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?.
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