Confident Reader
Lesson 256Confident Reader10–15 minutes

Lesson 256: Three-syllable words

Focus: Three-syllable words

Objective

What we'll learn

Read and understand words with Three-syllable words.

For grown-ups

Parent & teacher intro

Confident readers break big words into smaller parts. Look for the pattern, chunk it up, then read the whole word.

Warm-up

Interactive phonics activity

Break each word into parts, then read it as a whole.

Words

Word list

butterflyelephantdinosaurcomputerbeautifuladventure

Practice

Example sentences

  • I can see the butterfly.
  • We can see the elephant.
  • You can see the dinosaur.
  • They can see the computer.

Story time

Ivy and the Butterfly

Ivy went to the yard. Ivy saw a butterfly and a elephant.

"Look!" said Ivy. "The dinosaur is by the computer."

Kai came to help. Together they played with the beautiful and the adventure.

At the end of the day, Ivy and Kai smiled. What a wonderful Three-syllable words adventure!

Check for understanding

Comprehension questions

1. Where did Ivy go?

2. What did Ivy see first?

3. How did the story end?

STEM word of the day

🔬 computer

Meaning: a machine that follows step-by-step instructions

Example: I play games on my computer.

Review

Vocabulary review

  • beautifulA beautiful is something we can talk about or see.
  • adventureA adventure is something we can talk about or see.
  • butterflyA butterfly is something we can talk about or see.
  • elephantA elephant is something we can talk about or see.

Play

Fun challenge

Choose the word that fits the Three-syllable words pattern.

Which word belongs with Three-syllable words?

Which word belongs with Three-syllable words?

Which word belongs with Three-syllable words?

Stretch

Try more words

butterflyelephantdinosaurcomputerbeautifuladventure