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Wordly Wise 3000® Strengthen the Bridge Between Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension

Research-based supplemental reading program provides direct academic vocabulary instruction to help students develop the critical link between vocabulary and reading comprehension, advancing them toward grade-level reading mastery.

  • Comprehension & Vocabulary
  • Grades K–12
  • Tiers 1 & 2
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Direct Academic Vocabulary Instruction

Wordly Wise 3000® provides direct academic vocabulary instruction to develop the critical link between vocabulary and reading comprehension. Robust activities, peer sharing, and differentiated instruction meet the needs of today’s varying student populations—empowering students to have successful encounters with grade-level vocabulary.

The words used in this 4th Edition of the print program are commonly encountered in grade-level literature, content-area texts, and state and national assessments. The new formats maintain the word list and rigor of our best-selling vocabulary program.

Wordly Wise Provides Students with the Academic Vocabulary to Succeed in School

Wordly Wise features a variety of components that work together to help students learn 3,000 words most likely to appear in their reading and textbooks, and on state and national assessments.

Student Books

Word List

Each lesson includes a word list with dictionary-style definitions and sentences that present words in context to help students understand the multiple meanings of words.

  • Turn-And-Talk Activities: Students are introduced to new words and interact with peers during turn-and-talk activities.
  • Academic Words: Key academic words are underlined for easy visibility.
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Practice Activities

A wide variety of activities provide multiple exposures and critical practice for a deep understanding of vocabulary words.

  • Making Connections Book 4 deeply embeds vocabulary words in students’ memories by requiring them to relate new words with words they already know.
  • Determining Meanings Book 4 helps students understand meaningful word parts such as prefixes, roots, and suffixes.

Application Activities

Students interact with their peers and write about their experiences to apply and extend their learning.

Vocabulary Extension Student Book 4 illustrates how application activities work:

  • Each Vocabulary Extension word is illustrated to make its meaning more accessible to all students.
  • Students engage in meaningful discussions with peers.
  • Students complete a brief writing activity.
  • Students have space to take notes or draw their own visual representations of words.
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Differentiation

Students read an original passage that incorporates all of the lesson words, then answer comprehension questions to demonstrate their understanding. The reading passage for each lesson is offered at two levels: on grade level and below grade level, written at a lower Lexile® measure.

  • Comprehension Questions — Students who use the secondary passage can answer the same open-response questions as peers.
  • On-grade-level passage Student Book 4

Teacher’s Resource Books

Books include:

  • Teaching techniques for differentiation
  • Secondary passages
  • Lesson review exercises
  • Reproducible tests
  • Answer keys

Word Knowledge Awareness Rating

Before each lesson, teachers can have students complete a self-assessment of word knowledge, then review the information to focus on the least familiar words during the introduction of the Word List.

Differentiation

Each vocabulary extension activity comes with a page of suggestions to guide you in differentiation so that every student can benefit.

Assessment

Lesson, Midterm, and Final Tests assess all words, including words with multiple meanings.

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Wordly Wise 3000 Highlights

  • Direct academic vocabulary instruction helps students develop the critical link between vocabulary and reading 
  • Differentiated reading passages help teachers support Lexile levels for on-grade level and below-grade level needs empowering all students to succeed.
  • Robust, research-based practice activities that align with current state and national
    standards reinforce word meanings and retention.
  • Peer sharing promotes student engagement.
  • Assessments and reporting provide on-going visibility into student performance.

Resources

Program Overviews

  • Wordly Wise 3000

Research

  • Research Paper

Miscellaneous

  • Wordly Wise 3000® Sample Word Lists K-12
  • Wordly Wise 3000® K-1 Supporting English Learners
  • Wordly Wise 3000® Passage Lexile Ranges

Sample Lessons

  • Book K: Lesson 1
  • Book 1: Lesson 1
  • Book 2: Lessons 1 & 10
  • Book 3: Lessons 1 & 10
  • Book 4: Lessons 1 & 10
  • Book 5: Lessons 1 & 10
  • Book 6: Lessons 1 & 10
  • Book 7: Lessons 1 & 10
  • Book 8: Lessons 1 & 10
  • Book 9: Lessons 1 & 10
  • Book 10: Lessons 1 & 10
  • Book 11: Lessons 1 & 10
  • Book 12: Lessons 1 & 10 

Common Core Aligned

  • Grade K
  • Grade 1
  • Grade 2
  • Grade 3 
  • Grade 4 
  • Grade 5 
  • Grade 6 
  • Grade 7 
  • Grade 8 
  • Grade 9 
  • Grade 10 
  • Grade 11 
  • Grade 12 

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