This Week’s Story: The Waterfall

Mrs. Campbell’s Third Grade

Due Friday

Editor’s Hat Good writers know how to combine

short sentences that go together.
Combine each pair of sentences to
make new sentences.

1. The sun shines. The sun heats the air.

2. My brother sees some animals. I see some animals.
3. The foxes run away. The deer run a way.
4. We follow a trail. We find a cave.

Word Study Hat

Sorting helps us remember spelling.
Sort these words on the next page.
Can you make a new word for each
category? Write them in the right
the column
This week’s list:

broke bold zone doze

smock throne stop shock
quote box jolt job
Spelling Sort: Sort your spelling words into two
categories.
CVC (hop) CVCe (code)

Homonyms:. Illustrate each word in the boxes.

flower flour

Write one sentence that uses both words:

Crazy Compounds! Make a new compound word:

+ =
head phone
Thinker’s Hat:

If this word is the answer,

what is the question?

prime meridian

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.

James
Appalachians
Rio Grande
Mississippi
Use the following words to create an analogy
Virginia
Richmond
Virginia is to ___________
City
State as Richmond is to _________.
 Vocabulary Expert’s Hat
Create a new sentence for each word
that shows you know what the word
means.

1. canyon 2. cauldron

3. boulders 4. rapids

Put the number of the word with the right meaning:

_____ fast, tiny waterfalls in a river
_____ huge round rocks
_____ big kettle
_____ deep valley

Comprehension Hat

This week’s comprehension skill is “Cause and

Effect.” Read and complete attached pages:
pp. 41-42
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