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Study Guide Grade 3

Unit 5 Week 5
Essential Question: What are different kinds of energy?
Selections to be read: Reading/Writing Companion: “Here comes solar power”
Words in Context:
WORD MEANING

Energy Energy is the ability to do work.

When something is natural, it is found in nature; not made by

Natural
people.

Pollution Pollution is harmful materials that make something dirty.

Produce To produce is to make or create something.

Renewable Something that is renewable can be made again.

Replace To replace is to take the place of.

Sources Sources are where things come from.

If something is traditional, it is the usual way it has always been

Traditional
done.
Vocabulary Strategy: (Homophones)
Homophones are words that sound alike but have different spellings and different
meanings.
• Use context clues to determine which meaning is used.
• Make sure to use the correct homophone in your own writing.

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Genre: (Argumentative text)
Argumentative text is a nonfiction text that states an author’s opinion.
• The author uses facts and examples to persuade you to agree with a
claim made about a topic.
• The text might include maps, charts, sidebars, photographs, and
captions.
Grammar: (Pronoun-Verb contractions)
• A contraction is a shortened form of two words: she is = she’s.
• An apostrophe replaces letters that are left out in a pronoun verb
contraction.
• Some common contractions are he’s (he is), she’s (she is), it’s (it is),
you’re (you are), I’m (I am), we’re (we are), they’re (they are), and
I’ve (I have).
• Contractions can be formed with a pronoun and a helping verb
such as is, have, or will.
• Some contractions formed with the word will are I’ll (I will), he’ll
(he will), she’ll (she will), we’ll (we will), you’ll (you will), it’ll (it will),
and they’ll (they will).
• Do not confuse possessive pronouns with contractions.
• The words it’s, you’re, and they’re are contractions. They each
have an apostrophe that stands for letters that are left out.
• The words its, your, and their are possessive pronouns. They do
not have apostrophes.

Comprehension Skill: (Cause and effect)

A cause is why something happens. An effect is what happens.
• Describing causes and their effects is one way authors can structure
a text.
• Understanding the relationship between events can help you better
understand a topic.
• Words that signal cause and effect: so, since, due to, as a result,
because.
Comprehension Strategy: “Ask and answer questions’’
Ask and answer questions before, during, and after reading to understand a
text.
• Think carefully about what you’re reading.
• Ask questions about what you don’t understand.

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 • Decide what you want to learn more about.
• Answer your questions from the text.

Phonics: (open syllable)

An open syllable is when a syllable ends with a vowel.
- The vowel sound is usually long, as in the word focus.
- The consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) spelling pattern can also form
closed syllables, as in river.
Read these words aloud:
focus (fo/cus), river (riv/er).
Teacher: Ghaida'a Supervisor: Fifi Abuhayyeh