Reading
Wonders Reading Curriculum
Click on the textbook cover or HERE, to be taken to the login page for the Wonders reading program.
Key materials we use:
* Literature Anthology textbook ("big textbook")
* Reading/Writing textbook ("little textbook")
* "My Turn" practice workbook
Key materials we use:
* Literature Anthology textbook ("big textbook")
* Reading/Writing textbook ("little textbook")
* "My Turn" practice workbook
Resources & Activities
Unit 2, WEEK 1Click HERE for a copy of the reading packet.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why is working together a good way to solve a problem?
Comprehension Strategy: make, confirm & revise predictions Comprehension Skill: theme Genre Study: folktale Vocabulary Strategy: context clues: antonyms Grammar: kinds of nouns: common, proper, concrete & abstract Phonics & Spelling: plural words with y to i Some Resource Links:
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Small Book
p. 102 - 107 |
Small Book
p. 100 - 118 
Small Book
p. 120 - 123 |
Unit 1, WEEK 5Click HERE for a copy of the reading packet.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do landmarks help us understand our country's story?
Comprehension Strategy: ask and answer questions Comprehension Skill: main idea & supporting details Genre Study: expository text (non-fiction) Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple meaning words: Homonyms, Homographs, and Homophones Grammar: simple and compound sentences Phonics & Spelling: long o |
Small Book
p. 86 - 93 |
Big Book
p. 94 - 97 
Big Book
p. 98 - 99 |
Some Resource Links:
- Do your BrainPop Main Idea/Supporting Details assignment HERE
- Do your BrainPop Jr. Main Idea/Details assignment HERE
- Do your BrainPop Jr. Reading Non-Fiction assignment HERE
- Do your BrainPop Jr. Homonyms (Multiple Meaning Words) assignment HERE
- Watch videos of fun comparisons of Multiple Meaning Words called Homophones (same spelling, different meaning) HERE and HERE and HERE
- Advanced video about comparison of words HERE
- Play a Homophone game at ABCYA.com HERE
- Play games and practice your spelling words HERE
- Play games and practice your vocabulary words HERE
- Find some fun riddles HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE
Unit 1, WEEK 4
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Click HERE for a copy of the reading packet.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How can problem solving lead to new ideas?
Comprehension Strategy: ask and answer questions Comprehension Skill: cause and effect Genre Study: biography Vocabulary Strategy: metaphors Grammar: subjects and predicates Phonics & Spelling: long a |
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Some Resource Links:
- Do your BrainPop Jr. Long A (spelling) assignments HERE
- Do your BrainPop Similes & Metaphors (grammar) assignments, including play a game HERE
- Do your BrainPop Jr. Biography assignments HERE
- Watch a fun Cause & Effect song/lesson HERE
- Watch a fun, silly animation video to see Cause & Effect example HERE
- Watch a chain reaction "making lemonade" machine to show Cause & Effect HERE
- Lesson video to review Cause & Effect HERE
- Watch a lesson and do practice exercises for Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates HERE
- Take a practice quiz for Complete Subjects HERE
- Take a practice quiz for Complete Predicates HERE
- Play games and practice your spelling words HERE
- Play games and practice your vocabulary words HERE
Unit 1, WEEK 3
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Click HERE for a copy of the reading packet.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do people from different cultures contribute to a community?
Comprehension Strategy: ask and answer questions Comprehension Skill: sequencing Genre Study: narrative non-fiction Vocabulary Strategy: compound words Grammar: subjects and predicates Phonics & Spelling: final e sound |
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Some Resource Links:
- Do your BrainPop Jr. Final E spelling assignment HERE
- Do your BrainPop Jr. Compound Word assignment HERE
- Watch a Compound Words lesson HERE
- Watch and listen to a story about compound words called, Once There Was A Bull .... Frog. Click HERE
- Activity to practice Compound Words. Click HERE
- Play a Compound Words matching game HERE
- Watch a lesson and do practice exercises for Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates HERE
- Take a practice quiz for Complete Subjects HERE
- Take a practice quiz for Complete Predicates HERE
- Play games and practice your spelling words HERE
- Play games and practice your vocabulary words HERE
Unit 1, WEEK 2
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Click HERE for a copy of the reading packet.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What can traditions teach you about cultures?
Comprehension Strategy: visualizing Comprehension Skill: plot-sequence Genre Study: realistic fiction Vocabulary Strategy: context clues Phonics & Spelling: short vowels |
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Some Resource Links:
- Watch visualizing lesson videos HERE and HERE
- Watch plot - sequence video lessons HERE and HERE
- Watch a realistic fiction video lesson HERE
- Watch a context clues video lesson HERE and HERE
- See pictures of each vocabulary word HERE
- Do your BrainPop assignments for context clues HERE
- Do your BrainPop assignment for sequencing HERE
- Play a phonics short vowel sounds (e, o, u) games HERE
- Play games and practice your spelling words HERE
- Play games and practice your vocabulary words HERE
- (Note: you can review the BrainPop assignments for Types of Sentences from before)
Unit 1, WEEK 1Click HERE for a copy of the reading packet.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What can stories teach you?
Comprehension Strategy: visualizing Comprehension Skill: character traits Genre Study: realistic fiction Vocabulary Strategy: context clues Phonics & Spelling: short vowels |
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Some Resource Links:
Other Resources
Look up the definitions of words, as well as their pronunciation and part of speech.
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Look up words similar to a word (synonyms) as well as words opposite of a word (antonym).
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Login in to your Smithsonian Tween Tribune account by clicking on the image above. You can read interesting articles and take online quizzes at this site.
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Click on the image to the left to take an AR quiz on a book you've read. Click on image to the right to find out if a book is in the AR database, and if so, what level it it.
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Practice 3rd grade language arts skills. You can practice about 10 questions a day for free.
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Login to your ReadWorks account by clicking the image above. You can read interesting articles and take online quizzes at this site.
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Teacher Read Aloud: The LIon, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
books read aloud:
CLICK ON THE BOOK IMAGES BELOW TO LISTEN/WATCH A PICTURE BOOK READ ALOUD
Cause & Effect
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Cause & Effect
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Point of View
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Make Predictions
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