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Grade 3

• Language

  • 3.L.1.a
  • 3.L.1.b
  • 3.L.1.f
  • 3.L.1.h
  • 3.L.1.i
  • 3.L.1
  • 3.L.2.b
  • 3.L.2.c
  • 3.L.2.d
  • 3.L.2.e
  • 3.L.2
  • 3.L.2.f
  • 3.L.2.g
  • 3.L.3.a
  • 3.L.3
  • 3.L.4.b
  • 3.L.4.d
  • 3.L.4
  • 3.L.5.c
  • 3.L.5
  • 3.L.6

• Reading: Fluency

  • 3.RF.3.a
  • 3.RF.3.b
  • 3.RF.4.b

• Reading: Informational

  • 3.RI.1
  • 3.RI.3
  • 3.RI.8
  • 3.RI.10

• Reading: Literature

  • 3.RL.1
  • 3.RL.2
  • 3.RL.3
  • 3.RL.4
  • 3.RL.5
  • 3.RL.6
  • 3.RL.9
  • 3.RL.10

• Speaking & Listening

  • 3.SL.1.c
  • 3.SL.1
  • 3.SL.2
  • 3.SL.3
  • 3.SL.4
  • 3.SL.5

• Writing

  • 3.W.1.a
  • 3.W.1.b
  • 3.W.1.c
  • 3.W.1
  • 3.W.2.a
  • 3.W.2.c
  • 3.W.2
  • 3.W.3.a
  • 3.W.3
  • 3.W.3.b
  • 3.W.3.c
  • 3.W.3.d
  • 3.W.4
  • 3.W.5
  • 3.W.7
  • 3.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 3.L.2.e

Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).

Words Within Words: February

How many words can you find within February?

Words Within Words: Chocolate

How many words can you find within Chocolate?

Word Ladder: Fly to Bee (6-steps)

Students will go from “FLY” to “BEE” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder: Wild to Tame (5-steps)

Students will go from “WILD” to “TAME” by changing just one letter per step.

Words Within Words: LATKES

How many words can you find within LATKES?

Words Within Words: CORNMAZE

How many words can you find within CORNMAZE?

Words Within Words: COBWEB

How many words can you find within COBWEB?

Words Within Words: ORNAMENT

How many words can you find within ORNAMENT?

Words Within Words: WREATH

How many words can you find within WREATH?

Words Within Words: SCARECROW

How many words can you find within “scarecrow”?

Words Within Words: CRANBERRY

How many words can you find within “cranberry”?

Words Within Words: STUFFING

Students will build words using the letters found in “STUFFING.”

Words Within Words: GENERAL

How many words can you find within “general”?

Words Within Words: Intro (SOLDIER)

How many words can you find within SOLDIER? 20? 35? 50? Even more!?

Words Within Words: WESTERN

How many words can you find within WESTERN?

Words Within Words: TEACHER

How many words can you find within TEACHER?

Word Pyramids

Start with a one letter word, add another letter, then add another. How tall can you make the pyramid?

Word Pyramid: D to ASIDE

Students will move from D to ASIDE by adding one letter at each step.

Word Pyramid: M to CAMPUS

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?

Word Pyramid: U to Brush

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?

Words Within Words: PARKING

How many words can you find within PARKING?

Prefixes and Suffixes in Other Languages

Let’s go beyond merely memorizing word parts and instead analyze across languages. How do other languages make a word the opposite?

Words Within Words: TROMBONE

How many words can you find within TROMBONE?

Analyze Suffixes: -en

Students will note the effects of adding a suffix to a word and then look for counter-examples to those patterns.

Analyze Suffixes: -ly, -less, and -ful

What exactly does adding -less do to a word?

Words Within Words: AIRPLANE

How many words can you find within airplane?

Words Within Words: LEOPARD

How many words can you find within “leopard”?

Words Within Words: SATURN

How many words can you find within Saturn?

Word Pyramid: P to PLAINS

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?

Word Pyramid: T to PLANET

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect T and PLANET?

Word Pyramid: O to Stones

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?

Word Pyramid: I to LIONS

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?

Word Pyramid: T to Patch

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?

Word Pyramid: H to CRASH

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect the starting point and ending point?

Word Ladder: East to West (4 Steps)

Students will go from “East” to “West” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder: Work to Hard (4 Steps)

Students will go from “Work” to “Hard” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder: Two to Six (6-steps)

Students will go from “TWO” to “SIX” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder – Cold to Cool (5-Steps)

Students will go from “COLD” to “COOL” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder: Fast to Race (4 step)

Students will go from “Fast” to “Race” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder: Arm to Leg (6-steps)

Students will go from “ARM” to “LEG” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder: Kid to Old (5-steps)

Students will go from “KID” to “OLD” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder: Sky to Red (5-steps)

Students will go from “SKY” to “RED” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder – Sun to Hot (5-steps)

Students will go from “Sun” to “Hot” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder – Tea to Hot (5-steps)

Students will go from “TEA” to “HOT” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder: Band to Sing (4 Steps)

Students will go from “Band” to “Sing” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder: Foot to Shoe (4 Steps)

Students will go from “Foot” to “Shoe” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladder: Fire to Warm (4 Steps)

Students will go from “Fire” to “Warm” by changing just one letter per step.

Word Ladders Introduction

You won’t believe how this spelling and vocabulary puzzle will get kids’ brains sweating over the smallest of words.

Words Within Words: MENORAH

How many words can you find within MENORAH?

Words Within Words: NUTCRACKER

How many words can you find within NUTCRACKER?