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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 ____________________ ____________________ ____________________