Mrs. Bonachea's 3rd Grade ELA Class

REMINDERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Please refer to our black homeroom communication folder for all important information that is sent home.

• Please refer to our red homework folder for any handouts that are sent home to be completed aside from their workbook pages.

• Homework is subject to change. Please refer to the student agenda for confirmed HW.

Week 27 (March 2-6) & Week 27 (March 9-13)

Upcoming Assessments:

• Portfolio #6 - Thursday, 3/5

Essential Question: How can weather affect living things?

• Sources

  1. Nora's Ark - historical fiction

  2. The Big Blizzard - historical fiction

  3. The Wind and the Sun - fable

• Literary elements - predictions

• Comprehension skill - theme

• Vocabulary strategy - idioms

• Grammar - daily grammar

Home Learning

Week 27 (March 2-6):

• Monday 3/2 - YT pages 263-265 (no part B)

• Tuesday 3/3 - YT page 266

• Wednesday 3/4 - YT page 267

• Thursday 3/5 - YT page 268

• Friday 3/6 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Week 28 (March 9-13): TBA

• Monday 3/9 -

• Tuesday 3/10 -

• Wednesday 3/11 -

• Thursday 3/12 -

• Friday 3/13 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Spelling Words:

able, purple, riddle, handle, eagle, puzzle, castle, little, pickle, towel, nickel, camel, travel, tunnel, squirrel

Vocabulary Words:

1. argue - to express a difference of opinion or to disagree

2. astonished - surprised or amazed

3. complained - made an accusation or a charge

4. conditions - the state or circumstances something is in

5. forbidding - prohibiting or ordering someone to not do something

6. forecast - a statement that tells what will or may happen

7. relief - the freeing from discomfort or pain

8. stranded - left in a helpless position

Week 25 (February 17-21) & Week 26 (February 24-28)

Upcoming Assessments:

1. Portfolio #4 - Thursday 2/20

2. Unit 4 Week 5 Spelling Quiz - Thursday 2/27

3. Unit 4 Week 5 Vocabulary Quiz - Friday 2/28

4. Unit 4 Week 5 Reading Comprehension Test - Friday 2/28

Essential Question: How do animals adapt to challenges in their habitats?

• Sources

  1. Amazing Wildlife of the Mojave - expository text

  2. Gray Wolf! Red Fox! - folktale

• Literary elements - reread

• Comprehension skill - compare and contrast

• Vocabulary strategy - sentence clues

• Writing - organization

• Grammar - Daily Grammar (spiral review)

Home Learning

Week 25 (February 17-21):

• Monday 2/17 - No school

• Tuesday 2/18 - YT page 173-175 no part B

• Wednesday 2/19 - YT page 176

• Thursday 2/20 - Phonics/ Spelling reproducible pg. 105

• Friday 2/21 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night) & Grammar reproducible pg.104 and 106

Week 26 (February 24-28): TBA

• Monday 2/24 - Compare and Contrast practice

• Tuesday 2/25 - YT page 177

• Wednesday 2/26 - Spelling practice page 105 & study spelling words for quiz tomorrow

• Thursday 2/27 - YT page 171 and study vocabulary words for quiz tomorrow

• Friday 2/28 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Spelling Words:

1) taught 2) hauls 3) caused 4) paused 5) squawk 6) drawing 7) crawl 8) flawless 9) lawn 10) salt 11) talked 12) halls 13) water 14) bought 15) thoughtless

Vocabulary Words:

1. shelter - something that covers or protects

2. alert - to give warning

3. competition - situation where people or animals are trying to be more successful than others

4. environment - natural features of a place

5. excellent - very good

6. prefer - like better

7. protection - when something is kept safe

8. related - belong to the family

Week 23 (February 3-7) & Week 24 (February 10-14)

Upcoming Assessments:

1. Unit 4 Week 5 Spelling Quiz - Wednesday, 2/12

2. Portfolio #3 - Thursday, 2/13

3. Unit 4 Week 5 Vocabulary Quiz - Friday, 2/14

4. Unit 4 Week 5 Reading Comprehension Test - Friday, 2/14

Essential Question: How can others inspire us?

• Sources

  1. The Winngiest Woman of the Iditarod Dog Sled Race - narrative/free verse

  2. Narcissa - poetry

• Literary elements - repetition and rhyme

• Comprehension skill - theme

• Vocabulary strategy - figurative language

• Writing - word choice

• Grammar - Daily Grammar (spiral review)

Home Learning

Week 23 (February 3-7):

• Monday 2/3 - YT pages 193-194

• Tuesday 2/4 - No HW (Portfolio #2 tomorrow)

• Wednesday 2/5 - No HW

• Thursday 2/6 - YT p. 195

• Friday 2/7 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Week 24 (February 10-14):

• Monday 2/10 - No HW

• Tuesday 2/11 - YT page 198 and study for spelling quiz tomorrow

• Wednesday 2/12 - i-Ready toolbox

• Thursday 2/13 - YT page 191 and study vocabulary words for quiz tomorrow

• Friday 2/14 - iReady toolbox

Spelling Words:

1) pounce 2) price 3) wage 4) changes 5) placed 6) space 7) age 8) message 9) dice 10) mice 11) gyms 12) pages 13) cents 14) office 15) giant

Vocabulary Words:

1. adventurous - willing to risk danger for excitement

2. courageous - brave

3. extremely - very

4. weird - strange or mysterious

5. free verse - poem that does not rhyme or follow a rhythmic pattern

6. narrative - a poem that tells a story

7. repetition - using the same word several times in a poem

8. rhyme - words that end with the same sound

Week 21 (January 20-24) & Week 22 (January 27-31)

Upcoming Assessments:

1. Unit 3 Week 4 Spelling Quiz - Thursday 1/30

2. Unit 3 Week 4 Vocabulary Quiz - Friday 1/31

3. Unit 3 Week 4 Reading Comprehension Test - Friday 1/31

Essential Question: What ideas can we get from nature?

• Sources

  1. Big Ideas from Nature - expository text

  2. Perdix Invents the Saw - myth

  3. Bats Did it First- expository text

• Comprehension strategy - summarize

• Comprehension skill - main idea key details

• Vocabulary strategy - root words

• Writing - organization

• Grammar - future tense verbs

Home Learning

Week 21 (January 20-24):

• Monday 1/20 - No school

• Tuesday 1/21 - YT pages 133-135 (no part B)

• Wednesday 1/22 - YT page 136

• Thursday 1/23 - YT page 137

• Friday 1/24 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Week 22 (January 27-31):

• Monday 1/27 - YT page 136

• Tuesday 1/28 - YT page 138

• Wednesday 1/29 - Spelling practice page & study spelling words for quiz tomorrow

• Thursday 1/30 - YT page 131 and study vocabulary words for quiz tomorrow

• Friday 1/31 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Spelling Words:

1) misprint 2) misspell 3) preview 4) preheat 5) dishonest 6) misread 7) mistreat 8) prepaid 9) distrust 10) discover 11) mistrust 12) precut 13) preplan 14) discount 15) disable

Vocabulary Words:

1. imitate - try to act like something else

2. effective - works well

3. example - a thing used to show what other similar things are like

4. identical - exactly the same

5. material - the stuff used to make something

6. model - a small copy of something

7. observed - looked at closely

8. similar - alike but not exactly the same

Week 21 (January 6 - 10) & Week 22 (January 13 - January 17)

Upcoming Assessments:

1. Unit 6 Week 1 Spelling Quiz - Thursday, 1/16

2. Unit 6 Week 1 Vocabulary Quiz - Friday, 1/17

3. Unit 6 Week 1 Reading Comprehension Test - Friday, 1/17

Essential Question: How do you decide what's important?

• Sources

  1. King Midas and the Golden Touch - drama/myth

  2. Carlos's Gift - realistic fiction

  3. Athena and Arachne - myth/drama

• Comprehension strategy - make, confirm, and revise predictions

• Comprehension skill - theme

• Vocabulary strategy - root words

• Writing - sentence fluency

• Grammar - adjectives and articles ( a, an, the)

Home Learning

Week 21 (January 6 - 10):

• Monday 1/6 - YT page 253-255 (no part B)

• Tuesday 1/7 - Grammar page 38

• Wednesday 1/8 - YT page 256

• Thursday 1/19 - Grammar page 39

• Friday 1/10 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night) & Grammar page 39

Week 22 (January 13 - February 17):

• Monday 1/13 - TBA

• Tuesday 1/14 - TBA

• Wednesday 1/15 - Study spelling words for quiz tomorrow

• Thursday 1/16 - Study vocabulary words for quiz tomorrow

• Friday 1/17 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Spelling Words:

1) disagreed 2) prepaid 3) previous 4) resell 5) unlucky 6) dislike 7) preschool 8) rebuild 9) reprint 10) untied 11) disappear 12) precook 13) return 14) unwrap 15) unbeaten

Vocabulary Words:

1. wealth - a great amount of money or valuable things

2. alarmed - afraid or frightened

3. anguish - afraid or frightened

4. necessary - required or needs to be done

5. obsessed - to think about one thing all the time and nothing else

6. possess - to have or own something

7. reward - something given or received in return for something done

8. treasure - money, jewels, or other things that are valuable

Week 16 (December 2 - 6) & Week 17 (December 9 - 13)

Upcoming Assessments:

1. Unit 3 Week 2 Spelling Quiz - Thursday, 12/12

2. Unit 3 Week 2 Vocabulary Quiz - Friday, 12/13

3. Unit 3 Week 2 Reading Comprehension Test - Friday, 12/13

Essential Question: How can one person change the way you think?

• Sources

  1. Finding Lincoln - historical fiction

  2. The Great American Teacher - biography

  3. Jane's Discovery - historial fiction

• Comprehension strategy - visualize

• Comprehension skill - cause and effect

• Vocabulary strategy - figurative language (idioms)

• Writing - word choice (linking words)

• Grammar - present tense words

Home Learning

Week 16 (December 2-6):

• Monday 12/2 - No HW

• Tuesday 12/3 - YT page 113-115 (no part B)

• Wednesday 12/4 - YT page 116

• Thursday 12/5 - YT page 117

• Friday 12/6 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Week 20 (December 9-13):

• Monday 12/9 - YT page 111

• Tuesday 12/10 - No HW

• Wednesday 12/11 - Study spelling words for quiz tomorrow; spelling practice page

• Thursday 12/12 - U3W2 Vocabulary review on Google Classroom; study vocabulary words for quiz tomorrow

• Friday 12/13 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Spelling Words:

1) sharp 2) yard 3) artist 4) carve 5) porch 6) storm 7) sport 8) story 9) chore 10) shore 11) sore 12) hoard 13) oars 14) pour 15) your

Vocabulary Words:

1. bravery - courage when facing danger

2. amazement - a feeling of great surprise

3. disappear - to stop being visible

4. donated - giving someone help

5. leader - a person who guides or leads others

6. nervous - upset or worried about something

7. refused - would not do something

8. temporary - lasts only for a short time

Week 14 (November 18-22) & Week 15 (November 25-29)

Upcoming Assessments:

1. Unit 4 Week 2 Spelling Quiz - Friday, 11/22

2. Unit 4 Week 2 Vocabulary Quiz - Monday, 11/25

3. Unit 4 Week 2 Reading Comprehension Test - Monday, 11/25

Essential Question: How can you use what you know to help others?

• Sources

  1. The Talented Clementine - realistic fiction

  2. Clementine and the Family Meeting - realistic fiction

  3. The Impossible Pet Show - realistic fiction

• Comprehension strategy - ask and answer questions

• Comprehension skill - point of view

• Vocabulary strategy - prefixes

• Writing - ideas

• Grammar - contractions and using apostrophes

Home Learning

Week 15:

• Monday 11/18 - YT page 163-165 (no part B)

• Tuesday 11/19 - Grammar Page 81

• Wednesday 11/20 - YT pages 167

• Thursday 11/21 - YT page 168

• Friday 11/22 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night) & YT page 161

Week 16:

• Monday 1125 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

• Tuesday 11/26 - No HW

• Wednesday 11/27 - No School

• Thursday 11/28 - No School

• Friday 11/29 - No school

Week 12 (November 4-8) & Week 13 (November 11-15)

Upcoming Assessments:

1. U3W3 Spelling quiz on Thursday, 11/14

2. VU3W3 Vocabulary quiz on Friday, 11/15

3. U3W3 Reading comprehension test on Friday, 11/15

Essential Question: What do we know about Earth and its neighbors?

• Sources

  1. Earth - expository text

  2. Coyote and the Jar of Stars - legend

  3. Earth and Its Neighbors - expository text

• Comprehension strategy - summarize

• Comprehension skill - main idea and key details

• Vocabulary strategy - suffixes

• Writing - organization

• Grammar - singular and plural possessives

Home Learning

Week 12:

• Monday 11/4 - Teacher Planning Day - No HW

• Tuesday 11/5 - YT pages 123-125 (no part B)

• Wednesday 11/6 - YT page 126

• Thursday 11/7 - YT page 127

• Friday 11/8 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Week 13: TBA

• Monday 11/11 - Veterans Day (No School)

• Tuesday 11/12 - Spelling handout page 75 & read novel chapters 1 & 2

• Wednesday 11/13 - YT page 128 and study spelling words for quiz tomorrow

• Thursday 11/14 - YT page 121 and review vocabulary words for quiz on Friday

• Friday 11/15 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Spelling Words:

1) careful 2) stared 3) shared 4) pair 5) stairs 6) wear 7) bear 8) where 9) there 10) dear 11) rear 12) gear 13) here 14) career 15) peer 16) shore 17) carve 18) storm 19) square 20) clearly

Vocabulary Words:

1. surface - the outside of something

2. amount - how much of something there is

3. globe - the world

4. solar system - the sun and the planets that move around it

5. support - provide what is needed for something

6. temperature - how hot or cold something is

7. warmth - heat

Week 10 (October 22-26) & Week 11 (October 29 - November 2)

Upcoming Assessments:

1. Spelling quiz on Wednesday, 10/30

2. Vocabulary quiz on Friday, 11/1

3. Reading comprehension test on Friday, 11/1

4. Extended response test on Friday, 11/1

Essential Question: How do people make government work?

• Stories

  1. Vote - Expository Text

  2. A Plan for the People - Expository Text

  3. Every Vote Counts - Expository Text

• Comprehension strategy - reread

• Comprehension skill - author's point of view

• Vocabulary strategy - prefixes

• Grammar - singular and plural possessives/irregular plural nouns

Home Learning

Week 10:

• Monday 10/21 - No HW

• Tuesday 10/22 - YT pages 73-75 (no part B)

• Wednesday 10/23 - No HW

• Thursday 10/24 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

• Friday 10/25 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Week 11:

• Monday 10/28 - YT page 76

• Tuesday 10/29 - YT page 78 and review spelling words for quiz tomorrow

• Wednesday 10/30 - YT page 77

• Thursday 10/31 - YT page 71 and review vocabulary words for quiz tomorrow

• Friday 11/1 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Spelling Words

1) wrap 2) wrists 3) wrote 4) wreck 5) wring 6) write 7) wreath 8) knit 9) knife 10) knight 11) knock 12) knee 13) gnome 14) sign 15) gnaws 16) heel 17) weak 18) field 19) wristwatch 20) knapsack

Vocabulary Words:

1. announced - told people about something

2. candidates - people seeking an office or honor

3. convince - to cause someone to believe or do something

4. decisions - choices you make about something

5. elect - to choose by voting

6. estimate - to guess an amount

7. government - people who guide a city, state, or country

8. independent - able to do things for yourself

Week 8 (October 7-11) & Week 9 (October 14-18)

Upcoming Assessments:

1. Spelling quiz on Friday, 10/17

2. Vocabulary quiz on Friday, 10/18

3. Reading comprehension test on Friday, 10/18

4. Extended response test on Friday, 10/18

Essential Question: Why is working together a good way to solve a problem?

• Stories

  1. Road Runner's Dance - Folktale

  2. Deltona is Going Batty - Expository Text

  3. Anansi Learns a Lesson - Folktale

• Comprehension strategy - make, confirm, and revise predictions

• Comprehension skill - theme

• Vocabulary strategy - context clues: antonyms

• Writing - word choice

• Grammar - kinds of nouns (common plural and irregular plural nouns)

Home Learning

Week 8:

• Monday 10/7 - No HW

• Tuesday 10/8 - YT pages 53-55 (no part B)

• Wednesday 10/9 - No HW (teacher planning day - no school

• Thursday 10/10 - YT pages 52-54

• Friday 10/11 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Week 9:

• Monday 10/14 - YT page 56

• Tuesday 10/15 - YT page 51

• Wednesday 10/16 - YT page 58 & review spelling words for quiz tomorrow

• Thursday 10/17 - Review vocabulary words for quiz tomorrow

• Friday 10/18 - iReady (45 minutes done by Sunday night)

Spelling Words

1) sky 2) fry 3) pie 4) tied 5) tight 6) right 7) bright 8) grind 9) child 10) cube 11) cute 12) mule 13) music 14) drew 15) few 16) coast 17) scold 18) bone 19) mighty 20) Utah

Vocabulary Words

1. cooperation - people working together to do something

2. attempt - try to do something

3. awkward - clumsy and not graceful

4. created - made or built

5. furiously - in a way that shows you are very angry

6. interfere - get in the way of something happening

7. involved - took part in something

8. timid - shy and not brave

Week 6 (September 23-27) & Week 7 (September 30 - August 4)

*Reading, Spelling and Vocabulary test on Friday, 10/4*

Essential Question: How can problem solving lead to new ideas?

• Stories

  1. All Aboard! Elijah McCoy's Steam Engine - biography

  2. Lighting the World - biography

  3. Mary Anderson's Great Invention - biography

• Comprehension strategy - ask and answer questions in text

• Comprehension skill - text structure: cause and effect

• Vocabulary strategy - metaphors

• Writing - word choice

• Grammar - sentences: predicates

Home Learning

*Subject to change. Please check student's agenda daily.*

Week 6:

• Monday 9/23 - YT page 31

• Tuesday 9/24 - YT pages 32-34

• Wednesday 9/25 - YT pages 33-35 (no part B)

• Thursday 9/26 - YT page 36

• Friday 9/27 - 45 minutes iReady reading due by Monday morning

Week 7:

• Monday 9/30 - YT page 37

• Tuesday 10/1 - YT page 38

• Wednesday 10/2 - Study spelling and vocabulary words

• Thursday 10/3 - Study spelling and vocabulary words for assessments tomorrow

• Friday 10/4 - 45 minutes iReady reading due by Monday morning

Spelling Words

1) sway 2) fail 3) tray 4) plain 5) grain 6) paint 7) state 8) snail 9) gray 10) braid 11) stay 12) they 13) weigh 14) fake 15) same 16) fine 17) skate 18) globe 19) sleigh 20) afraid

Vocabulary Words

1. design - make a drawing or plan for something

2. encouraged - given hope to do something

3. examine - look vey carefully at something

4. investigation - people search carefully for something

5. quality - made of the finest materials

6. simple - easy to do

7. solution - a way to fix a problem

8. substitutes - something that takes the place of something else

Week 4 (September 9-13)

&

Week 5 (September 16-20)

*Reading Comprehension Test on Friday, September 20*

Essential Question: How do people from different cultures contribute to a community?

• Stories

  1. Room to Grow - Narrative Nonfiction

  2. Gary the Dreamer - Narrative Nonfiction (autobiography)

  3. Sharing Polkas and Pitas - Expository Text

• Comprehension strategy - as and answer questions in text

• Comprehension skill - text structure: sequence

• Vocabulary strategy - compound words

• Writing - organization

• Grammar - conventions and usage

Home Learning

Week 4:

• Monday 9/9 - No HW

• Tuesday 9/10 - YT page 21

• Wednesday 9/11 - YT pages 22-24

• Thursday 9/12 - YT page 26

• Friday 9/13 - i-Ready (45 minutes)

Week 5:

• Monday 9/16 - YT pages 23-25 (no part B)

• Tuesday 9/17 - YT page 27

• Wednesday 9/18 -YT page 28

• Thursday 9/19 - study spelling and vocabulary words for assessments tomorrow

• Friday 9/20 - i-Ready (45 minutes)

Spelling Words

1) date 2) lake 3) skate 4) plane 5) grade 6) fine 7) life 8) rice 9) wise 10) smile 11) rose 12) globe 13) smoke 14) come 15) used 16) step 17) rock 18) luck 19) sneeze 20) stripe

Vocabulary Words

1. scared - afraid of something

2. admires - likes

3. classmate - someone who is in your class at school

4. community - a place where people live, work, and play

5. contribute - give money or help

6. practicing - doing something again and again to get better

7. pronounce - say the sounds correctly

8. tumbled - fell

Week 2 (August 26 - August 30)

&

Week 3 (September 2-6)

Essential Question: What can stories teach you?

• Genre - Fantasy

• Stories

  1. "Bruno's New Home"

  2. "Wolf!"

  3. "Jennie and the Wolf" / "A Bad Case of Stripes"

• Comprehension strategy - visualization

• Comprehension skill - character traits

• Vocabulary strategy - context clues (synonyms)

• Writing - open-ended questions (formatting and structure)

• Grammar - conventions and usage; figurative language

Home Learning

Week 2:

• Monday 8/26 - Your Turn Practice Book (YT) page 1 & Scholastic Grammar page 5 and 8

• Tuesday 8/27 - YT page 6

• Wednesday 8/28 - YT pages 3-5 (excluding part B)

• Thursday 8/29 - YT page 7

• Friday 8/30 - No HW

Week 3:

• Monday 9/2 - No school (Labor Day)

• Tuesday 9/3 - No school (Hurricane Dorian) study spelling and vocabulary words

• Wednesday 9/4 - study vocabulary words for quiz tomorrow

• Thursday 9/5 - Review spelling words and types of sentences for assessments tomorrow, Friday 9/6 (Please see the "Unit at a Glance" sheet in the red homework folder for spelling words and the "Instructional Resources" tab on this site for the types of sentences.)

• Friday 9/6 - Reading Comprehension Test on Monday, 9/16

Spelling Words

1) clap 2) camp 3) hand 4) stamp 5) snack 6) rack 7) grabs 8) glad 9) bill 10) miss 11) click 12) pink 13) stick 14) grin 15) lift 16) cat 17) bit 18) man 19) anthill 20) cramp

Vocabulary Words

1. ached - hurt or felt sore

2. concentrate - think very carefully about what you are doing

3. discover - something that was hidden or unknown is found

4. educated - has a great deal of knowledge

5. effort - work needed to finish a task

6. improved - became better at something

7. inspired - encouraged to do something good

8. satisfied - please with the way something happened

Week of August 19-23

Essential Question: How can having a growth mindset help you reach your goals in third grade?

• Genre - Fiction vs Nonfiction (Informational)

• Comprehension strategy - close reading

• Comprehension skill - vocabulary

• Vocabulary strategy - context clues

• Grammar - conventions and usage & types of sentences

Homework

Week 1:

• Monday, 8/19: Decorate Writing Journal, Reading Goal contract and Charlotte's Web Question Wheel (due Monday)

• Tuesday, 8/20: Decorate Writing Journal, Reading Goal contract and Charlotte's Web Question Wheel (due Monday)

• Wednesday, 8/21: Decorate Writing Journal, Reading Goal contract and Charlotte's Web Question Wheel (due Monday) & Your Turn practice book (orange book) pages 2-4

• Thursday, 8/22: Decorate Writing Journal, Reading Goal contract and Charlotte's Web Question Wheel (due Monday) & Scholastic pages 4 and 7

• Friday, 8/23: Decorate Writing Journal, Reading Goal contract and Charlotte's Web Question Wheel (due Monday)

Vocabulary Words: (will not be assessed)

dictionary

glossary

guide words

pronunciation guide

thesaurus

parts of speech

synonym

antonym

table of contents

fiction

nonfiction