Grade 3 Word Study

Based on years of research into invented and developmental spelling, the classroom-proven framework of this successful series is keyed to the five stages of spelling and orthographic development. Each stage-specific companion volume features a complete curriculum of reproducible sorts and detailed directions for teachers working with students in each stage of spelling development, from emergent through derivational relations.

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Grade 3 Word Study Skills

• Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.

• Decode words with common Latin suffixes.

• Decode multisyllable words.

• Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

• Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.

• Form and use regular and irregular verbs.

• Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.

• Use commas in addresses.

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

• Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.

• Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

• Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).

• Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).

• Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

• Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).

• Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).

• Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).

• Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).