Third Grade:

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Third Grade Theme 1 Selection 5 Dollar and
Sense
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Sound/Spellings

• The vowel sound in out can be spelled
• ou
• ow

ou ow
proud shower
hour prowl
amount however
thousand coward
bounce chowder
mountain
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Sound/Spellings

• The vowel sound in toy can be spelled
• oi
• oy

oi oy
choice voyage
avoid employ
poison annoy
appoint
broil
turmoil
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Spelling Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words?
proud
choice
shower
avoid
thousand
hour

prowl
amount
voyage
employ
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Spelling Fluency How Fast Can You Read the Words?
bounce
however
poison
mountain
annoy
coward

appoint
turmoil
broil
chowder
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• Village Market
• by Issac Olaleye
• Activate Prior Knowledge
• Share a time when you attended an outdoor market
  or street fair.
• Share some of the sounds and smells you remember.

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• Purpose Setting
• Listen for details that tell about the characters
  and setting.
• This poem tells about the excitement and activity
  at an outdoor market in an African village.
• Who are the characters in the poem?
• How does the author describe the setting of the
  poem?

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Build Concept Vocabulary
Women dressed in bright clothes and
headbands Wrap their babies on backs, Balance
their wares on heads.
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Build Concept Vocabulary
The fragrance of palm sap Foaming and fizzling in
gourds Lures drinkers to sellers.
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Build Concept Vocabulary
wares
lures
What to Sell
Actions
Smelling Food
Senses
allowance
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• Comprehension Skill
• Character and Setting
• A character is a person who takes part in the
  events of a story.
• Writers tell some things about characters. You
  can also figure out about characters by their
  words and actions.
• The setting is when and where a story takes
  place.
• A writer may tell you the setting, or you may
  figure out the setting from details.

Story Title Story Title
Characters Setting
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Strategy Story Structure A story
has a beginning, a middle, and an end. This
means that events happen all along the way. One
event leads to the next. Good readers use this
structure to learn about the characters and the
setting.
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• Saturday Is Market Day
• Character and Setting
• Locate the characters and the setting in the
  first paragraph.
• The writer seems to be telling the story in a
  daily order.
• Describe how the author uses temporal phrases to
  move the story along in a chronological manner.
• Why do you think authors often choose to frame
  the structure of a story by showing events in
  chronological order?

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My Rows And Piles of Coins
Author Tololwa M. Mollel
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Genre Realistic Fiction

• My Rows and Piles of Coins is an example of
  realistic fiction.
• A realistic story is made up but is based on
  things that could actually happen.

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My Rows and Piles of Coin
The setting for this story is Tanzania in Africa.
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Map of the World
Africa is one of the worlds seven continents.
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The distance between North Carolina and Tanzania
is 7771 miles.
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The set includes the multi-sided 5 Senti which
shows a sailfish, the scalloped 10 Senti which
shows a Zebra, the 20 Senti which shows an
Ostrich, the  50 Senti which shows a rabbit and
the 1992 1 Shillingi features an outstretched arm
holding a torch. 
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Market Place in Tanzania
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Market Place in Tanzania
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More Books Written by Tololwa M. Mollel
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More Books Written by Tololwa M. Mollel
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put things in a certain order
arranged
I emptied the box, arranged all the coins in
piles and the piles in rows.
Synonyms positioned fixed organized



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things tied or wrapped together
bundles
My precious coins were wrapped in various bundles
inside the oversize pockets of the coat.
Synonyms rolls



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not safely
dangerously
When I attempted to pedal, the bicycle wobbled
so dangerously that Murete, alongside, had to
grab it.

Synonyms alarmingly carelessly



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short trips that you take to do something
errands
Soon I would be like a cheetah on wheels, racing
on errands with my very own bicycle!

Synonyms missions assignments




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with strong, lively feelings
excitedly
My heart beat excitedly.

Synonyms uncontrollably eagerly

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firmly fixed
steady
He held the bicycle steady while I rode around,
my toes barely touching the pedals.



Synonym firm

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opened
unwrapped

The man whistled in wonder as I unwrapped the
money carefully on his table.


Synonym uncovered revealed opened

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moved unsteadily from side to side shook
wobbled
When Murete let go, I wobbled, fell off, or
crashed into things and among coffee trees.



Synonym swayed teetered

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Vocabulary Fluency How Fast Can You Read the
Words?
arranged
bundles
wobbled
dangerously
excitedly
errands

steady
unwrapped
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!
arranged bundles dangerously errands
steady unwrapped wobbled excitedly
Draw! Draw! Draw!
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• Free Association
• When I say a word, you write down any words you
  can think of that remind you of that word.
• For example
• The word is school
• learning
• Science
• pencils
• Reading
• Math
• teachers
• P.E.
• Education

1. arranged
2. bundles
3. dangerously
4. errands
5. excitedly
6. steady
7. unwrapped
8. wobbled
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• Classifying
• Place the following words in categories
• arranged bundles
  dangerously
• errands excitedly
  steady
• wobbled unwrapped
• Decide the names of the categories.
• Determine how many categories.
• Determine which words go in which categories.
• After classifying the words, write a paragraph
  explaining each of the categories and why
  certain words go in a particular category.

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Can You Find the Context Clues?
1. I love chili peppers on my pizza! Bob said
________.
2. She stacked her books so haphazardly on the
counter that they were not _______ and
_____________ dangerously to the point that I
knew they were going to fall.
3. Amanda completed all of her __________ in town
and rushed home and ______________ her
packages.
4. The dry cleaners sorted my clothes and
placed them in ________ which they tied
together.
5 The coin collector liked his coins
__________ in a certain order .
arranged bundles dangerously errands
excitedly steady unwrapped wobbled
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Synonym Search Match the vocabulary words on the
left to the correct synonyms on the right. Some
vocabulary words have more than one synonym.
Ready, set, go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a. firm f. alarmingly k. rolls
b. carelessly g. opened l. eagerly
c. assignments h. positioned m. swayed
d. uncontrollably i. teetered n. organized
e. fixed j. uncovered o. missions
arranged

bundles
dangerously
errands
excitedly
steady
unwrapped
wobbled
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Word Association Challenge

1. Which word goes with a surgeon? Why?

2. Which word goes with a package? Why?
3. Which word goes with appointments? Why?
4. Which word goes with smiles, tears, and
cheers? Why?
5. Which word goes with spinning a top? Why?
6. Which word goes with fire? Why?
7. Which word goes with wood? Why?
8. Which word goes with grocery store and bank?
Why?
Some words can be used more than once. Can you figure out which ones?
Word
Bank arranged bundles
dangerously errands excitedly
steady unwrapped wobbled


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Tell Me What You Know

• Why would you arrange coins in rows?
• 2. Compare and contrast unwrapped and bundles.
• 3. Create a Tree Map of types of errands?
• 4. Describe a time when you excitedly watched
  someone unwrap a gift that you gave them?
• 5. Create as many new words as you can by adding
  prefixes and suffixes to the following words
  arrange, wrap, bundle, excite, danger, and
  steady.