Word study is the use of explicit instruction which encompasses both phonics and phonological awareness to instruct decoding and encoding. Third grade students are learning to decode and encode short vowels. The Go Fish game is an enjoyable way to practice and contrast between long and short vowels, specifically short short ‘o’ and long ‘o’ (oCe). The words and photos can help students develop vocabulary.

Word study is the use of explicit instruction which encompasses both phonics and phonological awareness to instruct decoding and encoding. Third grade students are learning to decode and encode short vowels. The Go Fish game is an enjoyable way to practice and contrast between long and short vowels, specifically short a and aCe and short I and iCe. The words and photos can help students develop vocabulary.

This lesson reviews citizenship expectations as students effectively communicate in small groups and the whole-class setting to prepare for a trip to the Science Museum! Students analyze and sort behaviors into categories, based on the attributes or actions described while reviewing vocabulary critical to a museum visit. Special thanks to the Science Museum of Western Virginia and the Center for Educational Networks and Impacts at Virginia Tech for their advisement and resource contribution to this lesson. 

This lesson allows students to decode multisyllabic words with open and closed syllables and compare and contrast open and closed syllables.

This lesson consists of ...-a word list to id where the break would occur to id the two syllables, indicate schwa vowel and blend the syllables together to say the word-Chunk, Chunk Blend Word Cards to read words by reading each syllable and then blending-Short story to read and do a word hunt for words with a schwa vowel

This lesson consists of ...-a word list to id where the break would occur to id the two syllables, indicate the VCe pattern and blend the syllables together to say the word-Chunk, Chunk Blend Word Cards to read words by reading each syllable and then blending-Short story to read  and do a word hunt