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Students who master these vocabulary words (along with our Grade 1 and 2 vocabulary) will be reading at approximately a 4.0 grade level and typically score in the top 10% on national reading tests (such as the Woodcock-Johnson or Stanford Achievement Test) . These words are the “next” most-common reading words used in reading books after the 1200 words in our Grade 1 and Grade 2 lists. Words used in our Grade Level Vocabulary lists were selected after computer analysis for word frequency of grade level textbooks including Houghton Mifflin, Scholastic, and Accelerated Reader. To insure comprehension of test questions in a school’s end-of-year testing, we also include critical test question vocabulary ( [i.e. author](i.e. author) – locate – paragraph – details – sequence – fact – opinion – pattern etc. ) .  \nWords are organized as follows:  \n\n| 1st nine weeks-238 words\u003Cbr>2nd - | 3rd nine weeks-252 words\u003Cbr>4th - |\n| --- | --- |\n\nnine weeks 216 words nine weeks 252 words  \nTOTAL = 958 words  \nVocabulary Organization  \nAlthough 958 total words are used in the Grade 3 list, 804 are ”new” reading vocabulary words. 154 words in the first nine week section are “review” words from Grade 2. This is done to provide a much needed review of the major vowel sound and difficult reading words from the Grade 2 list. (It has been along summer) . Words are introduced at a steady rate of 6 words per day for the first 18 weeks and 7 words per day for weeks 19-36. Friday is to be used by classroom teachers asa review and/or test day to determine mastery of the week’s vocabulary. The 6 or 7 daily words are organized from “most-common” to“least-common” along common vowel sound or reading rule categories.  \nWord of the Day  \nThe last word in each daily column is called the “Word of the Day”(next to the WD) . It is placed here because it is typically more difficult to learn than the other phonics based words. This difficulty occurs because it is either visually similar to other words (i.e. went – want) or its letters are not consistent with typical phonics rules (i.e. does/duz – what/wut) . The Word of the Day typically requires more practice to insure its complete memorization.  \nReadiness TEST  \nAn excellent test to determine if a student is ready for the Grade 3 Program is to have him/her read the 70 review words listed in Weeks 1 and 2. If your student can read 50% correctly (35 of 70) then he/she is reading at approximately a 2.5 Grade level (2nd Grade 5th month) and should begin with our Grade 2 Program. If 75% are answered correctly (52 of 70), then he/she is reading at approximately a 2.8 Grade level and should also go back and review the Grade 2 program. If your student can read the 70 words with 4 or less errors they should be ready for the Grade 3 Vocabulary Building Program. Along with reading the words correctly, it is very important for your student to read the words fluently. Fluency is the process of reading words easily - smoothly and without hesitation. National research has shown vocabulary and fluency are the two essential components for achieving maximum reading ability.  \nThe Most Progress The Least Effort  \nWith over 20 years researching reading methods and student progress, the evidence clearly shows that teaching reading vocabulary words in small groups that share the same vowel sound will generate far more progress than any other method of teaching reading.  \nAttention Teachers ! A Powerful-Powerful Tool  \nIf you are a classroom teacher and want to give your students a tremendous jump in reading ability at the start of school, we strongly encourage you to use our Grade Level Lists to test all your students in a oneon-one situation during the first week of school. Grade 4 teachers should enlist the help of assistants or parents and test each student on the Grade 3 words. 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