1. Author’s Purpose: Inform
Rocks In His Head
By: Carole Otis Hurst
Genre: Biography
Skill: Generalize
Author’s Purpose: Inform
Compiled by Susie Mumper 3rd grade HES 2012

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Vocabulary Strategy
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Voc. Practice
Fix-its
Generalize
Fluency Phrases
Daily Task
Prefixes pre-, mid-, over-, out-
Pronouns
Spelling

4. Find the word or words with the same meaning as chores.
tasks
bores
resting
bag

5. Find the word or words with the same meaning as spare.
fair
need
extra
fireplace

6. Find the word or words with the same meaning as attic.
fair
television
basement
upstairs

7. Find the word or words with the same meaning as labled.
tabled
marked
carpet
blank

8. Find the word or words with the same meaning as customer.
seller
tools
buyer
pillow

9. Find the word or words with the same meaning as board.
wooden plank
excited
sword
toy

10. Find the word or words with the same meaning as stamps.
box
postage
sword
lamps
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11. Spelling
When the prefixes pre-, mid-, over-, and out- are added to words, the spelling of the base word does not change. Write each spelling word on the board. Have students identify the base word and prefix for each word. Write the base word next to the spelling word to show that the spelling does not change. Word sort
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12. Possessive Pronouns

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15. Links Virtual Geology Museum Types of Rocks brain pop Geology for kids
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16. Last Thursday we went to the movies.
Review Phonics
We studied the r-controlled vowel /r/ spelled ir, er, ur, ear, and or.
Read this sentence to yourself. Raise your hand when you know which word has the r-controlled vowel /r/.
Last Thursday we went to the movies.
Which letters stand for /r/ in Thursday?

17. Read the following words.
worldly urban fern heard verb lurk thirsty furnish thirteen stirrup research undershirt
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18. Vocabulary Strategy for Multiple-Meaning Words
Context Clues Sometimes when you are reading, you may see a word you know but whose meaning doesn’t make sense in the sentence.
The word may have more than one meaning. For example, bear means “a large furry animal,” but it also can mean “to carry.”

19. Try the meaning of the word that you know
Try the meaning of the word that you know. Does it make sense in the sentence?
If it doesn’t make sense, perhaps it has another meaning. Read on and look at the words around it. Can you figure out another meaning?
Try the new meaning in the sentence. Does it make sense?

20. As you read “More Than a Hobby,” p
As you read “More Than a Hobby,” p. 63 look for words that might have more than one meaning. Remember to use nearby words to figure out a new meaning.
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21. Daily Task 1 With your partner read p. ___in your fluency folder.
Highlight tricky words
Take turns reading the passage 3 times each
With your partner do your tri-fold
Independently do RWB p
Independently read leveled readers and take AR tests.
Independently read books from your bag of books.
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22. Daily Task 2
With your partner answer the questions on p. ___in your fluency folder.
With your partner do your tri-fold
With your partner do page ___ in your SNB and page ____ in your GNB.
Independently read leveled readers and take AR tests.
Independently read books from your bag of books.
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23. Daily Task 3 With your partner do your tri-fold
With your partner do page ___ in you GNB and p. ___ in your SNB.
Independently read leveled readers and take AR tests.
Independently read books from your bag of books.
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24. Daily Task 4 With your partner do your tri-fold
Independently read leveled readers and take AR tests.
Independently read books from your bag of books.
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25. Daily Task 5 With your partner do your tri-fold
Independently read leveled readers and take AR tests.
Independently read books from your bag of books.
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26. Phrases
we had their dog he called me what will they do you and I who will make it
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27. Building background (fill in t-chart then listen to CD)
What I know about rocks.
What I want to know about rocks?
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28. Generalize
When you read, you can sometimes make a general statement about what you have read.
A general statement tells how some things are mostly alike or all alike.
Look for examples. Ask what they have in common.

29. Read “Looking at Rocks. ” Make a graphic organizer like the one Below
Read “Looking at Rocks.” Make a graphic organizer like the one Below. Write examples that tell about different rocks. Then write a general statement about what rocks are made of.
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30. Million $ word
Mentor
A mentor someone who advises and shows you how to do or be something.
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31. Biography
Rocks in His Head is a biography. It tells the story of a real person written by someone else.

32. Say It!
stamps spare chores board
attic labeled customer

33. More Words to Know
janitor
minerals
quarries

34. stamps postage stickers

35. chores tasks

36. spare extra

37. attic upper floor

38. labeled marked with a tag

39. customer person who goes into a store to buy something

40. board head of a group

41. Did he put stamps on his letters?

42. We couldn’t find the spare tire.

43. The boy had to finish his chores before he went to play.

44. The family cleaned out the attic last spring.

45. Collin’s mom carefully labeled the boxes.

46. The customer needed helping finding an item in the store.

47. The board voted for the new rules.

48. Let’s review our words.

49. attic

50. stamps

51. customer

52. board

53. chores

54. labeled

55. spare
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56. Review Questions
Reread p. 66, paragraph 1. From this paragraph, what generalization can you make about people?
People like to collect things.
What relationship does the author have to the subject of this biography?
She is the subject's daughter.

57. Why do you think the author wrote about her father?
To tell her father's story because she loved and respected him.
The author writes that people told her father that the car parts he collected were junk and that no one would buy them. Then she tells us that people did in fact buy that "junk." What is the author's point of view of this junk?
From the author's point of view, that "junk" was not junk—it earned money for her family and showed that her father had good ideas.

58. Why do you think that times were difficult for the author's family, even though they had lost no money in the stock market crash?
Their business depended on people having money to spend on cars and car repairs, and when people lost their money, they could no longer afford cars and car repairs.

59. What do we know about the author's father so far?
He owned a gas station, he repaired Model Ts, and he liked to collect rocks.
Reread p. 70, paragraph two. The author writes that people stopped coming for gas, they stopped coming to play chess, and they stopped coming to look at the rocks. These are all effects. What was the cause of all this?
They were looking for jobs.

60. What is the meaning of the word board on p. 73
What is the meaning of the word board on p. 73? What is another meaning for board?
On p. 73, the board is a group of people who decide something. It can also mean a plank of wood.
The author's father takes the job as janitor because he'd be cleaning rocks sometimes. What does this tell you about him?
That he really likes rocks.

61. GREAT JOB!

62. Question of the Day When is it valuable to have unique interests?
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63. Question of the Day Why did the narrator’s father open a gas station instead of pursuing a career involving rocks?
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64. Question of the Day In what way did the narrator’s father’s unique interest in rocks prove valuable to him and his family?
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65. Question of the Day The author of the poem thinks everybody needs a rock. What special thing do you think everybody needs?
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66. Question of the Day When is it valuable to have unique interests?
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67. Colin and he find rocks in many places outdoors.
Daily Fix-It
1. Colin and him find rocks in many places out doors.
Colin and he find rocks in many places outdoors.
2. The rocks in my poket has gold flecks.
The rocks in my pocket have gold flecks.
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68. The strangest rocks are hers.
Daily Fix-It
3. The strangeest rocks are her’s.
The strangest rocks are hers.
Didnt she find them in the Middwest?
Didn’t she find them in the Midwest?
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69. That black rock of theirs is unknown to me.
Daily Fix-It
That black rock of their’s is unnown to me.
That black rock of theirs is unknown to me.
The yellow rock was found in the camp ground by Juan and he.
The yellow rock was found in the campground by Juan and him.
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70. Rob and they displayed the rocks in Ms. Shaw’s room.
Daily Fix-It
7. Hers green rock was finded in South America.
Her green rock was found in South America.
8. Rob and them displayed the rocks in Ms. Shaws’ room.
Rob and they displayed the rocks in Ms. Shaw’s room.
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71. The small rock is mine, and the big one is yours.
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The small rock is mine and the big one is your.
The small rock is mine, and the big one is yours.
Can we put them both in the disply case.
Can we put them both in the display case?
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72. prepaid What is the base word? What does it mean?
The prefix pre- means before.
What does prepaid mean?

73. When I read a word like prepaid, I can figure out what it means by looking at its parts.
I know pre- is a prefix. If I cover the prefix, I see the word paid.
I know paid means "bought," or "gave money for." I also know pre- means "before.”
So prepaid must mean bought before or ahead of time.
Let me try that it in a sentence: My mother prepaid for the plane tickets. My mother bought the tickets ahead of time.
That makes sense! I can do the same thing to figure out other words that begin with prefixes.

75. Read these words and then underline the prefixes.
prehistory midday overslept outbid overpaid outweigh midsection preheat
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