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Reread and Fix It at Bell Pond

Read a pond story, then use context and rereading to pick the right sound and meaning for tricky words and to fix misread words.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.3.4.c

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use context to decide how to say words such as wind, lead and row.
Students use context clues to confirm the meaning of words in a story.
Students reread to fix a misread word and check that it makes sense.

How to use

Read the story together first. Then have students reread the sentence around each tricky word before they answer, and talk about which clues helped them.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.3.4.c

Use context to confirm or fix word recognition and understanding, rereading as needed.

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Reread and Fix It at Bell Pond

Use the clues around a word to check that it makes sense.

Read the story

Read the story. If a word does not sound right or does not make sense, stop and reread the sentence.

A Walk to Bell Pond

1On Saturday morning, Kiran and Grandma Rosa walked to Bell Pond. Kiran carried a small net and an empty jar. "I will lead the way," he said. "The path will wind through the trees, but I know every turn."

2Soon a cool wind began to blow. The leaves shook and whispered above them. Kiran zipped his jacket up to his chin.

3At the pond, a green frog sat on the bank. The mud there was soft, and it sloped right down to the water. Two ducks floated near the tall reeds.

4"Look at the little boat," said Grandma Rosa. "Do you want to row to the middle?" Kiran grinned. First he put on a life jacket. Then he took the oars, and they glided across the water.

5Back on the bank, Kiran knelt and dipped his net into the water. In one scoop, he caught a tiny tadpole. It wiggled in the jar. Kiran looked at its tail and counted to ten. Then he tipped the jar, and the tadpole swam away.

Use context to say and understand words

Some words are spelled the same but are said in different ways or have different meanings. The words around them tell you which one fits.

The word wind is spelled the same in every sentence, but it is said in two ways. Use the other words in each sentence to decide how to say it. Sort the sentences.

Soon a cool wind began to blow.The old road will wind up the hill.A strong wind knocked over the chairs.The path will wind through the trees.

wind rhymes with "pinned"	wind rhymes with "find"

In paragraph 1, Kiran says, "The path will wind through the trees, but I know every turn." What does wind mean in that sentence?

A. air that is moving
B. to stop and rest
C. to bend and turn
D. to make a loud sound

In paragraph 1, Kiran says, "I will lead the way." Write the word from the word bank that rhymes with lead as it is said in that sentence.

Word bank: need · bed · head · red

lead rhymes with .

In paragraph 4, Grandma Rosa asks, "Do you want to row to the middle?" Which word rhymes with row as it is said in that sentence?

A. cow
B. go
C. how
D. now

The word "bank" has more than one meaning. Use the other words in each sentence to match the sentence to the meaning of bank.

A green frog sat on the bank.
Dad put his paycheck in the bank.
The plow pushed the snow into a tall bank by the road.

A. a place where people keep money
B. the land along the edge of a pond or river
C. a big pile

Look at the last sentence of paragraph 4. What does glided mean?

A. sank under the water
B. stopped in one place
C. splashed around loudly
D. moved along smoothly

Fix it and check it

When a word does not make sense, reread, use the clues, fix the word, and check again.

Rita made two mistakes when she read paragraph 5 aloud. Each sentence below shows what she said. Reread paragraph 5 and write the word she should have read.

Rita said: "Kiran knelt and dipped his nest into the water." The correct word is .
Rita said: "It wiggled in the jam." The correct word is .

A word does not make sense when you read it. Which ideas help you fix it? Sort the ideas.

Reread the sentence.Skip the word and never think about it again.Say any word that starts with the same letter and keep going.Look at the words around the tricky word.Try another sound for the word and see if it makes sense.Read faster so the tricky word goes by quickly.