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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. ...

  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 foo...

  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 followe...