Grade 3 National Reading Vocabulary3年级阅读词汇.pdf

Grade 3 National Reading Vocabulary The following list contains the 800+ “new” reading words that students need to master by the end of Grade 3. Students who master these vocabulary words (along with our Grade 1 and 2 vocabulary) will be reading at approximately a 4.0 grade level and typically score in the top 10% on national reading tests (such as the Woodcock-Johnson or Stanford Achievement Test). These words are the “next” most-common reading words used in reading books after the 1200 words in our Grade 1 and Grade 2 lists. Words used in our Grade Level Vocabulary lists were selected after computer analysis for word frequency of grade level textbooks including Houghton Mifflin, Scholastic, and Accelerated Reader. To insure comprehension of test questions in a school’s end-of-year testing, we also include critical test question vocabulary (i.e. author – locate – paragraph – details – sequence – fact – opinion – pattern etc.). Words are organized as follows: 1st nine weeks - 238 words 3rd nine weeks - 252 words 2nd nine weeks - 216 words 4th nine weeks - 252 words TOTAL = 958 words Vocabulary Organization Readiness TEST Although 958 total words are used in the An excellent test to determine if a student is Grade 3 list, 804 are ”new” reading vocabulary ready for the Grade 3 Program is to have words. 154 words in the first nine week him/her read the 70 review words listed in section are “review” words from Grade 2. This Weeks 1 and 2