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CLASSROOM NEWS
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.
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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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