1. Day 1
Dancing Rainbows
Third Grade

2. Punxsutawney Phil: King of Groundhog Day
I’m going to read an article about Groundhog Day.
How do you or your parents find out what the weather will be the next day?

3. Comprehension
What is the main idea of paragraphs 2 and 3? What details support the idea that Phil is irritated?
Asking groundhogs to predict the weather has a long history.
He has been awakened twice; he sees no carrots or “treats”; he is chittering angry

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

5. Native American Vocabulary
ancestors: people one’s family comes from.

6. elders: people who are older and often wise, respected leaders in a group.

7. honor: to show special respect for

8. imitating: copying what someone does

9. respect: admiration or consideration

10. As I read, I can monitor my understanding and reread to clarify anything that is confusing.
Remember, asking yourself questions while your read helps monitor your understanding.
Does this make sense?
Who are the main character(s)?
What happened in the beginning, middle, and end?

11. Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details
The topic is the general subject of a selection.
The main idea is the most important idea in a passage
The supporting details are examples and bits of information that support the main idea.

12. Cluster Diagram PB pg. 146 TE 259A
Listen to Dancing Rainbows
Pages Main Idea:
Tewas respect earth.
Details:
Dances celebrate summer sun.
Andy tells Curt to respect Mother Earth.
Pages
Main Idea:
The Tewa Feast is important to Curt’s family.
Details:
Mom and relatives bake many loaves of bread.
2. Andy says special prayers.
Pages
Main Idea:
Dances are important to Tewas.
Details:
Andy says, “Dance with all your heart.”
2. All Tewa dances are prayers.
Topic:
The Tewas and Their Dances
Page 242 Main Idea:
Tewas respect animals.
Details:
Three people dance in buffalo customes.
People and animals once spoke the same language.

13. You are Great Readers!

14. Day 2
Dancing Rainbows

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

16. Native American Vocabulary
ancestors: people one’s family comes from.

17. elders: people who are older and often wise, respected leaders in a group.

18. Topic, Main Idea, Supporting Details
TE pg. 241
Working with a partner you will pick out the main idea and supporting details of a paragraph given to you.

19. Plurals with –es Plural nouns name more than one thing.
Plurals ending with ch, sh, x, and s are formed by –es.
Change each of these nouns to a plural using your white board.
wish bench guess
dress fox
bus class
Choral Read Dancing Rainbows

20. You are Great Readers!

21. Day 3
Dancing Rainbows

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

23. honor: to show special respect for

24. imitating: copying what someone does

25. What is the most important idea in the paragraph?
What is the topic? (What is the paragraph about?)
What are the details?
Now you are going to work with a partner to identify the topic, main idea, and details of a paragraph.

26. Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details
We will pick out the topic, main idea and supporting details together!
We read many things in school and at home. In class, we read stories and chapters in our science and social studies books. In the hallway, we read signs like Exit and Office and School News. After school, we read the name of our bus, and we watch for the Walk signal when we cross the street. At home, we read directions when we play a game and when we follow a recipe to make Mom’s special cookies.

27. Plural Noun Song To change a singular noun into a plural noun
(Sung to the Adams Family)
To change a singular noun into a plural noun
all you have to do-o
is add an “S”
To change a singular noun
that ends with an “s-s” (ch, sh, x)
is add “ES”
that ends with an “y”
is drop the y-
and add an “IES”

28. Practicing Plurals boxes of watches stitches on patches
TE pg. 259C
Rewrite these phrases. Underline the plurals, circling the added ending.
boxes of watches stitches on patches
speeches by bosses batches of axes
messes at circuses bunches of lunches

31. You are Great Readers!

32. Day 4
Dancing Rainbows

33. respect: admiration or consideration

39. You are Great Readers!

40. Day 5
Dancing Rainbows

44. Day 6
Dancing Rainbows