Unit 1 Milleville 3rd Grade Studyguide 1.1 Spelling Words: clap step sick rock luck crop snack mess head shut miss stamp jump click pond Challenge Words: bathtub anthill Phonics Skill: Short Vowels /a/ as in apple /e/ as in egg and head /i/ as in insect /o/ as in octopus /u/ as in umbrella and touch Reading Story: First Day Jitters Comprehension Skill: Character, Setting, Plot A story’s structure is made up of the characters, setting and plot. Characters are people in the story. The setting is where and when the story takes places. Plot events tell what characters do at the beginning, middle and end of the story. To understand the story you can tell the story’s events in order. RL3.3 Describe characters in a story and how their actions contribute to the sequence of events Vocabulary Words: nervous - worried fumbled – clumsy or awkward chuckled – laugh nonsense – silly trudge – walking slowly or dragging one’s feet Milleville 3rd Grade Studyguide 1.2 Spelling Words: date fine rose lake life home safe rice globe plane wise smoke grade smile come Challenge Words Phonics Skill: Final e a_e as in cane e_e as in Steve i_e as in bite o_e as in robe u_e as in cute Reading Story: Amazing Grace Comprehension Skill: Character Trait: It’s who a character is on the inside;-their personality. Character traits show through what a character says or does. Vocabulary Words: Auditions – tryouts Adventure – journey Exploring – search
sneeze escape Character Emotions: Fleeting feelings a character may be having, often due to an outside force. Character’s emotions show through what they say and do. Sparkling – shiny Fantastic- amazing Success – win Milleville 4th grade studyguide 1.3 Kid Reporters At Work Spelling beam tea chief squeak three week sleek heal tease theif deal please leak league reef deed feet breathe speech wheeze freedom appeal Phonics Long E ea as in sea ee as in tree e_e as in Steve ie as in brief e as in me ey as in monkey y as in funny Vocabulary Words Identify – you recognized it Enterprising – you are full of ideas and willing to try things. Persistence – keep trying even when you encounter problems. Venture – a project that involves some risk taking. Additional Selection Words Promote – move forward, improve, advance Priority – importance, urgency, necessity Devastation- causing great ruin, extremely destructive Commitment – sense of duty, dedication Common Core Reading Standard Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details, summarize the text. Milleville Studyguide Unit 1.3 Earth Smart Spelling Words: fail, bay, pail, ray, plain, tray, trail, Phonics Skill Vocabulary words
may, braid, sway, gray, plays, paint, snail, great. Challenge Words: lady, afraid ay as in play ai as in tail a_e as in face a as in table ea as in great eigh as in weigh Donate – give time or money to help other people Unaware – don’t know something is happening. Members- part of a group Contribute- work with a group to reach a common goal. Milleville Studyguide Unit 1.4 Wolf! Spelling Words: gold, bowl, soak, sold, snow, loaf, roast, coast, scold, coal, slow, grows, show, float, blow Challenge Words: window, program Phonics Skill: O as in no and cold Ow as in low O_e as in low Oa as in boat Oe as in toe Vocabulary Words: Passion – strong feeling Admire- respect or think well about a person Concentrate- think very carefully about what your doing. Splendid- good or excellent Bother- annoying or mainking someone unhappy. Ached- hur with a constant or dull pain Milleville 3rd grade Studyguide Unit 1.5 My Very Own Room Spelling Words: Mild, sky, pie, might, find, fight, tied, right, fry, tight, child, flight, bright, buy, dye Challenge Words: Wind, children Phonics Skill: Igh as in night Ie as in pie I as in child and mind I_e as in ride Y as in fly Vocabulary Words: Separate- keep apart Determination- decided to do something even though it may be difficult. Storage- place where things are kept. Exact- completely correct
Ruined- destroyed Luckiest- most luck of anyone. Unit 2 Milleville 3rd Grade Studyguide 2.1 Boom Town Spelling Words heel creek clean seal speaks cream weak team street week free freeze bean green field Review Words right pie child Challenge Words sixteen peanut Phonics Skill: Long E ea as in sea ee as in tree e_e as in Steve ie as in Brief e as in me ey as in monkey y as in funny Reading Vocabulary Words: Sidewalks – paths placed next to a road. Grumbled – complain in a low voice Traders – people who buy and sell things Blossomed - grown or developed Wailed – long sad cry Lonesome- alone, lonely 3rd grade Milleville studyguide 2.2 Home Grown Butterflies Spelling Words: wrap wrote know knit knight wring gnat sign gnaws wrists knock write knots wreck Review Week speaks field Challenge wristwatch knapsack Silent Letters kn as in know mb as in lamb rh as in rhyme gn as in gnat or sign bt as in debt mn as in disappear – can no longer see protect – keep from getting hurt or damaged harming- causing damage supply- amount available capture g
hymn wr as in write gh as in ghost l as in calf and hold it area with a wall or fence around it. 3rd Grade Milleville Studyguide 2.3 Go West! Spelling Words: thread scratch spray scrubs spread throw spree throne strong screams three scraped street screens strength Review sign wrote knight Challenge streamer scribble 3- letter Blends scr as in scrape str as in stream spr as in spring spl as in splash thr as in three Vocabulary culture – customs and beliefs – groups of people living together in one place immigrants- people who move from one country to live in another country established- something you started traditional – passed down from one generation to the next. 3rd Grade Milleville Studyguide 2.4 Here’s My Dollar Spelling Words chick hatch whales much cheese fish pitch stretch what teacher thick them truth pathway Phonics: th as in thumb, Vocabulary tour- short trip to a place of interest with
Review stream three scribble Challenge sandwich weather then ch, tch as in cheese, pitch dge as in edge sh as in shell wh as in whale ng as in sing ph as in phone a guide volunteers- people who do a job for free thrilled- very excited or happy slogan- easy to remember phrase used in deserve- have the right to it Castle On Viola Street 3rd Grade Milleville Studyguide 2.5 Castle on Viola Street Spelling Words he’d there’s we’re she’d you’re couldn’t that’s wasn’t I’ve what’s we’ll didn’t won’t isn’t they’re Review teacher fish pathway Phonics: contractions Is not = isn’t were not = weren’t has not = hasn’t I would = I’d will not = won’t I am – I’m Vocabulary project – a plan or activity appliances – machines in homes owners- people to whom something belongs construction- act of building something equipment – tools and materials needed to do a job
Challenge Words: orchard, artist Noticed- seen or observed Milleville 3rd Grade Studyguide 3.3 Message Mania Spelling Words: misfile, unwanted, recycle, undone, presale, misread, recall, precut, unload, misnumber, unfair, mistreat, unhappy, retold, preplan Review Words: hard, porch, carve Challenge Words: prejudge, uncertain Phonics: Prefixes re- as in rewrite re means again un- as in undone un means not pre- as in preview pre means before mis- as in misplace mis means wrong dis- as in disagree dis means not Vocabulary: Estimate – good guess Record – better than anyone has ever done before Focus- concentrate all your energy on someone or something Milleville 3rd Grade Studyguide 3.4 What Do Illustrators Do? Spelling Words: coy, soil, foil, toil, coins, point, noise, loyal, boiled, spoiled, enjoys, voice, choice, soybean, joyful, Review Words: unhappy, retold, mistold Challenge Words: noisy, checkpoint Phonics: Diphthong /oi/ oi as in coin oy as in boy Vocabulary: Instance- example of something Illustrate- draw Style – particular way of doing something Texture – how it looks or feels Sketches- rough drawings Suggestions- offer ideas or plans Milleville 3rd Grade Studyguide 3.5 The Jones Family Express Spelling Words: loop, rude, look, clue, spoon, tube, shook, blue, cubes, goose, mules, gloom, true, shoe, stew Phonics: Variant Vowels oo as in book ou as in could Vocabulary: Annual – happens once a year Potential – capable of becoming something
Review Words: enjoy, soil, noise Challenge Words: classroom, childhood oo as in soon ew as in grew u_e as in rude ue as in clue u as in July ui as in ruit ou as in through Expensive- costs a lot of money Politely – good manners Wrapping – cover something Innocent – does no harm, not guilty Unit 4 3rd Grade 4.2 Nacho and Lolita Spelling Words: years, twins, trays, states, ashes, foxes, inches, flies, cities, ponies, bunches, alleys, lunches, cherries, daisies Challenge Words: heroes, libraries Phonics Skill: Decode multisyllabic plural words Examples: chickens, properties, communities, ponies, princesses, monkeys Reading Vocabulary: affection- a feeling of love or attachment for someone or something pleaded-begging for something exhausted-very, very tired guarantee-to promise something will happen preparations-getting things ready for a specific event brilliance-it is sparkly and shiny 3rd Grade 4.3 A Growing Interest
unfortunately-unluckily 3rd Grade 4.5 Out of This World! Spelling Words: cell, gems, age, place, gyms, city, cents, price, space, nice, giant, changes, pages, gentle, message Challenge Words: giraffe, celebrate Phonics Skill: Soft c and (when the letter c or g is followed by the letters e, I, or y, the sounds change. C /s/, and g /j/ Examples: center circle gem ginger cycle gym Reading Vocabulary: communicate-using words, gestures, or pictures to express yourself to others responsible-if you are responsible for something, you are in charge of making sure it gets done specialist-a person who has trained or studied to become an expert at a particular subject research-investigate and study materials to learn new things essential-necessary decisions-choices you are making
Challenge Words: splendid, complete den as in dental ex as in exit unpredictable-you cannot tell if or when something will happen 5.4 Wilbur’s Boast Spelling Words: names, named, naming, hopes, hoped, hoping, dances, danced, dancing, drops, dropped, dropping, wraps, wrapped, wrapping Challenge Words: driving, traded Phonics Skill: inflectional endings (-s, -es, -ing, -ed) Ex: looks saving breathed Vocabulary: conversation-friendly talk interrupted-something is to have stepped in and stopped it boasting-speaking with too much pride about yourself scrambled-have climbed or moved quickly seized-taken hold of something suddenly rebuild-something is to build it again 5.5 Unique Animals of the Southwest Spelling Words: pilot, diner, tiger, favor, lemon, planet, model, shady, robot, tiny, label, cozy, silent, spider, frozen Challenge: melon, stomach Phonics Skill: Open syllables (when a syllable ends in a vowel) Ex: baby à ba by moment à mo ment native à na tive focus à fo cus Vocabulary: related-belonging to the same family female-a species that has specific characteristics that are different from the male species identical-two things are exactly the same sight-the ability to see odor-something smells strongly venom-a poisonous liquid Unit 6 3rd Grade Studyguide Unit 6.1 Stone Soup Spelling Words: untied, repay, disagree, preheat, unafraid, return, preschool, dislike, Phonics: Prefixes Re- as in reprint Re- means again Reading Vocabulary: Guests – visitor
disappear, resell, precook, prepay, unbeaten, reprint, unwrap Review Words: tiger, planet, spider, Challenge Words: unlucky, recover Un- as in unhappy Pre- as in prepare De- as in defrost Dis- as in disappear Un- means not Pre – means before De- means opposite Dis- means apart Banquet – large meal Agreeable- pleasant, nice Curiosity – interesting because it is strange or unusual. Untrusting- don’t trust or believe Gaze – long steady look 3rd Grade Studyguide Unit 6.2 The Strongest One Spelling Words: able, purple, riddle, handle, towel, eagle, puzzle, castle, little, nickel, camel, pickle, travel, tunnel, squirrel Review Words: dislike, return, unwrap Challenge Words: motel, couple Phonics: Final Stable Syllables -le as in stable -ion as in action -ble as in grumble -el as in nickel -al as in global Reading Vocabulary: Decorated – made prettier Symbol – picture or shape that stands for something else. Darkened- made darker Gnaws – bother, chew Securing – fastening firmly Weakest – least strong 3rd Grade Studyguide Unit 6.3 Tales of Trickster Spelling Words: about, allowing, appear, wayward, coffee, complain, enjoyed, explaining, poison, remain, repeat, unreal, unclear, reading, detail Review Words: able, puzzle, pickle Challenge Words: fourteen, holiday Phonics: Vowel teams main – remain outh – southwest lead – mislead low – below ight – delight heav – heavy oon – cartoon Reading Vocabulary: Insightful – think about things in a new way. Technique – way of doing something Majority – more than half Investigate – look into something to find more information. Cunning – smart and good at fooling others
oi – toiling oy - joyful 3rd Grade Studyguide Unit 6.4 Cook-a-doodle-doo! Spelling Words: sister, sailor, dollar, toaster, winter, doctor, layer, dancer, mayor, writer, silver, cellar, trailer, December, author Review Words: about, explaining, repeat Challenge Words: circular, editor Phonics: R controlled vowel syllables cir as in circus mer as in mermaid mar as in market bur as in burden ar as in armor ber as in timber tor as in tractor ter as in water lor as in tailor lar as in molar Reading Vocabulary: tradition – relief or custom that is handed down from generation to generation. magnificent – wonderful ingredient – one of the parts of a mixture. recipes – list of ingredients and directions for making food. tasty – good flavor 3rd Grade Studyguide Unit 6.5 One Riddle, One Answer Spelling Words: careful, cheerful, helpful, colorful, harmful, peaceful, pitiful, painless, priceless, helpless, sleepless, rainless, helplessly, carefully, peacefully Review Words: doctor, dollar, December Challenge Words: wonderful, cloudless Phonics: Suffixes -ful means full of -less means without -ly means characteristic of -able means able to Reading Vocabulary: Depart – leave, go away Suitable – just right Increase – gets bigger and bigger Observed – look at carefully Advised - told what you should do. Discouraged – lose hope