Mrs. Williams Third Grade Two Days in May Mrs. Williams Third Grade

Should You Help Baby Animals? You are going to listen to me read aloud an article that contains a quiz about what people should do when they find baby animals. I want you to write down the answers that you think are the correct way to treat animals.

Two Days in May This is a fictional story about a herd of deer that roams into a city neighborhood.

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

appreciate: to enjoy and understand

grazing: eating growing plants

population: relating to the number of people or animals living in a certain place.

starve: to suffer or die from not having enough food.

surrounding: on all sides of

territory: an area of land

wander: to move from place to place without having a special destination.

Monitor/Clarify As you read, pause to monitor how well you understand what happens in the story. Clarify any events that are confusing by rereading.

Making Judgments Active readers sometimes have to decide whether they think a character’s actions are right or wrong. This can be done by thinking of what is good about something (pros) and what is bad about something (cons).

PB pg. 39

More Prefixes and Suffixes Prefixes and Suffixes change the meaning of words. A Prefix is added to the beginning of base words. A Suffix is added to the end of base words. un- means “not” -ly means “in a certain way”

Prefixes pre- and re- The rescue was preplanned. pre- means before This organization relocates animals. re- means again

Suffixes -ful and -er That was the beginning of our peaceful protest. -ful means “full of” Mr. Smiley was the owner. -er means “someone who owns”

unsteady rescuer preview brightly

You are Great Readers!

Two Days in May Mrs. Williams Third Grade

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

appreciate: to enjoy and understand

grazing: eating growing plants

population: relating to the number of people or animals living in a certain place.

Making Judgments TE pg. 77 Yes, because No, because Read pg. 77 in your reading book. Does Mr. Smiley have a good reason to be angry at the Pigeon Lady? Yes, because No, because

Prefixes and Suffixes

TE pg. 99G

You are Great Readers!

Two Days in May Mrs. Williams Third Grade

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

starve: to suffer or die from not having enough food.

surrounding: on all sides of

Making Judgments Yes, because No, because Listen as I read aloud a story, you need to think about if mom’s decision is fair. Yes, because No, because

Prefixes and Suffixes You are going to get a crad with a prefix or a suffix on it. I’m going to have words come up on the screen and if your prefix of suffix can be added to the word to make a new word (it can’t be a made up word), hold up your card.

hope

lucky

new

care

write

tall

sad

You are Great Readers!

Two Days in May Mrs. Williams Third Grade

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

territory: an area of land

wander: to move from place to place without having a special destination.

It’s time for Jeopardy!