Third Grade Homework
Assigned: Friday, April 21st, 2017
Due: Friday, April 28th, 2017
Please complete the following assignment. Remember to bring your completed
homework to school on Friday and turn it in to your teacher.
Part 1: Please complete the Go Math pages your teacher assigns.
Part 2: Please correctly answer the following revising and editing questions.
The Fall
(1) I was troubled. (2) I landed on the hard south american Rain Forest’s floor with a
loud thud. (3) “How am I ever going to get back to the top of my favorite crecopia tree
again?” I thought to myself. (4) Suddenly I heard a horrendous growl and realized I
wasn’t alone anymore. (5) At a snails pace. (6) I turned my head 135 degrees to the left
and noticed black inky spots getting closer and closer. (7) The ground thumped with a
quick rhythm like the bass drum in a marching band. (9) As I realized I needed to move
and move fast. (10) I turned my head back around to find the closest tree and heard
another hiss and howl. (11) “What am I going to do?” I thought to myself
1. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 2?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Change south american to South American
Change Rain Forest’s to rain forest’s
Change hard to hear
Make no change
2. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 3?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Remove the quotation marks
Change the question mark to a comma
Change crecopia to Crecopia
Make no change
3. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 4?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Add a comma after Suddenly
Change the period to a question mark
Change Suddenly to suddenly
Make no change
4. What is the best revision to make with sentence 5 and 6?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Remove sentence 5
Remove sentence 6
Combine the two sentences
Make no change
5. What is the best way to combine sentences 9 and 10?
A) As I realized I needed to move and move fast. I turned my head back around
to find the closest tree and heard another hiss and howl.
B) As I realized I needed to move and move fast and I turned my head back
around to find the closest tree and heard another hiss and howl.
C) As I realized I needed to move and move fast because I turned my head back
around to find the closest tree and heard another hiss and howl.
D) As I realized I needed to move and move fast, I turned my head back around
to find the closest tree and heard another hiss and howl.
6. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 11?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Change What to When
Add a period after myself
Change I to i
Make no change
Part 3: Please read the passage Polar Peary and answer the questions. When you
answer a question, underline where in the passage you found evidence for your answer
and put the number of the question above the sentence.
Part 4: Please practice your word wall words: I’m, that’s, question, vacation, we’re,
wear, where, with.
Part 5: Please remember to read at least one “Good Fit” picture book (or one chapter)
each night and complete your Reading Log in your Agenda with your parent’s signature.