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This Week.. ELA:    Lesson  7  –    Ac+vity  –  What  Do  Illustrators  Do?  Wri9en  and  Illustrated  by  Eileen  Christelow,  Informa+onal  Text.  Students  will  KNOW:  • Students  understand  that  the  features  and  structures  of  text  help  readers  navigate,  understand  and  apply  informa+on.    • Students  will  be  able  to  locate  and  interpret  key  informa+on  in  illustra+ons,  +tle,  chapter  headings,  table  of  contents,  charts,  diagrams,  graphs,  glossary,  cap-­‐  +ons,  and  maps  to  answer  ques+ons.    

Social  Studies:  Christmas  Around  the  World  

ELA  Homework:    Spelling,  Grammar,  &  Reading  

Reading Writing Social Studies/Science

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK

•  RI.3.5 – Use  text  features  and  search  tools  to  locate  informa+on  relevant  to  a  given  topic  efficiently.  

•  RI.3.7  -­‐  Use  informa+on  gained  from  illustra+ons  and  the  words  in  a  text  to  demonstrate  understanding  of  the  text

Social  Studies  • Christmas  around  the  world.  

Informational Writing: This  unit  begins  by  teaching  students  the  wri+ng  strategies  that  are  important  in  nonfic+on  wri+ng  by  leading  them  into  an  informa+onal  piece  about  a  topic  on  which  they  are  an  expert.    

Student of the Week (McCool-Rm11)

Jonathan  Chabla  

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Homework Math  Homework:  Due  as  listed  in  agendas.  ELA  Homework:    *Homework  Due  Friday!  Monday  –    Spelling  -­‐  Write  spelling  words  3  +mes  Tuesday  –    Grammar  Prac+ce  Reading  –  Text  &  Graphic  Features  Wednesday  -­‐  Reading  –  Fantas+c  Fossils  &  Answer  Ques+ons  1-­‐5  Thursday-­‐    Spelling  –  Sentences  with  Spelling  Words  Spelling  test  on  Friday  Reading  –  Fantas+c  Fossils  &  Answer  Ques+ons  6-­‐10  Friday-­‐  Spelling  Test  

.   “If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.” – Ronald Dahl

Name ___________________________ Date ____________________________

Spelling Study List Unit 2- Lesson 7: What Do Illustrator’s Do?

Skill- Three-Letter Clusters ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Read Write Say and Spell Cover, Spell, Check

1. three ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

2. scrap ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

3. street ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

4. spring ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

5. thrill ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

6. scream ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

7. strange ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

8. throw ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

9. string ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

10. scrape ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

11. spray ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

12. threw ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

13. strong ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

14. scratch ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

Challenge Words

+5 straight ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

+5 scramble ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

Present and Past Tense

Many verbs in the present tense have an -s ending

with a singular subject. Many verbs in the present

tense do not have an -s ending with a plural

subject. Most verbs in the past tense have an

-ed ending.

An artist paints paintings. present

Artists paint paintings. present

An artist painted paintings yesterday. past

Write present if the underlined verb shows the present tense.

Write past if the underlined verb shows the past tense.

1. Our class gathers pages for a book.

2. We combined them into a small book.

3. We fold some pages in two.

4. Other students traced lines for borders.

5. Carmen cuts the rough edges.

6. Walt and John iron the pages fl at.

7. Some older kids poked holes in the page.

8. One group ties string through the holes.

9. The string pulled the pages together.

10. In the last step, we cover it with thick paper.

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Grade 3, Unit 2: Express Yourself

Lesson 7P R A C T I C E B O O K

Name Date

Thinking QuestionIn what tense does the action of the verb occur, and what ending does the verb have?

What Do Illustrators Do?Grammar: Verb Tenses

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Text and Graphic FeaturesRead the selection below.

Would you like to draw animals like the ones you see in cartoons? These steps will help you get started. Look at a cartoon animal and try to see simple shapes in the drawing. With your finger, trace around the animal’s face. Is it shaped like a circle or an oval? Draw a shape similar to the one you traced. Do the same thing to decide the shape of the animal’s other body parts. Add each shape to your drawing, overlapping them so each one is in the right position. Don’t try to make the drawing look perfect. When the “shape” sketch is finished, decide what you need to change or add. Erase any lines that you don’t need. You can round pointed corners. Add straight lines or curves to show any other details you like. Finally, trace the lines and curves of your drawing with a pen or fine-point marker. Has your “ghost” turned into a cartoon? Congratulations! Maybe you will work as an illustrator someday!

Make pencil shapes to show the “ghost” of a character.

Erase the lines where shapes overlap. Then add details.

Use a Column Chart to help you analyze the features.

Then answer the questions.

1. Which features were most helpful to you in understanding

the information in the article? Why?

2. How does the speech balloon in the last drawing connect

the dog sketch to the information in the text?

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Grade 3, Unit 2: Express Yourself

Lesson 7P R A C T I C E B O O K

Name Date

What Do Illustrators Do?Deepen Comprehension: Text and Graphic Features

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Fantastic Fossils

What Are Fossils? A fossil can be a foot print.  It can be a skeleton.  It can also be an impression in a rock. Fossils can also be bones,  teeth, or shells. A fossil shows us something from long ago.  But now it has turned to rock! Dinosaur Fossils We have learned about dinosaurs mostly from fossils. Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent. This tells us that they were inhabitants everywhere. Paleontologists study fossil remains of extinct animals. After finding a clue, such as a bone, they dig and look for more. Then, the paleontologists study all the parts they find in a lab. What Can Fossils Tell Us? We can compare fossils to animals and plants that are alive today. This helps us learn about the extinct animals and plants. Fossils can show the sizes of the animals. They can also show what the animals ate.

Fossil of a Macrocranion found in Germany. it is about the size of a hand.

A fossil impression of a fish.

Paleontologists study this fossil of an extinct Woolly Mammoth

Elephant Skeleton - How might an elephant be similar to an extinct Woolly Mammoth?

inhabitants– a person or animal that lives or occupies a place impression – a mark pressed down on a surface paleontologist– a scientist who studies dinosaur fossils

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Fantastic Fossils What Are Fossils? Fossils are an excellent way to see some of Earth’s history. They are the remains or impressions left by plants or animals that lived a very long time ago. A fossil may be a foot print,  a skeleton, or an impression in a rock. Fossils can also be bones, teeth, or shells that have turned to rock. The fossil may look a lot like it did when the plant or animal was alive. but now it has changed to rock! Dinosaur fossils Scientists have learned most of what they know about dinosaurs from their fossils. Dinosaur fossils have been found on every continent of Earth (even Antarctica). This tells us that they were inhabitants everywhere. Over 1,000 different species of dinosaurs have been named and more continue to be named as more fossils are discovered. Paleontologists study the fossil remains of extinct animals. After finding a clue, such as a bone, a great amount of time is spent carefully digging. Then, the paleontologists study their findings carefully in the lab.

Fossil of a Macrocranion found in Germany. it is about the size of hand.

a fossil impression of a fish.

What Can Fossils Tell Us? Scientists compare fossils to animals and plants that are alive today. This helps them learn about the extinct animals and plants. This would be impossible without fossils. Fossils can show the sizes of the animals. They can also show what the animals ate and how they lived.

Paleontologists study this fossil of an extinct Woolly Mammoth

Elephant skeleton. How might an elephant be similar to an extinct Woolly Mammoth?

inhabitants– a person or animal that lives or occupies a place impression – a mark pressed down on a surface paleontologist– a scientist who studies dinosaur fossils

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4. Underline three important words in the text.

5.  Summarize what you learned about fossils. ____________________________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________________________    ____________________________________________________________________________________    

1.  What are three text features used in the passage? Describe how the text feature used can help the reader to better understand the text.

Cite the Evidence

Complete Sentences

Restate the Question

Name of text feature...

How does this text feature help the reader to better understand the text?

2. Color the photo captions. Explain what information you can find in the photos and photo captions that CANNOT be found in the text.

 ____________________________________________________________________________________    ____________________________________________________________________________________    3. Color all parts in the text that talk about what a paleontologist is.

Explain what it is in your own words. ____________________________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________________________    

Yellow

Blue

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your question and color it.  

1. __________________________________________________________________________  

Color the answer to your question    

2. __________________________________________________________________________    

Color the answer to your question    

3. __________________________________________________________________________  

Color the answer to your question

Pink

Green

Red

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7. Write one WORD that describes the main idea of the text: ____________________________  

8. What are three key details in the text that support the main idea?  

1. __________________________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________________ 9. Color in a key detail that supports the main idea of the text.

Explain in your own words how this detail supports the main idea.      ____________________________________________________________________________________  

 ____________________________________________________________________________________  

Purple

10. Explain the SEQUENCE OF EVENTS of what paleontologists do when searching for and finding fossils.

             1. _________________________________________________________________________  

 2. _________________________________________________________________________    3. _________________________________________________________________________  

 

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