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   Poppa's New Pants Vocabulary   Spelling   Read   Grammer    Teaching pages GENRE Poppa's New Pants by Angela Shelf Medearis. This humorous story has many similes and tons of hyperbole . (hi • per • bo •lee) Hyperbole is when a writer exaggerates to make a point.    The story is part of the Smart Solutions Unit. In the story, Poppa buys a brand new pair of pants. Unfortunately, they are too long and need to be hemmed . He asks his relatives who are staying at the house to mend them, but they are all too tired for the task.   The problem gets solved in a way that will leave you laughing like a hyena ! Vocabulary  draped: hung loosely in folds  2. fabric: cloth  3. hem: to fold back and sew down the edges of  4. mended: repaired by sewing; fixed  5. pattern: a repeated design or decoration  6. plaid: having a pattern of stripes that cross  7. rustling: a quick, soft, fluttering sound 8. uproar: noisy excitement and confusion  9. pallet: narrow, hard bed or mattr

  The Extra Good Sunday from Ramona Quimby Vocabulary  https://quizlet.com/206846039/journeys-grade-3-lesson-15-ramona-quimby-the-extra-good-sunday-flash-cards/ Key Vocabulary: 1. recommended: suggested 2. ingredients: parts of mixture 3. cross: angry 4. degrees: units used to measure temperature 5. festive: merry 6. tense: edgy or stressed 7. remarked: said 8. anxiously: with worry or eagerness 9. contain: to held something 10. digest: to change food to a simpler form that the body can use after it has been eaten. 11. finicky: hard to please 12. habit: something a person does so often that it is done without thinking 13. hinge: a joint on a lid or door that allows it to swing open  Spelling  Read  Youtube Journeys Lesson 15 for Third Grade: The Extra-Good Sunday ... Grammer  https://livingston.twpunionschools.org/documents/Conneely%201%20ELA_Weeks2_3_Printable.pdf Activity How to set the table, Make a family recipe book, try a new food or recipe. Watch the movie

  Bad News for Outlaws Book by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Vocabulary   Spelling   Read   Grammer    Teaching pages GENRE Nonfiction, Picture Books, Social Studies Vocabulary  Jim Webb: ___________________________________________________ Bass Reeves: ________________________________________________ bloodshed: __________________________________________________ reins: _______________________________________________________ swindlers: Spelling  Short Vowels Short-Vowel Rule: When one-syllable words have a vowel in the middle, the vowel usually has a short sound . Examples: cat, dog, man, hat, mom, dad, got. If the letter after the vowel is f, l, or s, this letter is often doubled. Examples: staff, ball, pass.   Short Vowels Can Be Spelled in Four Ways The most common way: a single vowel in a closed syllable usually says a short sound. (In a closed syllable , a single vowel is followed by a consonant.) In the word cat , A is followed by T and says /ă/. In the word pet , E is follo