What's Taught in level 3

Your student will learn exciting new concepts, including the jobs of Silent E, new phonograms, and methods for decoding multisyllable words – and continue to establish a firm foundation for a lifetime of learning. Every component of reading is taught: decoding (phonics and structural analysis), vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Below is a sampling in each area.

Decoding (Phonics)

• Learn phonograms AI, AY, OA, IR, UR, OO, EA, IGH, TCH, DGE, EW, WR, KN, EIGH, OE, and TI
• Read words containing the new phonograms, such as paint, play, boat, third, purple, soon, mean, light, match, budge, flew, wrong, know, sleigh, toe, and action
• Read words with Pickle syllables, as in bubble and table

Decoding (Structural Analysis)

• Identify base words
• Read words with vowel suffixes, as in fastest, and consonant suffixes, as in gladly
• Read words with prefixes, as in mistake
• Learn syllable division rules for reading multisyllable words

Vocabulary

• Discuss new words in the context of the story and one’s own life
• Understand homophones
• Understand synonyms, antonyms, onomatopoeia, alliteration, similes, idioms, and personification

Fluency

• Read with accuracy
• Read with meaningful expression
• Read with natural phrasing

Comprehension

• Connect text to one's own experiences
• Connect text to one's own experiences
• Make predictions
• Compare and contrast main characters
• Skim for specific information