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This Week.. ELA: This week we will begin our Lesson 16 – “Judy Moody Saves the World” by Megan McDonald and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. Genre: Humorous Fic<on. Students will KNOW: • How comparing and contras<ng stories by the same author help to have a deeper understanding of the text.
EQ1: How does analyzing the similari<es and differences of two stories by the same author help me to find deeper understanding/meaning of each text?
ELA Homework: Spelling, Grammar, & Reading
Social Studies/Science: Recycling in our Communi<es
Reading Writing Social Studies/Science
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK
RL.3.5 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when wri<ng or speaking about atext, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sec<ons. • RL.3.9 Compare and contrast the themes, seYngs, and plots of stories wriZen by the same author about the same or similar characters.
Social Studies / Science • Recycling in our communi<es • Human Body
Opinion Writing: Students will learn that wri<ng can give them a way to make and defend decisions and opinions. They will learn to write their judgments, their reasons for those judgments, and to organize their reasons, supplying suppor<ng details.
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Homework Math Homework: Due as listed in agendas. ELA Homework: Homework Due Friday* *worksheet not completed in class due next school day. Monday – Finish any worksheet not completed in class Tuesday – Finish any worksheet not completed in class Wednesday – Finish any worksheet not completed in class Thursday-‐Prac<ce spelling words Finish any worksheet not completed in class Friday-‐ Spelling Test
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the Body.” Sir Richard Steele
Damien Davis
Third Grade
Reading / English Language Arts
North Laurel Elementary School
Reference sheet… Unit 4, Lesson 16 Main Selection Title: Judy Moody Saves the World 2nd Selection Title: “My Smelly Pet” from Judy Moody Author: Megan McDonald, Illustrator: Peter H. Reynolds Genre: Humorous Fiction Spelling Words:
Judy Moody Saves the World!Parent Newsletter
Unit 4, Lesson 16air wear chair stairs bare bear
hair care pear pair share near
ear beard buy year earring compare
Vocabulary Words:
shade an area where direct sunlight is blocked
dripping coming down in drops
carton a paper or cardboard box
recycle to treat or process in order to use again
global worldwide
complicated hard to understand or deal with; difficult
the state of being dirty or not pure
project a special undertaking
Reading Target Skill – Story Structure• Each main part of a story build on earlier sections of the story• First Chapter – usually includes details about the characters, setting,
and plot• Second Chapter – uses those details in first chapter to continue the
story
Reading Target Strategy – Monitor/Clarify• Monitor – note any story details that are unclear• Clarify – understand what happens
English Skill – Adjectives and Articles• Adjectives – a word that describes or tells about a noun• Articles – a word that tells which noun (a, an, the)
rubbish
pollution
hardly
complicated
waste material or litter, worthlessbarley, only just, slightly
Name ___________________________ Date ____________________________
Spelling Study List Unit 3- Lesson 12: Review
Skill- Vowel Sound in town ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Read Write Say and Spell Cover, Spell, Check
1. clown ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
2. round ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
3. bow ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
4. cloud ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
5. power ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
6. crown ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
7. thousand ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
8. crowd ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
9. sound ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
10. count ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
11. powder ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
12. blouse ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
13. frown ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
14. pound ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
Challenge Words
+5 mountain ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
+5 coward ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
Name ___________________________ Date ____________________________
Spelling Study List Unit 3- Lesson 12: Review
Skill- Vowel Sound in town ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Read Write Say and Spell Cover, Spell, Check
1. clown ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
2. round ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
3. bow ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
4. cloud ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
5. power ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
6. crown ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
7. thousand ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
8. crowd ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
9. sound ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
10. count ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
11. powder ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
12. blouse ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
13. frown ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
14. pound ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
Challenge Words
+5 mountain ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
+5 coward ____________________ ____________________ ____________________