Standard 1: Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills

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Number: ELA.3.F.1
Title: Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills
Type: Standard
Subject: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: 3
Strand: Foundational Skills

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Access Points

ELA.3.F.1.AP.3a
Decode words with common Greek and Latin roots and affixes (see 3.V.1.2).
ELA.3.F.1.AP.3b
Decode words with common derivational suffixes and describe how they turn words into different parts of speech (e.g., -ful, -less, -est).
ELA.3.F.1.AP.3c
Decode multisyllabic words.
ELA.3.F.1.AP.4
Read grade-level texts, at the student’s ability level, with accuracy and expression using the student’s mode of communication.

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Lesson Plan

Affix-a-Go-Go:

In this lesson, students will use prefixes, suffixes, and root words to create their own Affix Books. Students will use word parts to build new words and determine their definitions. Students will also include meaningful sentences and illustrations in their Affix Books.

Type: Lesson Plan

Student Center Activities

Fluency: Pick-A-Part:

In this activity, students will quickly identify letter-sounds and word parts in a card game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Syllable Speed Practice:

In this activity, students will quickly read syllables (sorted by syllable types) in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Syllable Sprint:

In this activity, students will quickly read syllables containing varied spelling patterns in a timed activity. NOTE: Additional syllable cards are available in CPALMS' resource .

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Word Part Race:

In this activity, students will quickly read word parts by using a race car slide.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Letter-Sound Mix-Up:

In this activity, students will identify the sounds of letters in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Listen To Me:

In this activity, students will read and record passages. They will then self-evaluate their recorded reading, focusing on expression, rate, accuracy, and phrasing.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Rapid Read:

In this activity, students will practice reading target words and then read connected text containing these words with a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Poetry Reading:

In this activity, students will read poems with a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Play It Up!:

In this activity, students will rehearse and read text using a reader's theater format.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Read and Read Again:

In this activity, students will time repeated readings and graph words correct per minute.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: I Read, You Read:

In this activity, students will practice reading fluently by reading text with a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: All Together Now:

In this activity, students will read teacher-selected text in unison.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Two To Read:

In this activity, students will reread texts with a partner.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Reading Wiz:

In this activity, students will read texts within teacher-selected computer-based programs.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Listen and Read:

In this activity, students will practice reading fluently by reading along with pre-recorded text.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Chunk It!:

In this activity, students will divide text into meaningful parts and then read it fluently.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Chunky Passages:

In this activity, students will read text which has been divided into a chunked format, then reread it fluently in its original format.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Chunk-A-Lot:

In this activity, students will read text which has been divided into meaningful chunks, then reread it fluently without the slash marks.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Chunk-King:

In this activity, students will read text which has been divided into meaningful phrases by slash marks.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Phrase Progression:

In this activity, students will read phrases that progressively result in sentences.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Phrase Speed Practice:

In this activity, students will quickly read phrases in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Fast Phrases:

In this activity, students will read phrases in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Fluent Phrasing:

In this activity, students will read words that progressively result in sentences.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Word Speed Practice:

In this activity, students will quickly read high frequency words on a practice sheet in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Word Sprint:

In this activity, students will quickly read high-frequency words in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Pass the Word:

In this activity, students will take turns reading high-frequency word cards in a timed activity.

Type: Student Center Activity

Fluency: Affix Zip:

In this activity, students will quickly read affixes by doing timed practices. Included in this resource are syllable cards that extend the activity in CPALMS' resource .

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Word Construction:

In this activity, students will combine base words with affixes and inflections to make new words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Front or Back:

In this activity, students will add affixes to base words to make new words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Affix Hunt:

In this activity, students will identify base words and affixes (prefixes and suffixes).

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Compound Concentration:

In this activity, students will form compound words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Syllable Share:

In this activity, students will make words from syllable cards.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Syllable Trivia:

In this activity, students will identify syllable patterns by playing a game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Parting Words:

In this activity, students will identify and segment base words and inflections.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Covering the Bases:

In this activity, students will identify base words and inflections.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Word Plus:

In this activity, students will identify and write individual words in compound words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Six-Way Syllable Sort:

In this activity, students will sort words by syllable types.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Map and Swoop:

In this activity, students will map graphemes to phonemes and mark syllables within words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Syllables, Words, and Pictures:

In this activity, students will combine syllables to form words by playing a matching game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Syllable Cut-Ups:

In this activity, students will segment and cut words into syllables.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Syllable Snake:

In this activity, students will count syllables in words by playing a game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Syllable Scoops:

In this activity, students will segment and sort words by the number of syllables.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Say and Spell:

In this activity, students will read and spell high frequency words.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Word Concentration:

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a memory game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Jumping Words:

In this activity, students will read high frequency words while playing a checker game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Map-A-Word:

In this activity, students will orally segment phonemes in words and write the corresponding letters in Elkonin boxes.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Roll and Read:

In this activity, students will read words with different spelling patterns while playing a board game.

Type: Student Center Activity

Phonics: Word Crazy:

In this activity, students will read high frequency words by playing a card game.

Type: Student Center Activity

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