Grade 3 Unit 5/Week 1: “Suki’s Kimono” What can happen when someone’s clothes are different?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. something 8. read 15. create
2. above 9. both 16. video
3. animal 10. house 17. stadium
4. heard 11. trio 18. duo
5. thing 12. audio 19. pioneer
6. however 13. medium 20. patio
7. hear 14. idea / 21. audience 24. Creole
22. radiate 25. recreation
23. cereal
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
cotton– Cotton is a cloth made from soft, white fibers that grow in branches on the cotton plant.
festival – A festival is a program of entertainment or a series of performances usually held annually often in one place. A fiesta, a carnival, or a celebration would be examples of a festival.
graceful – If a person is graceful, the person is beautiful in form or movement. A ballerina is very graceful.
handkerchief – A soft, usually square piece of cloth used for wiping your nose, face or hands is called a handkerchief.
paces – Paces are steps taken when walking or running.
pale – If something is pale, the color is not bright and is very dim.
rhythm – Rhythm is the natural strong beat that some music or poetry has.
snug – If something is snug, it fits your body closely.
Grade 3 Unit 5/Week 1: “Suki’s Kimono” What can happen when someone’s clothes are different?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. something 8. read 15. create
2. above 9. both 16. video
3. animal 10. house 17. stadium
4. heard 11. trio 18. duo
5. thing 12. audio 19. pioneer
6. however 13. medium 20. patio
7. hear 14. idea / 21. audience 24. Creole
22. radiate 25. recreation
23. cereal
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
cotton– Cotton is a cloth made from soft, white fibers that grow in branches on the cotton plant.
festival – A festival is a program of entertainment or a series of performances usually held annually often in one place. A fiesta, a carnival, or a celebration would be examples of a festival.
graceful – If a person is graceful, the person is beautiful in form or movement. A ballerina is very graceful.
handkerchief – A soft, usually square piece of cloth used for wiping your nose, face or hands is called a handkerchief.
paces – Paces are steps taken when walking or running.
pale – If something is pale, the color is not bright and is very dim.
rhythm – Rhythm is the natural strong beat that some music or poetry has.
snug – If something is snug, it fits your body closely.
Grade 3 Unit 5/Week 2: “How My Family Lives in America” How are communities and famili8es similar around the world?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. under 8. paper 15. stair
2. below 9. try 16. stare
3. show 10. far 17. flour
4. keep 11. week 18. flower
5. study 12. weak 19. write
6. across 13. our 20. right
7. whole 14. hour / 21. their 24. weather
22. there 25. whether
23. they’re
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
admire – If you admire someone or something, you look at it with wonder, pleasure, and approval.
custom – A custom is an old or popular way of doing things. It is a tradition or something that people always do in a particular way.
famous – If a person is famous, that person is very well known; noted. A movie star or the President of the United States is an example of someone who is famous.
mention –If you mention something, you tell, speak, or write about it in a brief manner or casual way.
overnight – Overnight means “during the night.”
popular – To be popular means to be liked by most people.
public – If something is public, it is “of or for everyone.” It belongs to the people.
twist – A twist is a braid formed by weaving together three or more strands of hair, ribbon, or yarn.
Grade 3 Unit 5/Week 2: “How My Family Lives in America” How are communities and famili8es similar around the world?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. under 8. paper 15. stair
2. below 9. try 16. stare
3. show 10. far 17. flour
4. keep 11. week 18. flower
5. study 12. weak 19. write
6. across 13. our 20. right
7. whole 14. hour / 21. their 24. weather
22. there 25. whether
23. they’re
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
admire – If you admire someone or something, you look at it with wonder, pleasure, and approval.
custom – A custom is an old or popular way of doing things. It is a tradition or something that people always do in a particular way.
famous – If a person is famous, that person is very well known; noted. A movie star or the President of the United States is an example of someone who is famous.
mention –If you mention something, you tell, speak, or write about it in a brief manner or casual way.
overnight – Overnight means “during the night.”
popular – To be popular means to be liked by most people.
public – If something is public, it is “of or for everyone.” It belongs to the people.
twist – A twist is a braid formed by weaving together three or more strands of hair, ribbon, or yarn.
Grade 3 Unit 5/Week 3: “Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong” What is gained and lost in a move from one culture to another?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. world 8. hard 15. false
2. form 9. answer 16. already
3. kind 10. without 17. because
4. food 11. drawn 18. almost
5. second 12. flaw 19. also
6. father 13. author 20. walnut
7. change 14. applause / 21. awesome 24. faucet
22. altogether 25. laundry
23. awning
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
airport – An airport is an area used regularly by aircraft to land and take off.
curious – Curious means “strange, odd, or unusual.” If you are curious about something, you are eager to know about it or get information about it.
delicious – If something is delicious, it is very pleasing or satisfying. Something delicious can be delightful especially in taste or smell.
described – If something is described, it is told in words how something looks, feels, or acts. To describe something is to record the most important things about a place, a thing, or an event.
farewell – Farewell means “parting or last.” It is an act of leaving or marking somebody’s departure.
homesick – If a person is homesick, they are very sad because they are away from home, and they want to be back home with their family and friends.
memories – Memories are persons, things, or events that you can remember.
raindrops – Raindrops are the water that falls in drops from the clouds.
Grade 3 Unit 5/Week 4: “Jalapeno Bagels” How can food from different cultures be mixed?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. saw 8. near 15. brought
2. head 9. better 16. cough
3. took 10. told 17. caught
4. page 11. daughter 18. stalk
5. light 12. taught 19. bought
6. soon 13. chalk 20. fought
7. picture 14. talk / 21. sidewalk 24. overwrought
22. distraught 25. beanstalk
23. afterthought
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
bakery – A bakery is a place where bread, pies, cakes and pastries are made and/or sold.
batch – A batch is a quantity f something made at the same time. You and your grandma may make a batch of cookies or brownies when you get together.
boils – If liquid boils, the liquid is caused to bubble and give off steam by heating it.
braided – If something is braided, it is woven or twined together.
dough – Dough is a soft, thick mixture of flour, liquid, and other things from which bread, biscuits, cake, and pie crusts are made.
ingredients – Ingredients are the parts of a mixture especially items of food or flavoring included in the recipe for preparing a dish.
knead – To knead is to press or mix together dough or clay into a soft mass.
mixture – A mixture is a “mixed condition.” In a mixture a combination of different ingredients are combined together.
Grade 3 Unit 5/Week 5: “Me and Uncle Romie” How are families changed by the kind of place they live?
Spelling Words / Challenge Spelling Words1. several 8. asked 15. childhood
2. best 9. mother 16. neighborhood
3. white 10. sentence 17. movement
4. being 11. crunchy 18. treatment
5. until 12. rainy 19. parenthood
6. great 13. selfish 20. pavement
7. every 14. foolish / 21. assignment 24. environment
22. livelihood 25. guilty
23. stylish
Vocabulary – Words to Understand
cardboard – Cardboard is a stiff material made out of layers of paper pulp that is pressed together. Cardboard is used to make cards, posters, boxes, etc.
feast – A feast is a big meal for a special occasion shared by a number of people.
fierce – To be fierce is to be wild and frightening.
flights –Flights are sets of stairs from one landing or one story of a building to the next.
pitcher – A pitcher is a baseball player who throws the ball to the catcher.
ruined – If something is ruined, it is completely destroyed or spoiled.
stoops – Stoops are porches or platforms at the entrance of a house. This girl is sitting on a stoop.
treasure – A treasure is any person or thing that is loved or valued a great deal.