3rd Grade Sample

Phonics Book

If a C bumps into an E, I or Y it says “S,

S, S”, anything else it says “K, K, K, K”!

C Rule

C Rule Words

camp

cent

face

can

clown

curb

lace

code

dance

screen

ice

cake

race

scrub

crumb

scene

voice

If a G bumps into an E, I or Y it says “J,

J, J”, anything else it says “G, G, G, G”!

G Rule

G Rule Words

gym

game

gum

gem

grape

gloom

gel

germ

golf

grove

gene

glance

gist

gasp

English Words Do NOT:

End with an I, U, V or J

Words do not end with I, U, V, or J

cry

try

my

toy

saw

cow

flew

high

true

age

change

large

few

have

edge

Symbol imagery helps you read and spell correctly!

❖ Symbol imagery is a sensory tool that allows you to monitor

and self-correct quickly

❖ You can quickly compare what you read to your own symbol

imagery.

❖ Symbol imagery helps you

❖ Sound out words,

❖ Memorize sight words for quick and accurate reading in

paragraphs and,

❖ Spell phonetically AND accurately (give, not giv; teach,

not teech; nature, not nachur).

❖ English can be tricky, but it is not hard when you can hear

and visualize letters in words. Remember, You can do this.

You can do anything.

Counting syllables

*You can feel syllable chunks. They feel like beats.

Sun has 1 beat

Sunny has 2 beats

Sunnier has 3 beats.

*Clap your hands to feel the beats.

happy happiness hungry bowl

elephant Love camp water

television Candy street yesterday

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Counting syllables continued…

Count and write the number of syllables in these words.

1. Tap 11. Like 21. Evidence

2. Tapping 12. Likely 22. Display

3. Slip 13. Likeable 23. Displaying

4. Slipping 14. Mistakable 24. Happening

5. Mitten 15. Person 25. Powerfully

6. Enjoy 16. Increasingly 26. Destroyer

7. Hippo 17. Formal 27. Sad

8. Hippopotamus 18. Formally 28. Sadly

9. Overlaying 19. Export 29. Strain

10. Little 20. foolish 30. Revolutionary

Vowels in syllables❖Mom has 1 vowel sound and 1 syllable.

❖Mommy has 2 vowel sounds and 2 syllables.

❖ Happy has 2 vowel sounds and 2 syllables.

❖ Happiness has 3 vowel sounds and 3 syllables.

❖ Hippo has 2 vowel sounds and 2 syllables.

❖ Hippopotamus has 5 vowel sounds and 5 syllables.

❖ Little has 2 vowel sounds and 2 syllables.

❖ Feet has 1 syllable and 2 vowel letters that make 1

sound. They work as a team and you can only hear

one vowel sound!

❖ Love has 1 syllable and 2 vowel letters, but one is

silent so it doesn’t count!

❖ Lovely has 2 syllables and 3 vowel letters!

vowels in syllables continued…

1. hop 6. animal 11. talk

2. hopping 7. snow 12. talking

3. trip 8. snowy 13. carpet

4. time 9. computer 14. discovery

5. dog 10. money 15. finished

Use felts to show the number of syllables in each word.

Introducing Prefixes:● Pre (pree) before (preventative)

● Pro (proe) for (proactive)

● De (dee) down, not (defrost)

● Re (ree) again, back (redo)

● Con (cun) with (confess)

● Com (cum) together (combination)

● Per through (percent)

● Dis opposite of (disconnect)

● Ex out of (exhale)

● Trans across (transform)

● Mis wrong (misplace)

● Non not (nonsense)

● In in (income)

● Un not (unhappy)

● Sub under (submerge)

Up and Down the Ladder

1. Choose 5-8 prefixes

2. Lay the cards face up in a vertical line

3. Read the prefixes from the bottom to the top

4. Read the prefixes from the top to the bottom

5. Have your partner choose 5-8 new prefixes and repeat

6. Challenge each other, can you think of real words that have

these prefixes or suffixes?

Introducing Suffixes:

● -y made up of (hungry)

● tive strong (festive)

● sive pertaining to (expansive)

● ment action, result (payment)

● -er person (baker)

● -ing expressing action (playing)

● tious having (cautious)

● cious full of (gracious)

● le prone to (sparkle)

● ance process (resistance)

● ist person or member (motorist)