Third Grade – Open Court
Reading 1.0Vocabulary and Concept Development
1.4 Use knowledge of antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and
homographs to determine the meanings of words.
Open Court – Unit 1 Friendship
Page / Concept / Words28K / homographs / bow
48K / antonyms / outside/inside, shiny/dull, beautiful/ugly, open/close, down/up, wide/narrow, top/bottom
48K / homophones / board/bored, for/four, no/know, hole/whole
111G / synonyms / tyrant/dictator/oppressor, traitor/betrayer/enemy
Open Court – Unit 2 City Wildlife
Page / Concept / Words114K / antonyms / hollered/whispered, grinned/frowned
114K / synonyms / vacant/empty/bare
125H / antonyms / mound: hole/indentation/valley
126K / homophones / great/grate, blue/blew, right/write, waste/waist
145G / synonyms / bank/shore, yell/scream/shout
145H / synonyms / dither/upset/fluster/angry
145I / synonyms / molt/shed
181G / homophones / deer/dear, see/sea
181H / homophones / tails/tales
181I / homophones / way/weigh
195G / homophones / there/their
195H / antonyms / together/apart
195I / synonyms / plume/feathers
Open Court – Unit 3 Imagination
Page / Concept / Words198K / homophones / know/no, I/eye, sun/son
Open Court – Unit 4 Money
Page / Concept / Words14K / homophones / sheer/shear, dye/die, hair/hare
26K / synonyms / definitely/certainly/absolutely/positively
72K / antonyms / black/white, hot/cold, big/small, real/counterfeit
Open Court – Unit 5 Storytelling
Page / Concept / Words108K / synonyms / furious/angry/enraged
120K / antonyms / ancient/modern, remember/forget
127G / homographs / project, live, record
127H / homographs / present
127I / homographs / read
146K / homographs / watch, stick, light, log, live
Open Court – Unit 6 Country Life
Page / Concept / Words203G / antonyms / morsel/chunk, city/country
203H / antonyms / sensible/foolish, rich/poor
203I / antonyms / danger/safety
213G / synonyms / hues/colors, toil/work
213H / synonyms / cattle/cows
213I / synonyms / reigns/rules
216K / homophones / hear/here, sow/so/sew, buy/by
233G / homophones / there/their/they’re
295H / homophones / cents/scents
295I / homophones / rode/road
Reading 1.0
Vocabulary and Concept Development
1.8 Use knowledge of prefixes (e.g. un-, re-, pre-, bi-, mis-, dis-) and suffixes (e.g., -er, -est-, -ful) to determine the meaning of words.
Open Court – Unit 1 Friendship
Page / Concept / Words28K / comparative and superlative adjectives / small/smaller/smallest, tall/taller/tallest
48K / prefix re- / hung/rehung, take/retake, make/remake
82K / suffix –tion / dedicate/dedication, segregate/segregation, intimidate/intimidation, humiliate/humiliation
82K / prefix un-
suffix -ly / equally/unequal/unequally/equal
fair/unfair/unfairly
Open Court – Unit 2 City Wildlife
Page / Concept / Words114K / suffix –y / spiky, cottony, smelly, silvery
114K / prefix un- / unbelievable, undecorated, untied, uneaten, unoccupied
166K / suffix –ing / building, camping, sleeping
166K / suffix –ly / gently, probably, friendly, brightly
166K / prefix un- / comfortable/uncomfortable, steady/unsteady
Open Court – Unit 3 Imagination
Page / Concept / Words216K / suffixes / differ/different/differently/difference
peace/peaceful/peacefully/peacefulness
216K / suffix –ing / hearing, nibbling, smiling, wagging
223G / suffixes / sadly, goodness, restlessness, peacefulness
223H / suffixes / carelessly
223I / suffixes / tricky
224M / suffixes / loud/louder/loudest, broil/broiling, annoy/annoyingly plow/plowing, hour/hourly, dancer, singer, pitcher, teacher
237G / prefixes / triangle, unsure
237H / prefixes / disappoint
237I / prefixes / hexagons
240N / prefixes / redraw, remake, appoint/disappoint, mispronounce
250K / suffixes / end/endless/endlessly, care/careless/carelessly, fancy/fanciful, force/forceful
250K / prefix un- / able/unable, do/undo, tie/untie
250K / suffix –able / imaginable, lovable, adorable
250K / suffix –ly / constantly, wisely, proudly, scarcely
Open Court – Unit 4 Money
Page / Concept / Words25G / prefix re- / return
25H / prefix un-
suffix -ing / untangling
25I / suffix –ment / measurement
26K / suffix –y / ratty, tricky, tasty, jumpy
26K / suffix –able / returnable, acceptable, decidable
35G / suffix –ly / absolutely, positively, nearly, luckily
35H / suffix –ly / mostly
35I / suffix –ly / really
38K / base words with affixes / succeed/success/successful
compute/computer/computation
educate/education/educational
58K / suffix –ed / clenched, lugged, growled, owed, leaned
72K / suffixes / bury/burying/buried/burial
72K / suffix –s or –es / dollars, horses, sleeves, cowboys, britches
94K / suffix –ment / equip/equipment, imprison/imprisonment
94K / suffix –tion or –sion / segregation, operation, depression
94K / suffixes –ed, -ing, and –s / used, cutting, clippers, saving, died
Open Court – Unit 5 Storytelling
Page / Concept / Words120K / suffixes / memory/memorized/memorable
inform/information/informative
128K / prefix re- / retelling, reprint, restart, retold
143G / suffixes –ly and
–ness / certainly, happily, happiness
143H / suffix –ly / daintily
143I / suffix -ly / naturally
158K / base word with prefix and suffix / understand/understanding/misunderstanding
celebrate/celebrated/celebration/celebrity
158K / suffix –ed / scrapped/scraped, stripped/striped, pinned/pined
168K / prefix be- / befriended, beloved, bedazzle
168K / prefix re- / remarried, recollections, recalled
193G / prefix tri- / trillion, triangle, tricycle
Open Court – Unit 6 Country Life
Page / Concept / Words204K / suffix –ed / etched, stretched, hatched, switched
204K / suffix –ing / creating, creasing, analyzing, defining
204K / suffix –y / chilly, grassy, silly, hilly, foggy
233F / suffixes –erand -est / dizzier, happier, heavier, hungrier, prettier, drowsier, dizziest, drowsiest, happiest, heaviest, hungriest, greater, greatest, finest, taller
236K / prefix auto- / automatic, autograph, autobiography, automobile
250K / f to v –es / calf/calves, wolf/wolves, knife/knives
262K / suffix –est / luckiest, flattest, nicest, prettiest, smallest
262K / prefix re- / resurface, reassure, redevelop, reconsider
KDoyle/CPL/2008