Grade 3 Vocabulary

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• Tier 1 vocabulary consists of basic, high-frequency words that frequently occur in spoken language and are understood by most children.
• Tier 2 vocabulary words are high-utility words found in written language across many content areas and are the focus of explicit vocabulary instruction for Grade 3.
• Tier 3 vocabulary words are content-specific terms that usually apply to a particular subject area and have less broad utility for general students.
• A synonym is a word that has a similar meaning to another word, such as 'happy' and 'glad'.
• An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of another word, such as 'hot' and 'cold'.
• A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and spelling, like 'their' and 'there'.
• A prefix is a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning, such as 'un-' in 'undo'.
• A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning, such as '-ing' in 'running'.
• A compound word is formed by combining two smaller words to create a new word with its own meaning, like 'sun' plus 'flower' equals 'sunflower'.
• An idiom is a phrase where the meaning cannot be understood just by looking at the individual words, such as 'raining cats and dogs' meaning it is raining heavily.
• A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as', such as 'she runs like a cheetah'.
• Context clues are words or phrases in a sentence or paragraph that help a reader figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.