100 Words Kids Need to Read by 1st Grade Sight Word Practice to Build Strong Readers by Terry Cooper

Which Word? Directions:

Read the story. Then
answer each question

My little brother Jack with a blue word from
loves school so much that one the story. We did
day he was the first one there! the first one
“May I come in now and get to for you.

work?” he asked his teacher.

“But Jack, school is not open yet,”

she said. “You are here before all the other kids. Soon the other

children will be here. After that, it will be time for school to start.

Then we will all get to work!” The next day, the school was closed 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

when Jack got there. Was he the first one there? No, he was the

only one there. It was Saturday!

1 Which blue word sounds the 4 Which blue word means at this
same as the word hear and time and rhymes with cow?
means in this place? ___________________________

here_________________________ 5 Which two blue words are
opposites? (Hint: One starts with
2 Which blue word means the a and the other starts with b.)
opposite of closed? ___________________________

_________________________ ___________________________

3 Which blue word sounds the 6 Which blue word starts with
same as their and means in t and rhymes with when?
that place?
___________________________
_________________________

19 GROUP
SIX

What’s the Question?

Directions: Word Box

Use the words in the who when why

Word Box to write the what where how
question that each
100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.
?sentence answers.

?We did the first

? ???oneforyou.

1 Answer: The soccer game is 4 Answer: School closed because
after school on Monday. it snowed.

Question:_W___h_e__n__i_s__t_h__e_____ Question:____________________

_s_o__c__c__e_r__g__a__m_e______________? ______________________________?

2 Answer: That is my friend Sam. 5 Answer: The books are here.
Question:____________________ Question:____________________
______________________________? ______________________________?

3 Answer: My last name is Brown. 6 Answer: The dog reached the
Question:____________________ cookies by jumping on the table.
______________________________?
Question:____________________

______________________________?

GROUP 20

SIX

Sort It Out! Directions:
Write each word in the
Word Box Word Box under the

after sister now there question it can help
children before school us answer. We did the first
here men soon
one for you.

Where?

(place words)

Who? 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

(people words)

sister

When?

(time words)

21 GROUP
SIX

The Terrible Tooth Fairy

Directions: Word Box

This memo to the wide into end
Queen Tooth Fairy is quiet over early
missing some words! more story fell
Find them in the Word Box
and write them in the

correct spaces.

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. To: Queen Tooth Fairy
From: Complaint Department

We have had many complaints about Tooth Fairy Number 324,
also known as Doris. Last Saturday she got to work too _____________ ,
before the boy was asleep. When she flew_____________ the top of his
head, he jumped out of bed and chased her with a can of bug spray.

And that’s not the _______________ of the _______________. She
also broke Tooth Fairy Rule #1: Be _______________! Last week, she
took a nap in a kid’s doll house and _______________ off the little bed.
The girl woke up and started to cry. When Doris flew away, she left
the doll house door _______________ open.

We cannot let Doris get
_______________ any _______________
trouble. Please find her a new job. I
hear the Easter Bunny needs help this
year. Thank you.

GROUP 22

SEVEN

The Four Seasons Directions:

1 l Word Box Write the name of each
season where it belongs
e summer spring in the puzzle below. For
a winter fall each one, we’ve given
v
e2 you a word and a
s n ow picture as clues.

3 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

rob i ns

Now try this! 4

The four seasons grass
have their letters all
mixed up! Can you GROUP
unscramble them?
SEVEN
lafl ____________________

gripns _________________

etnriw _________________

rmesum _______________

23

True or False?
? ?Start
Directions: The
opposite of
To complete the maze, early is late.
pass only through the
boxes containing true

statements. The
correct path takes you

through seven
boxes.

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. The Another Another
opposite ofword for word for
quiet is
?more is less. ?early is late. silent.

The Another The
word for opposite
? ?opposite story is of quiet is
of over is
tale. silent.

Another Another The
word for word for opposite
more is story is of under is

under. less. poem. beneath.

The Another Another The The
opposite word for word for opposite opposite
of over is over is end is of wide of end is
is fat.
?above. above. finish. finish.

GROUP Finish! ?

SEVEN 24

better fell please

cold funny purple

drank help read

every our said

Word Cards
for Name
That Word!
game. See
page 29.

slept them who

some third wide

spring Wednesday winter

thank what women

Word Cards
for Name
That Word!
game. See
page 29.

Name That Word! Board Game 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

What You Need to Play

• The game board on pages 28–29 of this book
• Word Cards (cut from two pages, beginning on page 25 of this book)
• Two players
• A game piece for each player (like a coin or a button)
• One die

How to Play

• Place all the Word Cards facedown in a pile.
• Roll the die. Move your piece the number of dots on the die.
• If you land on a pink circle, say a word that rhymes with the

word in the circle.
• If you land on “Pick a Card,” your partner picks a Word Card

and reads the word on the card out loud. You have to spell it. If
you spell the word correctly, move ahead one space. After you
follow the directions on that space, it is your partner’s turn.
• If you land on any other circle, follow the directions.
• The first person to reach Finish wins!

Now Try This!

You can use your Word Cards without the game board to play
other games, like Memory:

• Combine 12 of your cards with the same 12 of a friend’s cards.
(Use either all of your green cards or all of your orange cards.)
Mix them up.

• Spread all the cards facedown. The cards should not overlap.
• Pick a card and turn it over. Now pick another card and turn it

over. If the two words match, take both cards and keep them.
Go again until you turn over two cards that do not match.
• The other player does the same.
• The game is over when there are no cards left. The player with
the most cards wins!

29

Name That W

Start Say a word best
that means Pick a
all the opposite card.

Pick a of large.
card.
soon
Say the
100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. name of the Pick a Say the word
day of the week card. that rhymes with
that comes after ring and means
Say a word what one might
Saturday. that means the
opposite of long. do to a song.
drink
now man
Go Go Pick a
ahead one card.
back one
space. space. Say a word
make that means the
opposite of quiet.

more Spell a word school
that sounds
Spell the word the same as their Go
that sounds the but means “in ahead one
same as hear but that place.”
means “at this Pick a space.
card.
place.”

Word! Board Game (See page 29 for how to play.)

Say a word Say the question
for the season word that asks none
that comes after
took summer. about time.
Say a word

Say the word town Pick a that means
that rhymes with card. the opposite
glory and means Go
back one of after.
a tale.
space. Say a word Pick a 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 2nd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.
that means card.
say Say the word the opposite
that rhymes with who
Pick a wild and means a of early.
card.
young person.

Say the word white Pick a Say a word
that rhymes card. that means the
with task and same as small.
means “to say a Say the word where

question.” that starts with f

Pick a and means “not why

very many.”
card. Say a word

Say the word that means the
that rhymes with
end opposite of under.

weep and tells

what a tired Finish!
person does.

100 Words Kids Need To Read

Book 1 (First Grade)

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as come four had me one she up
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a boy eight

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an came father

and can five

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This SCHOLASTIC book belongs to better fell into now second thank when
both few keep open short
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100 but funny long please sleep
child goodbye made pretty slept
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Kids Need to Read many read soon then who
by 2nd Grade men said spring
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bestsing second goodbyseoon more Saturday summer
them myself say Sunday
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underthird take

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took woman

after drink her town women

all drank here Tuesday your

any early hers under

ask end him us

before every his Wednesday

best fall how what

Book 3 (Third Grade)

This SCHOLASTIC book belongs to beautiful different grew live round today wrote
because does grow may several together year
NAME been done held middle shall told yesterday
behind draw hold month should tomorrow
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it’s must straight trouble
WORDS its neither sure upon
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Kids Need to Read kind once tell walk
by 3rd Grade knew only these warm
know own think which
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he learn put though would
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together bought ither bring far
laugh mont h

tomorrow would

Sight word practice to build strong readers.

BOOK 3

about brought find

above buy flew

again call fly

always carry found

answer city frighten

around clean full

away could going

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BOOK 3

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p. 16: 2. call; 3. full; 4. away; 5. upon; 6. pullmaster sight words—those high frequency, often non-decodablethe sidewalk p. 6: 2. know; 3. answers; 4. would;
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4...Which Word? around, behind, above p. 19: 1. word; 3. clean;provide that practice in an engaging, effective format. talk; 8. drew p. 8: 2. held; 3. talk; 4. think; 5. buy;
5...Jack’s Shoes 4. warm; 5. ready; 2. own; 3. carry; 6. again p. 6. laugh; 7. hurt p. 9: 1. Lilly drew a picture.
6 ...Dogs Can’t Spell! 20: Answers will vary. p. 21: 2. clean; 3. owns;We created the three books in this series—for first, second, and2. Sam held his nose. 3. Jake thought hard. 4.
4. ready; 5. carried; 6. about; 7. middle; 8. surethird graders—with the guidance of literacy experts and classroomSam wrote a letter. 5. Jake laughed at Sam’s
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either; different; tomorrow. Now try this!introduced in context and reinforced through inviting puzzles andPete to school. 8. Lilly and Pete walked home.
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8...Match It! tomorrow, yesterday p. 23: 1. Another word forreading, writing, and usage, taking children beyond mere 7. around; 1. far; 2. below; 4. very; 5. behind
9 ...A-maze-ing Verbs trouble is difficulty. 2. The opposite of beautifulvisual recognition of sight words to genuine mastery. p. 11: 1. A bird flew with a worm in her mouth.
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Name That Word! Game

25...Word Cards
27...How to Play
28...Game Board

My 100 Words to Read

Group 1 Group 2

answer know told bought drew talk
believe should would bring held think
could tell write brought hold thought
enough these wrote buy hurt walk
knew those draw laugh

Group 3 Group 4 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

above does going always light once
around done grew it’s may right
because far grow its month start
behind flew through just must wrong
below fly very left never year

Group 5 Group 6 Group 7

away only about own beautiful several
call pull again ready been straight
find put carry sure different today
found round city though either together
full shall clean warm frighten tomorrow
kind too live which learn trouble
much upon middle word neither yesterday

3

Which Word?

Directions:

Read the story.
Then answer each question

with a blue word from
the story. We did

the first one for you.

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. “You won’t believe “I told you I don’t
what I’m going to tell like to hear gossip.”

you about William.”

12

“Well, if I wrote it down then you “Even if you write
could read it instead of hearing it.” it, it’s still gossip.”
3

“I knew that. Maybe I should just keep it to myself.” 4

5

1 Which blue word is a homophone (a word that sounds

knewthe same, but has a different meaning) of the word new? __________________

2 Which blue word is a homophone of the word right? ______________________

3 Which blue word is the present tense of the verb told? ____________________

4 Which blue word is the past tense of the verb write? ______________________

5 Which blue word comes between apple and car in the dictionary?
_____________________

6 Which two blue words rhyme? ___________________ ____________________

GROUP 4

ONE

Jack’s Shoes Directions:

Jack ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ like new sneakers. Use the words in the
1 Word Box to complete the
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ are
2 story. Then follow the
his old sneakers. directions to solve the riddle

below.

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ are the
3 4

ones he wants.

Every time Jack goes

up the hill with Jill, he falls 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

down and breaks his crown. He ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ the

5

problem is his shoes. Jack told me if he had a good pair, he

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ get to the top without falling.
6

Are new shoes ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ to help Jack? I don’t

7

___ ___ ___ ___ the ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___. But it could be that Jack is

8 9 10

just clumsy!

know Word Box believes
Those could
would These
enough answer

Now try this! To solve the riddle, look for the numbers below some of

your answers in the story. Then fill in the matching letters below.

What wears shoes but has no feet?

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____!

237 4 5 1 7 10 9 6 8

5 GGRROOUUPP

TOWNOE

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. Directions: Dogs Can’t Spell!

Molly the Mutt has From the desk of Molly the Mutt
something to tell your teacher,
but she can’t spell very well. Can Dear Teacher,
you help? Find and circle eight The first thing I shood say is that I’m
misspelled words in the letter.
sorry. Sort of.
Then write them correctly Let me explain. I no there are times
on the lines. We did the
when a student comes to class without his or
first one for you. her homework. You ask where it is, and the
student ansers, “The dog ate it!”
1. _s__h__o__u__l_d____________
“Who wuold beleive such a story?” you
2. ______________________ say. “Please tell the truth.”

3. ______________________ Well, I’m righting this letter to tel you
it’s all true. I, Molly the Mutt, eat homework.
4. ______________________ Lots of it. I go from house to house, from
state to state, gobbling homework.
5. ______________________
It all started when I was just a puppy.
6. ______________________ That’s when I tasted my first book report on
Green Eggs and Ham. Delicious! Now, I’ll eat
7. ______________________ anything I can get my paws on. I like stories,
spelling tests, even math workbooks. I can’t
8. ______________________
get enuff!
So the next time a student shows up

with a scrap of paper covered in slobber,
think of me.

Yours truly,
Molly the Mutt

GROUP 6

ONE

Find the Word Directions:

thought1 Have you _______________ about what you’d Complete the sentences
below with words from the
like for your birthday? Word Box. Then find the
words in the puzzle. Words
2 Hannah likes to _______________ home from
school. may go across, down, or
diagonally. We did the

first one for you.

3 Last Friday, I ________________ a new notebook.

4 Today I will ________________ the notebook to school with me.

5 Ruthie and Carlos like to _______________ pictures of aliens. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

6 May I ______________ your hand if I get scared during the movie?

7 Sometimes we _______________ too loudly in the library.

8 Tanya used colored pencils when she _______________that picture.

B T BR I NGT Word
DH EWE QH S Box
RO J OAGXK
AUOQUR L B bought drew
WG H O E A D P bring draw
D H B OWM R F thought walk
P TVK L L EM hold talk
T A L K S DW F
GROUP
7
TWO

Match It!

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. Directions:

A synonym is a word that
has the same meaning as
another word. Read the story.
Then find the synonym for

each blue word in the
Word Box. We did the

first one for you.

Word Box

think laugh talk brought held buy hurt

Justin took his pet pig, 1 took __b___r_o___u_g__h__t____
Hoggy, to school. He cradled 2 cradled
Hoggy in his lap during class. 3 speak __________________
Every time Ms. Lawrence 4 suppose __________________
started to speak, Hoggy started 5 purchase __________________
to oink! Ms. Lawrence didn’t 6 giggle __________________
suppose it was such a good idea 7 ached __________________
to have a pig at school. So __________________
Denise asked if she could
purchase a rooster for the
classroom instead. We all started
to giggle. Ms. Lawrence laughed
so hard her stomach ached!

GROUP 8

TWO

A-maze-ing Verbs Directions:
To complete the maze,

Sta r t pass only through the correct
sentences. An incorrect sentence

is like a wall in the maze: You
cannot pass through it. The

correct path takes you

through nine boxes.

Lilly drew
a picture.

Jake and Sam 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

Sam held Lilly draw buys candy.
his nose. a picture.
I talks Jake
a lot. and Sam

Lilly writes
thinked stories.

Jake Sam wrote Sam was Lilly
thought a letter. nice. brought
Pete to
hard. Jake bought school.
some candy.
Yesterday,

Lilly bring Lilly and

Pete to school. Jake Pete walked
laughed home.

at Sam’s joke.

Sam Finish My head hurts.
hurted
his toe.

9 GROUP
TWO

Directions: Pedal Puzzle

Use the words in the

Word Box to complete the Word Box
sentences below. Then write
above behind because
the words in the correct
spaces in the puzzle. We below far very

did the first one around through

for you.

Across Down

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. 3. When I ride my bike, the street is 1. The distance from my house to my

under my tires and the sky is friend’s isn’t ______________.
22. As I pedal, I can see the ground
_a___b__o__v__e__ my head.

55. I have to put air in my tires move ______________ my feet.

______________ they are flat. 44. Our neighborhood is a ____________

66. When you pump up your tires, interesting place to explore.

make sure the air is coming 55. I ride in front and my friend rides

____________ the hose. ______________ me.

77. We like to ride our bikes ___________

in bigger and bigger circles.

12

3a b o 4v e 5

6

7

GROUP 10

THREE

Directions:

A maze-ing Birds To complete the maze,
pass only through the correct

sentences. An incorrect

sentence is like a wall in the

maze. The right path goes

through seven boxes.

When they She feeds her She fed her
were done, she babies worms so babies so they
got more food. would grow.
they grows.
A mother When they
bird does a lot was done, she got

of work! more food.

A mother bird I began A mother 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.
do a lot of work! going to see them bird fly with a

every day. worm.

I saw her flew A bird flew I saw her fly
into her nest. with a worm in into her nest.

She fed her her mouth. The mother
babies so they bird done a lot of

growed. work!

I goed to The babies
see the birds grew and flew

every day. away.

The babies The babies
growed and flew grew and flyed

away. away.

11 GROUP
THREE

Herman the Class Dragon

Directions:

Use the words from
the Word Box to
complete the
story below.

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. Word Box

around flew
behind grew
because going
done through
does above

Our teacher returned from vacation with a very small dragon. We named

him Herman __________________ when we said “Herman” he flared his nostrils
1

and looked like he was __________________ to smile. We kept him in a big tank.
2

That way, we could look __________________ the glass and watch him sleep or
3

reach his head __________________ his body to lick his wings clean.
4
As Herman got bigger, his wings also __________________. One of our class
5

jobs was lifting Herman high __________________ our heads so that he could
6

practice flapping his wings. We would have one kid supporting his front and

another __________________ him. Afterward, we would pet Herman’s scales and
7

tell him he had __________________ a good job. Practicing seemed to tire him out.
8
That is until last Monday, when Herman __________________ up and
9

perched on top of the highest bookshelf. He gave us a toothy smile the way he

sometimes __________________ and flapped his wings proudly.

10

GROUP 12

THREE

Which Word? Directions:

Alisha always gets new sneakers Read the story.
at the start of the school year. Then answer each
question with a blue word
Today, Alisha picks up a sneaker from the story. We did
that is blue with green stripes on its the first one for you.
side. It’s perfect. She asks, “May I
try this on?” 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

A man checks the size of her
right foot and then her left. Then
he brings her the shoes. But when
she puts them on, her feet hurt.
“These don’t fit,” she says. That’s
when she sees that they are on the
wrong feet!

it’s1 Which blue word is a contraction of it is? __________________________________

2 Which blue word means the same as beginning? ____________________________
3 Which blue word means the opposite of never? ____________________________

4 Which blue word is a homophone for it’s and means “belonging to it”?
__________________________

5 Which blue word has the same spelling as a month of the year and means
“to allow”? __________________________

6 Which blue word has one syllable and means “12 months”? _________________
7 Which blue word means the opposite of both left and wrong? ______________

13 GROUP
FOUR

My Blue Monster

Directions:

Use the words in the
Word Box to complete
the story. Then solve the

riddle at the bottom
of the page. We did the

first one for you.

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just
light must
month never

I have a blue monster in my closet. About o__ _n_ _c_ _e_ a
1

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ I move all the coats and shoes and go in for a visit.
2
He’s ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ a little cranky at first. “It’s bad enough,”

he growls, “that you almost ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ come to see me, but

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when you do, ___ ___ ___ ___ you let in all that ___ ___ ___ ___ ___?”
56

But then we play cards or a game of Clue and he cheers right up.

Then I say goodbye for another month or so. He ___ ___ ___ ___
7

growls and says, “Make sure you leave it good and dark when you go.”

But I know he’ll miss me.

Now try this! Look for the numbers beneath some of the letters in your

answers above. Then fill in the matching letters to solve the riddle below.

What do you do with a blue monster?
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ p!
1 2 33 4 2 6 5 7

GROUP 14

FOUR

Mystery Letter Directions:

In each set of words,
the same letter is missing.
Can find the mystery letter
in each set? The letters you

need are in the
Letter Box.

Letter

Box 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

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_____ ecause jus ______ e
_____ ehind mus _____ h
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b
2 yea ______ 6 lig ______ t a
sta _____t rig ______ t
w _____ong mont _____
The mystery letter is _____ The mystery letter is _____

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n _____ ver
l _____ft To answer the riddle below, fill in the six
The mystery letter is _____ mystery letters in the order they appear
above.
_____ lways
4 m _____ y What can you hold without using
your hands?
w _____ lk
The mystery letter is _____ Your ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___!

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15 FOUR

Directions: Find the Word

Complete the sentences 1 I chose a pumpkin that had no bumps and was
below with words from the
Word Box. Then find each roundperfectly ________________.
word in the puzzle. Words
2 Sarah had a question about her homework, so
may go across, down, she picked up the phone to ________________
or diagonally. We did the Tanisha.

first one for you.

3 After Juan ate the hot fudge sundae, his stomach felt very ________________.

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. 4 When my mom went _______________ on a trip, she sent me postcards.

5 Miko’s cat likes to sit _______________ her lap while Miko reads.

6 Sam had to ________________ on his dog’s leash to keep him away from the
hornet’s nest.

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GROUP 16

FIVE

Lost and Found Directions:

Read the story.
Then fill in the bubble
next to the best answer to
each question below.

One day Alisha’s little brother found three 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.
dollars. “Look!” he said. “Now I can buy a pony!”

“I think a pony will cost too much,” Alisha said.
“Shall I help you find something to spend it on?”

“Okay,” he said. He put the money in his pocket.
“Ice cream might be a good thing to spend it on,”
said Alisha. “What kind do you want?”
“I only like one kind. Chocolate,” said her brother.
“I think chocolate is the best kind, too,” said Alisha.

1 When Alisha says a pony will cost 3 The opposite of found is
too much, she means:
q a. kept.
q a. Three dollars is more than q b. forgot.
q c. lost.
enough money to buy a pony.
4 Which word means the same
q b. A pony costs a lot more than as kind in this story?

three dollars. q a. nice
q b. child
q c. If her brother had found q c. type

five dollars, he could buy a 5 In the dictionary, the word
pony. only appears

2 q a. between lonely and quiet.
When Alisha says,“I think q b. after the word totally.
chocolate is the best kind, too,” q c. before the word night.
the word too means

q a. also.
q b. two.
q c. not at all.

17 GROUP
FIVE

Directions: Sort It Out!

Put each word from Word Box
the Word Box in the circle
where it belongs. We did found find behind
away upon pull
the first one for you. call put above
below around

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. Action Words

found

Direction Words

Now try this!

Write a sentence using as many words from the Word Box as you can.

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

How many words from the Word Box did you use? ________________________________

GROUP 18

FIVE

Puzzle It Out! Directions:

Use the words in the

Word Box to complete the

sentences below. Then write

Across the words in the correct
spaces in the puzzle.

1 My name was the first Down
______________ that I learned to spell.

3 Sam washed the dishes so they were 2 Will you share 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.
sparkling _______________. my popcorn, or do you want
your______________?
4 The weather today is _______________
but not hot. 3 She has to _______________ the baby
because he’s too little to walk.
5 At the end of second grade, our
teacher said we were _______________ 6 We had burgers for dinner last
for third. night, and we’re having them
________________ tonight.

Word Box 12

carry warm 3
own clean
again word 4
ready

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19 GROUP
SIX

Loony Lunch Time

Directions:

Don’t read this story yet!
First, find a partner. One of
you will read aloud the words
under the lines at left and write
down what the other says.

Then put those words in
the story and read it
out loud.

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.1 ______________________
PAULETTE BOGAN VIA SODAfamous person

2 ______________________
adjective

3 ______________________ Lunch time at ____________ Elementary sure
verb ending in –ing can get ____________1 . When the bell rings in

4 ______________________ 2
adjective
the middle of the day, kids start ____________
toward the cafeteria. But I have to say3, the

5 ______________________ food is usually ____________ .
noun I’m not sure which d4ish they serve most often.

6 ______________________ It’s probably fried ____________ or macaroni
noun (plural) 5
and ____________ .
7 ______________________
animal I should w6arn you, though. There is a rumor

______________________ going around about the ____________ soup.
two-digit number
8 People say it was made in 19 __7__________ .

How ____________ ! 8

9 ______________________ Next time y9ou’re in the city where I live, come
adjective

on by and I’ll treat you to lunch!

GROUP 20

SIX

Bugs’s Big Day Directions:

A synonym is a word that
has the same meaning as
another word. Read the story.
Then find the synonym for
each blue word in the Word

Box. We did the first
one for you.

Word Box 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

about carried clean lives middle owns ready sure

My pet rabbit, Bugs, dwells in a 1 dwells ______l_i_v_e__s_______
cage in my backyard. I keep his
cage spotless. I feed him and pet 2 spotless __________________
him. When my teacher said
anyone who possesses a pet could 3 possesses __________________
bring it in for Class Pet Day, I was
prepared! I toted Bugs’s cage all 4 prepared __________________
the way to school on a city bus. It
took around an hour but it was 5 toted __________________
worth it. I put Bugs in the center
of the room and everyone took 6 around __________________
turns petting him. I’m certain that
Bugs was the world’s happiest 7 center __________________
rabbit that day.
8 certain __________________

21 GROUP
SIX

A Winning Story

Directions: Word Box

Use the words in the either Neither together
Word Box to complete several been yesterday
the story below. We did the Today tomorrow different

first one for you.

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. togetherCarlos and Anna play checkers ________________
1

almost every day. They play again and again.

___________________ one likes to lose. Carlos
2

has ___________________ the winner
3

___________________ times. When they played
4

___________________ , Anna won every game.
5

___________________ , ___________________ one
67

could win. Maybe they should play a

___________________ game ___________________!
89

Now try this! Put the words in the Word Box in ABC order.

We did the first one for you.

been1 ____________________ 4 ____________________ 7 ____________________

2 ____________________ 5 ____________________ 8 ____________________

3 ____________________ 6 ____________________ 9 ____________________

GROUP 22

SEVEN

A Monstrous Maze Directions:
Read this ad for Fright

Attention, Monsters! Do you have trouble Boosters Night School.
Then complete the maze by
scaring humans? Has a little old lady ever passing only through the true
sentences. The correct path
told you you’re beautiful? Do you sometimes
takes you through
worry that you couldn’t Start seven boxes.
frighten a small child?

Don’t worry. Being scary Another word
isn’t something you’re born for trouble is
with. It’s a skill you can learn. difficulty.
And at Fright Boosters Night

School, we can teach you. 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

Soon little old ladies will Another
faint at the sight of you. The opposite word for
Grown men will leap of beautiful beautiful
is ugly.
straight into the air is ugly.

at your growl—or

your money back.

Call today! The opposite Another Frighten

of beautiful word for means the

is pretty. beautiful is same as

pretty. scare.

The opposite Another Another To learn, one
of frighten word for word for must study
is scare. frighten learn is or practice.
forget.
is laugh.

Another In this story, In this story, Straight Straight has
word for straight straight rhymes with an f sound
learn is means eight. like enough.
teach. means directly.
crooked. GROUP
Finish
SEVEN
23

Aliens Can’t Spell!

Directions:

The alien who wrote this
ad can’t spell very well! Can
you help? Find and circle nine
misspelled words. Then write
the words correctly on the

lines below.

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. If you’re from the planet Gooeygoopiter, listen up!
Do you have trubble with slime? Has it bin oozing from your ears
and toes? When you get togehter with human friends, do your feet leave
embarrassing gooey marks on their carpets?
What you are about to lern will change all of that. SLIME AWAY is the
first slime remover made for stubborn problems like yours. Simply apply it
to your toes and ears. Wait sevral minutes. Then watch as SLIME AWAY works
its magic! You’ll look and feel difrent right away.
Behind all that slime there’s a beautifull alien! So why wait until
tomorow when you can be slime-less twoday?

1 ____________________ 4 ____________________ 7 ____________________
2 ____________________ 5 ____________________ 8 ____________________
3 ____________________ 6 ____________________ 9 ____________________

GROUP 24

SEVEN

again answer beautiful

because been behind

brought city does

live neither once

Word Cards
for Name
That Word!
game. See
page 29.

pull several shall

start straight tell

thought through tomorrow

trouble warm word

Word Cards
for Name
That Word!
game. See
page 29.

Name That Word! Board Game 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.

What you need to play:

• The game board on pages 28–29 of this book
• Word Cards (cut from two pages, beginning on page 25 of this book)
• Two players
• A game piece for each player (like a coin or a button)
• One die

How to play:

• Place all the Word Cards facedown in a pile.
• Roll the die. Move your piece the number of dots on the die.
• If you land on a pink circle, say a word that rhymes with the word in the circle.
• If you land on “Pick a Card,” your partner picks a Word Card and reads the word on

the card out loud. You have to spell it. If you spell the word correctly, move ahead
one space. After you follow the directions on that space, it is your partner’s turn.
• If you land on any other circle, follow the directions.
• The first person to reach Finish wins!

More games you can play with the Word Cards:

Spelling Pile-up
• Put all the cards facedown in a pile.
• One player picks a card and reads it out loud. The other player has to spell the word.
• If that player spells it correctly, he or she gets the card. If he or she spells it
incorrectly, the other player keeps the card.
• The player with the most cards at the end wins.
• You can also play this game with rhyming instead of spelling.

Memory
• Combine 12 of your cards with the same 12 of a friend’s cards. (Use either all of
your light blue cards or all of your dark blue cards.) Mix them up.
• Spread all of the cards facedown. The cards should not overlap.
• Pick a card and turn it over. Now pick another card and turn it over. If the two words
match, take both cards and keep them. Go again until you turn over two cards that
do not match.
• The other player does the same.
• The game is over when there are no cards left. The player with the most cards wins!

29

Name That W

Start Say a word draw Pick a
that means the card.
bring
same as too.
Pick a
card. could

100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc. Spell a word Pick a Spell a word
that sounds the card. that sounds the
same as witch same as write but
but is a question Say a word
that means the means “the
word. same as middle. opposite of

call far wrong.”
Go
Go flew
ahead one back one Pick a
space. card.
space. wrote
Say the word
that means “the
day before today.”

clean Say a word Say the word those

that rhymes with that is the past Go
ahead one
sink and means tense of the
space.
“what you do with verb buy.
your mind.”
Pick a
card.

Word! Board Game (See page 29 for how to play.)

Say a word Say a word
that means the
that means knew
kind same as frighten. the opposite

of above.

Say a word

Say a word may Pick a that means the
that means the card. same as below.
opposite of laugh. Go
back one Pick a 100 Words Kids Need to Read by 3rd Grade © Scholastic, Inc.
card.
space.

Say the word
that is the past

fly Say a word tense of the verb much
Pick a that means the hurt.
same as done.
card.
Pick a
Say a word
card.
Say a word hold talk that means the
that rhymes with Spell a word same as “12
show and means months.”

“to get bigger.” that sounds the

Pick a same as no but light
card. means “to Say a word

understand.”

that means the

Say a word end opposite of found.

that means the

opposite of full. Finish!

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