Third Grade Phonics Lessons-2nd Trimester
Fountas&Pinnell
October
Letter/Sound
Relationships
LS
Spelling
Patterns
SP
3 Recognizing Words with Ending
Consonant Digraphs
83
4 Recognizing Words with Beginning and
Ending Consonant Digraphs
87
5 Recognizing and Using y as a Vowel Sound
in Words
91
1 Recognizing Words with Consonant
Clusters
2 Identifying Words with Ending
Consonant Clusters
1 Recognizing Phonograms with Short
Vowel Sounds
153
2 Recognizing Word Patterns with Ending
Consonant Clusters
157
3 Recognizing Word Patterns with Long
Vowel Sounds
161
4 Recognizing Phonograms with Double
Vowels
165
High
Frequency
Words
HF
September
1 Recognizing High Frequency Words (3 or
more Letters)
223
2 Recognizing High Frequency Words 2
(With 4 or more Letters)
227
75
79
Word-Solving Actions
WSA
Word Structure
WS
Word
Meaning/
Vocabulary
WM/V
1 Recognizing and Using Compound Words
249
2 Working with Compound Words (Word
Sorting)
253
1 Summarizing Contractions
343
2 Recognizing Syllables in Words with
Double Consonants
347
1 Learning How to Learn Words:
Study 1
2 Learning How to Learn Words:
Study 2
3 Learning How to Learn Words:
Study 3
4 Learning How to Learn Words:
Study 4
5 Learning How to Learn Words:
Study 5
November
6 Identifying Words with Different Vowel
Sounds (oo, ow, ea)
95
5 Recognizing Word Patterns with the
Short o Sound
169
6 Recognizing Word Patterns with Unique
Vowel Sounds (Long /oo/)
173
7 Recognizing Word Patterns with Unique
Vowel Sounds (Short /oo/)
177
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4
5
6
7
8
3
Exploring Homophones
257
Connecting Words
261
Connecting Concept Words
265
Recognizing and Using Synonyms
269
Recognizing and Using Antonyms
273
Synonyms and Sentences
277
Recognizing Words with Open Syllables
351
4 Recognizing Words with Closed Syllables
355
5 Recognizing Syllables in Words with a
Silent e Pattern
359
6 Recognizing Parts in Compound Words
363
Buddy
433
Buddy
437
Buddy
441
Buddy
445
Buddy
449
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Third Grade Phonics Lessons-2nd Trimester
Fountas&Pinnell
February
8 Recognizing Word Patterns with Unique
Vowel Sounds
181
9 Recognizing Word Patterns with Vowel
Combinations
185
10 Recognizing Phonograms with Double
Consonants
189
11 Noticing Word Patterns That Represent
Unique Vowel Sounds
193
12 Recognizing Words with VC Pattern 197
13 Recognizing a Vowel Pattern (VCe) in
Two-Syllable Words
201
14 Recognizing Word Patterns with Double
Consonants
205
15 Recognizing Word Patterns with rInfluenced Vowels
209
3 Recognizing High Frequency Words 3
(with 5 or More Letters)
231
4 Recognizing High Frequency Words 235
WordSolving
Actions
WSA
Word Structure
WS
Word
Meaning/
Vocabulary
WM/V
Letter/Sound
Relationships
LS
10 Recognizing Consonant Letters with
Different Sounds
111
11 Noticing Silent Letters in Words
115
12 Taking Apart Words with Open Syllables
119
13 Taking Apart Words with Closed
Syllables
123
14 Recognizing Word Patterns with –r
Influenced Vowel Sounds
127
Spelling Patterns
SP
January
High
Frequency
Words
HF
December
7 Identifying Other Vowel Sounds (oo, oi,
oy, ow, aw, au)
99
8 Recognizing Long Vowel Patterns
103
9 Recognizing Double Consonants in Words
107
9 Summary of Synonyms and Antonyms
281
10 Making Decisions about Using
Homophones
285
11 Recognizing Homophones, Synonyms, and
Antonyms
289
7 Forming Plurals of Words That Add es
367
8 Forming Plurals with Words Ending in y
371
9 Forming Plurals with Words Ending in f,
fe, or lf
375
10 Noticing and Using Abbreviations 379
12 Recognizing Homographs
293
13 Connecting Words by Meaning
297
11 Recognizing Syllables in Words with
Vowel Combinations
383
12 Noticing and Using the Past Tense with
ed
387
13 Forming New Words by Adding –er 391
14 Using Compound Word Parts to
Understand Meanings
395
15 Reading Two-Syllable Words with a
Vowel and r
399
6 Using Alphabetical Order
7 Using Word Parts to Solve Words
8 Recognizing and Using Syllables
461
9 Making Connections between Words 465
453
457
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Third Grade Phonics Lessons-2nd Trimester
Fountas&Pinnell
May/June
15 Identifying Silent Letters in Words
131
16 Recognizing Words with the Final k
Sound
135
17 Learning about Words with Capital
Letters
139
18 Learning Cursive Handwriting
143
19 Learning Effective Keyboarding
147
16 Recognizing Words with the/a/ Pattern
213
17 Recognizing Frequently Appearing
Syllables in Word Patterns
217
5 Checking Your Knowledge of High
Frequency Words
6 Connecting High Frequency Words
243
21 Recognizing and Using Metaphors and
Similes
329
22 Recognizing and Using Blended Words
333
23 Recognizing and Using Words that
Mimic Real Sounds
337
16 Forming Plurals for Words Ending in o
403
17 Forming Plurals: Summary
407
18 Identifying Syllables in Multisyllable
Words
411
19 Noticing Syllables in Multisyllable
Words
415
20 Forming Comparisons with –er, -est
419
21 Recognizing Words with a Prefix (un-)
423
22 Recognizing Words with a Prefix (re-)
427
10 Using Guide Words in a Dictionary 469
11 Using What is Known to Solve Words
473
12 Using a Dictionary to Learn Word
Meaning
477
13 Expanding Vocabulary through Reading
Texts
481
Word Meaning/
Vocabulary
WM/V
18 Learning about Nouns – Words for
People, Places, Things
317
19 Learning about Nouns, Describing
Words, Action Words
321
20 Exploring Words
325
Word Structure
WS
239
WordSolving
Actions
WSA
High Frequency
HF
Letter/Sound
Relationships
LS
April
Spelling
Patterns
SP
March
14 Learning about Action Words
301
15 Recognizing and Using Action Words
305
16 Learning about Describing Words 309
17 Recognizing and Using Describing Words
313
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