3rd Grade Reading Homework
February 10 - 14
Reading
Monday
Read some sections of Nasreen’s Secret
School out loud to someone. Tell
someone at home what you already have
figured out about the story.
Tuesday
Answer text dependent questions for
Nasreen’s Secret School: Questions from
the Text. “RAP” your answers.
Read your paragraph out loud to
someone. Ask that person to tell you one
specific thing he or she liked about your
paragraph, and one thing you could do to
Wednesday
make your writing better. Use this
feedback to make a second draft of your
paragraph to bring back to school
tomorrow.
Thursday
Friday
Parent
Initials
Grammar
Grammar
book page 73
(Odd numbers
only )
Grammar
workbook
page 74 (odd
numbers only)
Find Kentucky on a map of the United
States. Talk to someone at home about
how people got books in rural Kentucky a
long time ago. How is it different from
how you get books now where you live?
Grammar
workbook
Page 75
Vocabulary Quiz Today
Grammar
Test Today
on the Verb
Be
Reading test will be on Monday,
February 17th. (Please see the
announcement section on the back of
the homework sheet.)
Reading Vocabulary
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Characters- someone who appears in a
book, play, movie, or other story.
Setting- the time and place in which the action in a book,
play, movie, or other story takes place.
Problem- a question or puzzle that needs to be solved; a
cause of unhappiness.
Solution- the correct answer to a question, problem, or
puzzle; something that solved a problem or difficulty.
Clue- a thing or piece of information that helps solve a
puzzle, problem, or mystery.
Flourish- to do very well.
Frantic- wild with anxiety, fear, or another similar emotion;
very rushed or busy.
Dialect- a form of language that is used in a specific region
or by a specific group of people.
Rural- having to do with the country.
Excerpt- a small part of a longer written work.
Passel- a large number or group of people or things.
Yearn- to want or long for something very much.
Announcements:
 Please read and sign the letter to families regarding the new book
we will be working with.
 Because of the difficulty with the matching vocabulary quiz, the
vocabulary quiz will now be a multiple choice quiz.
 The reading test will consist of Rain School comprehension
questions, questions on suffixes, discussion skills (using the
conversational checklist during a group discussion), and a cold read
where students will have to be able to fill in the close reading form.
 Sicily's night is Thursday, February 13, 2014.
 The school fundraiser ends this Friday, February 14,2014.
February 10, 2013
Parents,
In order to meet Speaking and Learning standards in Common Core we are
incorporating this Conversation Checklist. There are 12 conversation norms that we
have been learning. The students will be assessed on a yes, sometimes, or a no basis.
The checklist is worth 12 points and will be used daily in the classroom during
discussions with partners and groups. The checklist will be sometimes used as a quiz
grade or will be combined and used as a test grade throughout the year.