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Third graders, working with strategy words in context, drill on vocabulary words already studied as well as new unknown words that are related. They review short vowel sounds in conjunction with various synonyms and antonyms while they work.

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sight words, phonics, emergent reading, beginning reading, word recognition

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sight words, spelling strategy, english language arts
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Grade
3rd
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategy
Skills Practice

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