CAHOOTS
LANGUAGE ARTS
GRADE THREE ANSWER KEY
Lesson 1
COMPREHENSION
B. Walter took the wrong math book.
C. Walter is good at history.
C. upset or angry
A. learned
B. thankful that he didn’t forget the math lesson
B. three or four
C. The sentence is asking a question.
IRREGULAR VERBS
Incorrect
Incorrect
Correct
Incorrect
Incorrect
Correct
PLURALS AND POSSESSIVES
A. telephone’s
B. kids
A. teacher’s
B. groceries
B. fruits
A. car’s
Lesson 2
EDITING A PARAGRAPH
B. freinds
C. .
B. they
A. whether
C. sumer
B. It should be capitalized.
B. stil
HOMOPHONES
hear
sent
won
bear
stairs
here
flowers
QUOTATION MARKS
While looking for books in the library, Walter whispered, “I’d like to read
this story.”
“What should we eat for dinner?” the mother asked her children.
“If it’s not raining, can we play soccer tonight?” asked Boots.
After we did the dishes, my father exclaimed, “Thank you so much for
helping out!”
“We can watch a movie at my house on Saturday,” Hoots stated, “but I don’t
have any popcorn.”
“Can you keep a secret?” asked Hoots. “Of course I can!” Walter yelled.
HOMOPHONE STORY
The blue whale is one of the world’s most endangered species. In the mid-1900’s, the blue whale population
dropped to only one thousand. With lengths up to 150 feet and weights up to 150 tons, the blue whale is the
largest animal to have lived on our planet. Which other endangered species do you know about?
Lesson 3
READING FOR INFORMATION
B. nonfiction
C. to give us information about
the Apollo 11 spaceflight.
B. The astronauts watched TV
in the spaceship
B. three
C. Michael Collins
C. 9 days
A. 1969
READING A TABLE OF CONTENTS
B. by page number
C. information about the
Apollo 11 mission
B. the Apollo
A. at the beginning of the
11 spaceflight
book
C. page 16
C. six
SPELLING REVIEW
A. space
B. airplane
B. important A. night
A. travel
B. miles
B. together
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Lesson 4
MAIN IDEA AND SUPPORTING DETAILS
B. to teach us many things about foxes.
Answers will vary.
A. Foxes are smaller than most dogs.
B. Antarctica
C. Save it to eat later.
CONTEXT CLUES
B. eats plants
B. thickness
and animals
B. change from
B. usually
one thing to
A. alone
another
PREFIXES
disobey
microscope
replay
unsure
disagree
refreeze
unable
reappear
MY PARAGRAHPH
Answers will vary.
Lesson 5
COMPREHENSION
B. science
C. 2 weeks
C. He started it the night before it was due and rushed
through it.
Answers will vary.
CONTEXT CLUES
B. more important
than other things
A. to like one thing
more than another
C. tired
Lesson 6
A. annoyed, bothered
B. important
SEQUENCING
A. Roll the largest snowball.
C. Dress the snowman
C. dressing the snowman
First, next, then, last, and
finally
Answers will vary.
ENDING PUNCTUATION
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CONTRACTIONS
can't
we’ve
hasn’t
should’ve
weren’t
you’re
PROPER NOUNS
Mr. Moua, Monopoly
I, I’m, Grand Canyon, Jerome
Chicago, Boots
I, Felix’s Foods
Garrison’s Glorious Games, Maria
INFORMATION
COMPREHENSION
Answers will vary
PRONOUNS
My brothers - They
Ms. Almanza and I - We
Boots and Walter - them
my Grandpa’s - his
Walter and Hoots - their
My mom – she
My brother - he
my aunt’s - her
YOU HAIKU
Answers vary
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Lesson 7
READING FOR INFORMATION
B. to teach us factual information about Charles Bender
C. Charles Bender enjoyed painting landscapes.
A. to continue something even if it is difficult
C. He was a skilled athlete.
A. the pitch known as the slider
USING AN INDEX
21, 22, 24, 39,40
Crow Wing County, Ojibwe, Pennsylvania
two topics
Manager
four pages
Baseball
Lesson 8
MAIN IDEA AND SUPPORTING DETAILS
B. Hoots, Boots and Walter do different things right after school.
C. Boots likes to eat spaghetti for dinner.
USING A WEB
B. Boots
C. play hide and seek
B. They both do homework after school.
SPELLING REVIEW
A. until
B. basket
A. beautiful
A. school
A. receive
A. different
B. February
A. together
A. surprise
A. people
THANK YOU!
Answers vary
NOUNS
tree, oranges
friends, I, summer
I, brother, homework
family, dinner
VERBS
walked
studied
going
eats
ADJECTIVES
brown, sloppy
dance, loud
large, dark
green, leafy
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