1. Third Grade Word Study Pacing Guide
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2. Date Aug. 6-17 Aug. 20-24 Aug. 27-31 Sept. 4-7 Sept. 10-14 Sept. 17-21
Oct. 1-5
Oct
Foundational
Word Study Kit 1 (3RF3&4)
Unit 1
Compound words
Unit 2
Adding -ing to VC & VCC words
Unit 3
Adding –ing to VCe & VVC words
Unit 4
Adding –ing double, e-drop, no change
Unit 5
Inflectional ending -ed
Unit 6
Unusual past tense words
Unit 7
Adding plural endings -es
-ies
Unit 8
Irregular plurals
Unit 9
Inflectional endings to words ending in y
Language
Review basic language skills
ELAGSE3L1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
b. Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
c. Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
d. Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
Supporting Standards: 3L3, 3L4, 3L6
3L1j. Writes legibly in cursive.
ELAGSE3L3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
a. Choose words and phrases for effect.
b. Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English.
ELAGSE3L4: 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.
ELAGSE3L6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific vocabulary, including words and phrases that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).

3. Date
Oct
Oct
Oct. 29-2
Nov. 5-8
Nov
Nov
Dec. 3-7
Dec
Dec
Foundational
Word Study Kit 1 (3RF3&4)
BUFFER WEEK
Unit 10
Syllable juncture in VCV & VCCV
Unit 11
More Syllable juncture in VCV & VCCV
Unit 12
Syllable juncture in VCV & VVCV
Unit 13
Syllable juncture in VCCCV & VV
Unit 14
Open and closed syllables and inflectional endings
Unit 15
Long a patterns
Unit 16
Long i patterns
Language
ELAGSE3L1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
e. Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
f. Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
g. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
h. Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
i. Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
BUFFER
WEEK
Supporting Standards: 3L3, 3L4, 3L6
3L1j. Writes legibly in cursive.

4. a. Capitalize appropriate words in titles. b. Use commas in addresses.
Date
Jan. 7-11
Jan
Jan
Jan. 28- Feb. 1
Feb. 4-8
Feb
Feb
Feb. 25-1
March 4-8
Foundational
Word Study Kit 1 (3RF3&4)
Unit 17
Long o patterns
Unit 18
Long u patterns
Unit 19
Long e patterns
Unit 20
Unaccented final syllables -le
Unit 21
Unaccented final syllables
-le, -el, -il, -al
Unit 22
-er, -ar, -or
Unit 23
Agents
Unit 24
Final –y, -ey, -ie
Unit 25
Hard and soft c
Language
ELAGSE3L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
a. Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
b. Use commas in addresses.
c. Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
d. Form and use possessives.
e. Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
f. Use spelling patterns and generalizations(e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
g. Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
Supporting Standards: 3L3, 3L4, 3L6
3L1j. Writes legibly in cursive.

5. Date
Mar
Mar
March 25-29
April 1-5
April 16-26
April 29-May 3
May 6-10
May 13-17
May 20-24
Foundational
Word Study
Kit 1 (3RF3&4)
BUFFER
WEEK
Unit 26
Hard and soft g
Unit 27
/k/ spelled ck, ic, x
Unit 28
Prefixes re-, un-
Unit 29
Prefixes dis-, mis-, pre-
Unit 30
Suffixes –y, -ly, -ily
Unit 31
Comparative suffixes -er,
-est
Language
ELAGSE3L5: With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
a. Distinguish the literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
c. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
Supporting Standards: 3L3, 3L4, 3L6
3L1j. Writes legibly in cursive.