Happy Valentine’s Day

Mrs. Campbell’s Third Grade

Week of February 9, 2009 (Due Friday)
Editor’s Hat
Tip: Good writers are good letter writers, too.
When you write a letter you need to know where
commas belong in dates and in addresses! Look at
the top of this homework for a clue about where a
comma comes in the date. Do you know where it
comes in an address?

1. our school is on hanover avenue in richmond va

2. the state abbreviations have two letters
3. did you remember to put the comma after the greeting and
closing
4. valentines day is on feb 14

Word Study Hat

Sorting words helps us remember how to
spell them. Prefixes and suffixes help us
make new words. Sort words with
suffixes and prefixes.

friend unkind friendly writer

kind heart unfriendly rewrite
write friendless lovely kindness
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Homonyms:. Illustrate each word in the boxes.

letter letter

Write one sentence that uses both words (meanings):

Crazy Compounds! Make a new compound word:

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Thinker’s Hat:
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friend ship
 If this word is the answer,
what is the question?

indent

Write the question here:

Now try this: circle the word that does not belong in each
group. Use the box to explain why it doesn’t.

greeting
body
card
closing

Use the following words to create an analogy

card
Valentine’s Day
party is to ________
invitation
as ________ is to ___________.
Vocabulary
 Expert’s Hat

Create a new sentence for each

word that shows you know what
the word means.

1. heading 2. greeting

3. body 4. closing

Put the number of the word with the right meaning:

_____ the way you begin a letter
_____ what you say in the letter
_____ always the date, and sometimes your address
_____ how you close the letter

Holiday Hat

Bring Valentine Cards on Thursday. Let’s

celebrate friendship!
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Vocabulary Hat

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