Grade 3 · Reading and writing · Unit
Words and Their Meanings
4 lessonsabout 2 weeks
The unit ends with three more days: a review day, the unit check, and a day to act on what the check showed.
What's included in this unit
- 4 lessons in teaching order, each with its objective and a teacher note
- 15 practice pages to print, with an easier and a harder page where available
- 4 activities and pages that children do on a screen
- 4 check-up pages to collect
- A worksheet maker for every lesson, for the day you need one more page
The whole unit in one file
Print every page of the unit at once, with the teacher guide first. The guide has one page per lesson: the objective, what to hand out, and the teacher note.
The unit file, the teacher guide, and saved pages are included with the Teacher plan.
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Lessons
Lesson 1
Prefixes change the meaning
Children add a prefix such as un-, dis-, re-, or mis- to a word and tell what the new word means.
- StandardCommon Core L.3.4.b
- StandardCommon Core RF.3.3.a
- ReviewsCommon Core L.2.4.b
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Antonyms with un-, dis-, in-
Prefixes re-, pre- and mis-: Pick by Meaning
Practice on screen
Marigold's Knowing Machine — Prefixes & Suffixes Word Meaning
Lesson 2
Words for go and words for look
Children sort verbs such as stroll, dash, glance, and stare into groups by meaning and tell the close words apart.
- ReviewsCommon Core L.2.5.b
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Word Fields: Words for Go and Look
Practice on screen
Lesson 3
The person word: bake, baker
Children make the word for a person from a verb with the ending -er, as in bake and baker, and say what the new word means.
- StandardCommon Core L.3.4.b
- StandardCommon Core RF.3.3.a
- StandardCommon Core L.3.2.e
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Who Does It? The Person Word
Practice on screen
Marigold's Knowing Machine — Prefixes & Suffixes Word Meaning
Lesson 4
Choose the right form of the word
Children choose among four words from one family, such as bake, baker, baking, and baked, the one that fits each sentence.
- StandardCommon Core L.3.1.e
- StandardCommon Core L.3.1.a
- Goes beyondCommon Core L.3.4.c
2 class days
- Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
- Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page
Practice on paper
Root Words in Sentences
Practice on screen
Unit check: before and after
Two short paper checks made from this unit's own worksheets. Give Check A before you teach the unit and Check B after it, and you can see what changed. Each part belongs to one lesson.
- Part 1: Lesson 1, Prefixes change the meaning (1 task)
- Part 2: Lesson 2, Words for go and words for look (1 task)
- Part 3: Lesson 3, The person word: bake, baker (2 tasks)
- Part 4: Lesson 4, Choose the right form of the word (1 task)
Printing a check counts as a download, like any worksheet.
The answer keys and the teacher pages come with the paid Teacher plan.
This is a classroom check of this unit's lessons. It is not a standardized test, and its points are not a grade.