3rd Grade
Grammar
3rd Grade Writing
Non-fiction Text Features
Spelling Rules
3rd Grade Spelling
3rd Grade More Reading
100

What is a root word?

A word without a prefix or suffix.  It must be a real word.  Also called a base word.

100

What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?

A capital letter

100

Where do I find the definition of a word in a non-fiction book?

Glossary

100

What is a digraph and name 5 digraphs 

Two letters that make one sound. ch, sh, th, wh, ck

100

Spell the opposite of go

stop

100

What is cause and effect?

One thing makes another thing happen

200

What is a prefix?

a word part that goes at the beginning of a word

200

What is a noun (4)?

A person, place, thing or animal

200

What is the purpose of a caption?

It describes the picture
200
What is the rule for using ai or ay?

ai says /a/ in the middle. ay says /a/ at the end.

200

Spell the opposite of day

night

200

What type of text is full of facts?

nonfiction

300

What is a suffix?

A word part that goes at the end of a word

300

What is an adjective?

A word that describes something

300

Earth     9, 11
Gas       4
Sun       1, 5, 9

What is the above text an example of?

Index

300

Which word is spelled correctly?
grone
groan
groen

Groan

300

Spell the opposite of lost

found

300

What does sequence of events mean?

The order of events in a story

400

What is the past tense of hope?

hoped

400

What should always go at the end of a sentence?

Punctuation. (.!?)

400

What text feature tells you about the information that you will read in a paragraph?


Heading

400

What are 3 ways to make the /j/ sound?

j, dge, ge

400

Spell the opposite of sunny

cloudy


400

What does it mean to make an inference?

It means to figure something out in a story by looking at text evidence and thinking about what you already know to come up with the inference.

500

What is a verb?

An action word!

500

What is the difference between s and 's at the end of a word?

s is plural

's shows ownership

500

What is the difference between a picture and an illustration?

Picture is real

Illustration is drawn

500

What two things can make the /ch/ sound and what is the rule?

ch and tch.  Long spelling right after a short vowel.

500

Spell the opposite of noisy

quiet

500

What is the main idea of a text?

What it is mostly about.
600

What are words that sounds the same but are spelled different?

homophones

600

Edit this sentence:

lie them durty clothes on top of the washing Machine

Lay the dirty clothes on top of the washing machine.
600

Why would the author bold a word in text?


The word is in the glossary.

600

What is the Gentle Cindy rule?

G says /j/ and c says /s/ followed by an e, i, or y

600

Spell the opposite of huge

tiny

600

What is a prediction?

An educated or informed guess about what will happen next in the story. 

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