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Grade 3 · English Language Arts · Unit 13 of 18

Sounds, Letters & Fluent Reading

Count and blend sounds, know your letters and read with expression.

What your child practises

Practises sound awareness (segmenting, blending and changing sounds), letters in different fonts, recognizing common and tricky words quickly, and using punctuation to read with expression.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.3.A2.1, ELA.3.A2.2, ELA.3.A2.6 · sound awareness, letters in different fonts, high-frequency words and reading with expression

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Commas tell you to…

    • stop reading
    • take a short pause
    • skip the words

  2. Question 2

    Which word has the /sh/ sound?

    • dish
    • dig
    • disk

  3. Question 3

    When you see a period at the end of a sentence, your voice…

    • falls and you pause
    • shouts
    • jumps up

  4. Question 4

    How many sounds are in the word “stop”?

    • 3
    • 4
    • 2

  5. Question 5

    Which word has the /th/ sound?

    • bat
    • back
    • bath

  6. Question 6

    Which word has the most sounds?

    • sat
    • splash
    • ship

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