14 free vocabulary resources for 3rd Grade: 14 worksheets. Answers included.
Word meanings, synonyms, antonyms and word building. 3rd grade is a big year: students learn the multiplication facts, add and subtract three-digit numbers with regrouping, read time to the minute and begin unit fractions.
Students will practice: identifying synonyms; identifying antonyms; recalling opposites; improving word choice in sentences; joining two words to make a compound word; splitting compound words into their parts; using word parts to work out meaning; spelling compound words.
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Students learn that synonyms are words with a similar meaning and antonyms are words with the opposite meaning. They choose synonyms,…
Students learn that a compound word is made by joining two smaller words, such as sun + flower = sunflower. They build compound words,…
Children learn that a word family is a group of words built from the same base word, such as help, helper, helpful and unhelpful. They…
Put words in alphabetical (ABC) order, first by the first letter, then by the second and third letters. Starts with the most common words…
Join two small words to make a compound word, and split compound words into their parts. Starts with the most common words and the…
Add a prefix to the start of a word and work out how the prefix changes the meaning (un- = not, re- = again, dis- = not, pre- = before,…
Choose the word that means the same (synonym) or the opposite (antonym) to build vocabulary. Starts with the most common words and the…
Put words in alphabetical (ABC) order, first by the first letter, then by the second and third letters. Expected-level practice with the…
Join two small words to make a compound word, and split compound words into their parts. Expected-level practice with the main spelling…
Add a prefix to the start of a word and work out how the prefix changes the meaning (un- = not, re- = again, dis- = not, pre- = before,…
Choose the word that means the same (synonym) or the opposite (antonym) to build vocabulary. Expected-level practice with the main…
Put words in alphabetical (ABC) order, first by the first letter, then by the second and third letters. A challenge set with trickier and…
Add a prefix to the start of a word and work out how the prefix changes the meaning (un- = not, re- = again, dis- = not, pre- = before,…
Choose the word that means the same (synonym) or the opposite (antonym) to build vocabulary. A challenge set with trickier and irregular…
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Word meanings, synonyms, antonyms and word building. At 3rd Grade, our resources focus on: identifying synonyms; identifying antonyms; recalling opposites; improving word choice in sentences.
Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.
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