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Grade 3 McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders Words to Know - COMPLETE SET

Help third graders revisit Reading Wonders vocabulary through definitions, sentence practice, and word searches. Weekly sets give students several ways to work with the same words, with answers for checking.
Grades
Grade 3
Pages
116
File type
Multiple File Types
Answer key
Included

Instant download · Updated Mar 01, 2025

Subject
ELA, Vocabulary
Topic
Grade 3 vocabulary, Definitions
Resource types
Worksheets
Answer key
Included
Standards
CCSS.L.3.4

Product description

From the author

Practicing Wonders Words to Know is often a bit of a boring task for most students. That's why we made it a bit more fun. First of all, you can guide students through the book along with the vocabulary list. Here it shows the part of speech, the word, the definition and an example sentence. This way, students don't even need their books anymore to practice all of the words at home. Another fun element is the word search. This word search is based on the definitions, so the student is not given the correct answer right away. This way, they really have to dig into their memories to come up with the correct answer. After all of the practicing is done, it is time to do the test. You can present this by first giving the definition and then to let the student fill out the correct answer. The second part is a fill in the blanks exercise.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Match a vocabulary word to its definition using part-of-speech and context clues

  • Use a target vocabulary word correctly to complete a sentence

  • Build grade-appropriate vocabulary aligned to the Reading Wonders Grade 3 curriculum across 29 weekly sets

Teaching tips

  • Introduce the vocabulary-word page, with its definitions and example sentences, before assigning the practice page, then read the definitions aloud for Part 1, which provides numbered answer lines

  • Use the word search as an early-week warm-up and the sentence-completion page as a later check for understanding, since both draw on the same eight words in different formats

  • Space the 29 weekly sets across the school year to match Reading Wonders Grade 3 pacing, and plan a substitute activity for Unit 3, Week 3, which is not included in this set

Skills covered

  • Vocabulary acquisition — students learn eight grade-level words per week, each with its part of speech, definition, and example sentence, across 29 weekly sets.

  • Definition-to-word matching — students recall and write the vocabulary word that matches a definition supplied by the teacher.

  • Contextual sentence completion — students select and write the correct vocabulary word to complete a sentence.

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Are all weeks included?

The recorded set includes 29 weeks across Units 1–6. Unit 3, Week 3 is not included, so plan a separate activity for that week.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • CCSS.L.3.4 — 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. a. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. b. 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). c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion). d. Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

Core concepts

  • Grade 3 vocabulary acquisition

  • Definitions and context clues

  • Parts of speech

  • Reading Wonders curriculum alignment

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