Dogzilla

Mrs. Campbell’s Third Grade

Week of October 13, 2008 (Due Friday)
Editor’s Hat
Tip: Good writers know how to use commas.
When you have a series of three or more words,
a comma goes after each of those words. A
comma also goes between the city and state, OR
city and country.

1. did you know we live in richmond va

2. did you know that you put a question mark at the end of a
question
3. the romans built roads coliseums and aqueducts
4. we don’t have school on october 13 2008

Word Study Hat

How would you sort these words? Make

your own chart for the ‘extra mile with a
smile .’

clown lawn talk sound

cloth would also mouth
crown soft count law
Special Plurals: Sometimes ‘f’ changes to ‘v’ with plurals.
Make these words plural and write them in the right
column.
Base Word -ies -es -ves
calf
wolf
shelf
branch
wife
baby
Homonyms:. Illustrate each word in the boxes.

stair stare

Write one sentence that uses both words:

Crazy Compounds! Make a new compound word:

Thinker’s Hat:+ =
lunch box lunchbox
 If this word is the answer,
what is the question?

coliseum

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.

inclined plane
volume
wedge
lever

Use the following words to create an analogy

seesaw
slide
Seesaw is to ___________
lever
ramp as ________ is to ___________.
 Vocabulary Expert’s Hat

Create a new sentence for each

word that shows you know what
the word means.

1. dreadful 2. tremble

3. relish 4. depths

Put the number of the word with the right meaning:

_____ enjoyment or pleasure
_____ extremely deep places
_____ shiver
_____ terrible

Comprehension Hat

This Week’s Skill: Fantasy and Realism

pp. 140-141 (attached.
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