Third Grade: Theme 1

Selection 1Dollar and Sense

VC CV PatternVowels usually have the short sound when they are followed by two consonants. Locate the first two vowels and place a dot underneath the vowels.Underline the consonants between the vowels.

hāp penwĭn ter

lĕs sonbăs ket

VC + CV = Wordhăp + pen = happen

lĕt + tuce = lettuce

băs + ket = basket

wĭn + ter = winter

sĭs + ter = sister

mŏn + ster = monster

sŭp + per = supper

sŭb + ject = subject

VC + CV = Wordles + son = lesson

spel + ling = spelling

nap + kin = napkin

col + lar = collar

traf + fic = traffic

sug + gest = suggest

pup + pet = puppet

Challenge Wordsskil letpic nicplan et

sys tem pump kin

Spelling FluencyHow Fast Can You Read the Words?

happen

subject

monster

basket

lettuce supper

lessonwinter

sister spelling

Spelling FluencyHow Fast Can You Read the Words?

napkin

planet

skillet

traffic

collar picnic

systemsuggest

puppet pumpkin

Teacher Read Aloud:Prairie Town

by Bonnie and Arthur Geisert

Activate Prior Knowledge:1.Share what you know about the different seasons.2. How do activities change through the year?

Purpose Setting:Listen for details that indicate that “Prairie Town” is an

example of realistic fiction.

Each season in a prairie town brings different activities, both for work and for

fun.

1.Do you think this story shows something that could have really happened?2.How would you describe this story – as a realistic story or as a fantasy? Why?

Build Concept Vocabulary

The town prospered amid the bounty of wheat fields, and grain elevators dominated the skyline.

Build Concept Vocabulary

The town and its farm neighbors are economic and social partners.

Build Concept Vocabulary

School is back in session, and farm children swell the population during the day.

Build Concept Vocabulary

Community Development

Business

Residents

economic

population

Growth

bounty

Comprehension Skill:Realism and Fantasy

1.A realistic story tells about something that could happen.2.A fantasy is a story about something that could never happen.3.As you read, ask yourself, “Could this happen?”

What happens Could this happen?

This story is a _____________.

Strategy:Prior Knowledge

Good readers connect what they are reading with what they already know. Using what you know can help you better understand what you read. You can judge whether a story is realistic or a fantasy.

Pecos Bill and the TornadoRealism and Fantasy

1. Are there things from the first two paragraphs that could not really happen?2.Use your prior knowledge to help you decide whether or not the story is realistic.3.What do you know about tornadoes? Use that to help you decide if this is a realistic story or a fantasy.

Boom Town

Author: Sonia Levitin

Genre: Historical Fiction

Historical fiction takes place in the past.Made-up characters are placed in a real setting; their actions are fictional.

More Books Written by Sonia Levitin

Old boomtowns of the west were built around mining sites.  They started out as little camps with tents. As more and more people learned about the area that might have potential of making prospectors rich, more people came.  With the increase of population came the increase of merchants and mining companies.  A general store and other shops would be established.     

    The general store was a huge social gathering place.  Merchants made a fortune off of settlers.  They realized that selling tools to miners  made huge profits.  Prices were sky-high, almost 10 times what the merchant paid the wholesaler. Stores and restaurants opened up quickly as well.  Boarding houses and hotels usually were small.

having rapid growth

boom

Synonyms:advancegrowth

“I’m building a bank,” Mr. Hooper said to me. “This is getting to be a boom town.”

work done to earn a living

business

“You’re a right smart little girl,” said the peddler, “being in business like this.”

Synonyms:careeremploymentlivelihood

round pieces of metal used as money

coins

Saturday night when he came home singing, coins jangled in his pocket.

Synonyms:

change

currency

went and got something

But after all the water was fetched and the wash was done, I’d sit outside the cabin door with Baby Betsy.

fetched

Synonym:retrievedcarried

a room or building where clothes are washed and ironed

“What we need is a laundry for washing clothes,” said Amanda.

laundry

Synonym:cleaner

sewing that repairs a hole or tear

They found they could make money mending clothes.

mending

Synonym:fixingrepairingpatching

a tool with a heavy metal bar pointed at one or both ends, having a long, wooden handle

Tools such as a pick and an ax fetched a good price.

pick

Synonym:

a type of frying pan

I poked around in a big box of stuff and found an old iron skillet.

skillet

Synonym:frying pan

a period of time

“I’d like to rest a spell,” he said.

spell

Synonym:bitstretchwhilemoment

Vocabulary FluencyHow Fast Can You Read the Words?

boom

coins

laundry

skillet

business

pick

mending

fetched

spell

boom spell business coins skillet

fetched laundry mending pick

Draw! Draw! Draw!

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!

Free AssociationWhen I say a word, you write down any words you can

think of that remind you of that word.

For example: The word is school:

1. learning 2. Science 3. pencils 4. Reading 5. Math 6. teachers 7. P.E. 8. Education

1. boom2. spell3. business4. coins5. fetched6. laundry7. mending8. pick9. skillet

Classifying

Place the following words in categories: boom spell business coins fetched laundry mending pick skillet

• Decide the names of the categories.• Determine how many categories.• Determine which words go in which categories.• After classifying the words, write a paragraph explaining each of the categories and why certain words go in a particular category.

3. This is becoming a __________ town as more people move in and open new stores.4. Amanda decided to sit a _____________ after she had worked all day.

5. Our family looks forward to Saturday mornings when dad cooks bacon and eggs in the _________________.

6. The miner used a _______________ to break up the earth.

2. Amanda saved the _________ she received for selling her pies.

7. Mother was always busy ____________ the holes in our clothes.

1. The visitors would take their clothes to the ________ to be washed..

boom; spell; business; coins; fetched; laundry; mending; pick; skillet

Can You Find the Context Clues?

8. Amanda suggested to the visitor that he should start a laundry ___________.

9. Pioneers __________________ water from the wells and streams.

Synonym SearchMatch the vocabulary words on the left to the correct synonyms on the right. Some vocabulary words have more than one synonym. Ready, set, go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a. career f. change k. bit p. livelihood

b. cleaner g. fixing l. retrieved q. while

c. advance h. employment

m.

frying pan

r. currency

d. repairing i. growth n. patching

e. stretch j. carried o. moment

boom spell

business

coins

fetched

laundry

mending

skillet

Word Association Challenge1. Which word goes with a new restaurant in town? Why?

Word Bankboom spell business coinsfetched laundry mending pickskillet

2. Which word goes with thread? Why?

3. Which word goes with the ground? Why?

4. Which word goes with a ball? Why?

5. Which word goes with jingling? Why?

6. Which word goes with education? Why?

7. Which word goes with eating? Why?

Some words can be used more than once. Can you figure out which ones?

8. Which word goes with reading a book? Why?

9. Which word goes with drying? Why?

1. Describe a time when you witnessed a dog that fetched an object.

2. Is your area considered a boom town? Why?

3. Create a Tree Map of coins.

4. List foods that you could cook in a skillet.

5. Sequence how you would mend a button on a shirt.

6. What are the causes and effects of a successful business?.

Tell Me What You Know