Raising Dragons Mrs. Williams Third Grade

Magpie I’m going to read aloud a fairy tale from Sweden about a boy who always wanted things he did not have.

Salt on a Bird’s Tail: A Swedish Fairy Tale Comprehension Skill: Drawing Conclusions Why does Olle want to put salt on magpie’s tail? What can you tell about Olle from what he does to get the shiny little knife? Why does the magpie ask Olle to get her the items that he wants himself?

Raising Dragons Mrs. Williams Third Grade

It’s time for... These are words... We use them for... Vocabulary we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

 appetite: the desire for food; hunger

 chores: small jobs usually done on a regular schedule

 harvested: picked or gathered

 hitched: tied on or fastened by a knot, ring, or hook

 plow: to break up and turn over dirt so that seeds can be planted

 sown: scattered or planted

 tended: look after; took care of

Predict and Infer  I can predict what happens as the dragon grows up. I can infer from the cover that the dragon is young at the beginning. I think that a dragon would be harder to raise as they get older.

Drawing Conclusions I can use story details to figure out something the author does not state directly by constructing a graphic organizer of conclusions.

Practice Book pg. 231

Great Reading!

Raising Dragons  Mrs. Williams  Third Grade

It’s time for... These are words... We use them for... Vocabulary we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

 appetite: the desire for food; hunger

 chores: small jobs usually done on a regular schedule

Drawing Conclusions  Sometimes readers draw conclusions about story events by organizing story details. Crack! Sound came from Miller’s cave. Conclusion Look at page 371 in your reading book. I want you to create your own chart using page 371. Draw conclusions about how Ma feels about Hank.

Suffixes –y and -ly  A suffixes is added to the end of a base word. Carefully I rolled the egg into the cave. He did have a healthy appetite! -ly means “in a certain way” -y means “full of”

On your white boards you will be working to decode and define each underlined word. 1. quickly covered4. the cloudy sky 2. his toothy grin5. smiled softly 3. sang perfectly6. a rainy day -ly means “in a certain way” -y means “full of”

Great Reading!

Raising Dragons  Mrs. Williams  Third Grade

It’s time for... These are words... We use them for... Vocabulary we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

 harvested: picked or gathered

 hitched: tied on or fastened by a knot, ring, or hook

 plow: to break up and turn over dirt so that seeds can be planted

Drawing Conclusions R12 I SeeI Read My Conclusion is

cut fur

Suffixes –y and -ly  Word parts, or suffixes, added to the end of a word change the word’s meaning. quickly cloudy means “in a way that is quick” means “covered in clouds” Match words with suffixes and construct sentences.

Great Reading!

Raising Dragons  Mrs. Williams  Third Grade

It’s time for... These are words... We use them for... Vocabulary we want to know Reading, writing, listening, & speaking!

 sown: scattered or planted

 tended: look after; took care of

Drawing Conclusions TE pg. 393A  Look at page 374 in your reading book. Until the flights with Hank, the girl had been afraid of the dark. Flying at night with Hank was just grand. The girl wasn’t afraid of the dark anymore.

It’s time to play Jeopardy!