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What does reading support look like in third grade?
We work with students 30 minutes a day, usually during the WIN block. Instruction is sequential and explicit, focusing on the skills students need to become fluent readers. All of our activities are based on assessment information and students are progress monitored regularly to make sure they are grasping the concepts. Students in third grade intervention are often able to read higher leveled text because they can use the context to figure out unfamiliar words; however, as more multisyllabic words are encountered, they may lack the phonics and morphology skills necessary to figure out and spell unfamiliar words. Strong decoding leads to strong fluency and comprehension.
Our daily lessons often include:
Advanced Phonemic Awareness Practice
Introduction of a new phonics pattern/ Syllable Type
Morphology Practice (examination of prefixes, suffixes, root words)
Syllabication Practice
Irregular high frequency word practice
Dictated writing
Reading text that connects to our morphology or phonics patterns (This gives students an opportunity to focus on decoding, versus using context to figure out unfamiliar words.)
Comprehension Work (We focus on the high leverage strategies: predicting, clarifying, questioning, and summarizing.)
How Can I Help at Home?
READ, READ, READ!
Encourage your child to read for 15-30 minutes a night. Continue to read books to your child. Talk about them. Make predictions, ask questions, and summarize what's happened so far ,or what the book is teaching the reader. Use the Syllable Types and "Reading Big Words" Strategy below to help your child when an unfamiliar word is encountered. Remind your child of these useful phonics generalizations.
6 Types of Syllables
Every syllable has a vowel or vowel team! Recognizing the types of syllables can help students break down longer, unfamiliar words. Check out this "Reading Big Words" Strategy!
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITES
Virtual Blending Board (YOU CAN USE THIS TO PRACTICE SPELLING WORDS)
For decoding and encoding (spelling) practice, the activities below include more advanced phonics skills, such as initial three consonant blends, r controlled vowels and vowel teams.
FCRR RESOURCES FOR EXTRA PRACTICE
THE FLORIDA CENTER FOR READING RESEARCH HAS SEVERAL GAMES, AND ACTIVITIES YOU CAN PRINT OUT FOR EXTRA PRACTICE IN VOCABULARY, FLUENCY, PHONICS, AND COMPREHENSION.
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