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​Reading

Wonders Reading Curriculum

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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

Resources & Activities

Wonders 1.1

Click 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
                               Some Resource Links: 
  • Watch visualizing lesson videos  HERE and HERE
  • Watch character trait lesson video HERE 
  • Play a grammar: sentence fragment game HERE 
  • Play games and practice your spelling words (Spelling City)  HERE
  • Play games and practice your vocabulary words (Vocabulary City) HERE
  • Play short vowel sounds (a and i) games HERE
Small Book
​p. 22-31
Big Book
p. 10-31

Wonders 1.2

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
                             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)
Small Book
​p. 38 - 47
Big Book
​p. 34 - 52

Wonders 1.3

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
                             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
Small Book
​p. 54 - 63
Big Book
​p. 58 - 71

Wonders 1.4

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
                             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
Small Book
​p. 70 - 79
Big Book
​p. 74 - 91

Wonders 1.5

Click 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
                             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
Small Book
​p. 86 - 93
Big Book
​p. 94 - 97
Big Book
​p. 98 - 99

Wonders 2.1

Click 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: 
  • Do your BrainPop Jr. Making Predictions assignment HERE
  • Do your BrainPop Jr. Theme assignment HERE
  • Do your BrainPop Theme assignments HERE
  • Play a Synonym & Antonym game at ABCYA.com HERE
  • Watch "The Emperor's New Clothes" folk tale HERE or at your Discovery Education account (assigned to you). Do the Google Classroom assignment for this video as well.
  • Practice Making Predictions with the story The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake HERE
  • Play games and practice your spelling words HERE
  • Play games and practice your vocabulary words HERE
Small Book
​p. 102 - 107
Big Book
​p. 100 - 118
Small Book
​p. 120 - 123

Wonders 2.2

Other Resources

Look up the definitions of words, as well as their pronunciation and part of speech.
Look up words similar to a word (synonyms) as well as words  opposite of a word (antonym).
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.
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.
Practice 3rd grade language arts skills.   You can practice about 10 questions a day for free.
Click on the logo above to read interesting articles at Newsela.  Many will have a tie into our Mystery Science activities.  Students, you will be linked to my class account.
Login to your ReadWorks account by clicking the image above.  You can read interesting articles and take online quizzes at this site.

Teacher Read Aloud: The Wild Robot

books read aloud:
CLICK ON THE BOOK IMAGES BELOW TO LISTEN/WATCH A PICTURE BOOK READ ALOUD

Cause & Effect
Cause & Effect
Point of View
Make Predictions
POINT OF VIEW:  comprehension skill:  
Click HERE for a video with examples of Point of View, from McGraw Hill
Click HERE for a video that explains the different types of Point of View (9th grade English teacher animation lesson)
Click HERE for a video wrap/song about Point of View