefits greatly from training and the resources provided in the Johnny Can Spell Fourth Grade Teacher Package or the Johnny Can Spell Fifth Grade Teacher Package.
The intermediate student using Johnny Can Spell will review...
- Correct penmanship habits and proper use of tools
- Correct formation of manuscript and cursive letters
- Alphabetizing
- The common sounds of the 70 common phonograms
- Common spelling rules
- Rules of syllabication
The intermediate student using Johnny Can Spell will learn...
- Over 700 new high frequency words
- How to identify the direct object, predicate adjective or nominative, and an indirect object
- About verb tenses: present, past, perfect in the simple and the perfect; the progressive form
- How to use different types of conjunctions
- The difference between transitive, intransitive, and linking verbs
The intermediate student using Johnny Can Spell will be able to...
- Blend sounds into words he/she recognizes
- Analyze words by syllables and sounds in order to write them, spelling
- Identify the three major word chunks: sounds, syllables, morphemes
- Write words from dictation
- Spell grade appropriate words correctly
- Find the meaning of a word, the part of speech, and irregular spellings in the dictionary
- Use a thesaurus to enhance word choice in writing
- Use rhyming and alliteration patterns in creative writings
- Correctly use common homophones, homographs, antonyms, and synonyms
- Use words with multiple meanings correctly in sentences
- Classify spelling words according to parts of speech
- Form noun plurals and possessives; capitalize proper nouns
- Identify prepositional phrases in sentences
- Write complete sentences
- Classify sentences as declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory
- Classify sentences as simple, compound, and complex
- Use descriptive words and phrases to elaborate with adjectival elements
- Use descriptive words and phrases to elaborate with adverbial elements
- Diagram basic sentence elements
The intermediate student using Johnny Can Write will know...
- Common inflectional forms, -s and –es with nouns, -ed and –ing with verbs, -er and –est with adjectives
- Common suffixes, e.g., -able, -ous, -ly, -ion, -ive, -ment, -ful
- Common prefixes, e.g., re-, un-, pre-, post-, tri-, sub-, dis-
- Common roots, e.g., ject, tend, quest, tele-, mem-, cord, vict, tract
- Common prepositions
- The forms of common irregular verbs, e.g., go, going, went, gone
- What is a subject and what is a predicate
- How to begin and end a written sentence
- How to add descriptive words to a sentence
- How to use proof reader marks