TEKS: Chapter 110. English Language Arts and Reading See All Teacher Resources

110.16.b.22

(22) Oral and Written Conventions/Spelling. Students spell correctly. Students are expected to:

• (A) spell words with more advanced orthographic patterns and rules:
  • (i) consonant changes (e.g.,/t/ to/sh/ in select, selection;/k/ to/sh/ in music, musician);
  • (ii) vowel changes (e.g., long to short in crime, criminal; long to schwa in define, definition; short to schwa in legality, legal); and
  • (iii) silent and sounded consonants (e.g., haste, hasten; sign, signal; condemn, condemnation);

• (B) spell words with:
  • (i) Greek Roots (e.g., tele, photo, graph, meter);
  • (ii) Latin Roots (e.g., spec, scrib, rupt, port, ject, dict);
  • (iii) Greek suffixes (e.g., -ology, -phobia, -ism, -ist); and
  • (iv) Latin derived suffixes (e.g., -able, -ible; -ance, -ence);

• (C) differentiate between commonly confused terms (e.g., its, it's; affect, effect);

• (D) use spelling patterns and rules and print and electronic resources to determine and check correct spellings; and

• (E) know how to use the spell-check function in word processing while understanding its limitations.