Story : Across the Wide Dark Sea (week 2)

Mrs. Campbell’s Third Grade

Week of February 15, 2009 (Due Friday)
Editor’s Hat
Tip: Good writers have sharp eyes when it comes to
editing! Remember this: capitalize the beginning of
sentences, capitalize proper nouns, and check for
the proper endmark.

1. christopher Newport landed at a place now called

jamestown
2. is the place jacques cartier landed now called quebec
3. bedrock is the bottom layer of soil
4. wow did you know wow was a native american word

Word Study Hat

Sorting words helps us remember how to

spell them. Sort these words according to
syllables on the next page. Not all words
fit.

explore exploring exam

explorer exit examine
exploration excite examination
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Homonyms:. Illustrate each word in the boxes.

letter letter

Write one sentence that uses both words:

Crazy Compounds! Make a new compound word:

Thinker’s Hat:+ =
bed rock
 If this word is the answer,
what is the question?

topsoil

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.

King James
Powhatan
Virginia
Spain

Use the following words to create an analogy

France
England
Jacques Cartier is to ________
Christopher
Columbus as ________ is to ___________.
 Vocabulary Expert’s Hat

Create a new sentence for each

word that shows you know what
the word means.

1. topoil 2. bedrock

3. humus 4. subsoil

Put the number of the word with the right meaning:

_____ parent material for soil once it reaches the surface
_____ mostly sand/silt and clay at bottom
_____ humus mixed with mineral particles: this is where plant roots
grow
_____ decaying plants and animals and leaf litter

Project Hat

Produce a soil poster with the attached

directions from Mrs. Eason.
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Vocabulary Hat

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