Third Grade Reading Street

Unit 3.1 How Do You Raise a Raisin? Genre: Expository text
Vocabulary Words:
  1. area – a space used for a special purpose
  2. artificial – made by human, not by nature
  3. grapevine – a woody vine on which grapes grow
  4. preservative – a substance used to keep foods from spoiling
  5. proof – anything that can be used to show that something is true or real
  6. raise – to lift
  7. raisin – a dried grape
/ Spelling Words:
1. let’s
2. he’d
3. you’ll
4. can’t
5. I’d
6. you’d
7. haven’t
8. hasn’t
9. she’d
10. they’ll
11. when’s
12. we’d
13. they’d
14. wasn’t
15. didn’t
16. should’ve
17. would’ve
18. could’ve
19. needn’t
20. you’ve
More Words to Know:
  1. wildlife – undomesticated, untamed, wild animals and plants
  2. teem – to be full of things or swarming with
  3. elevation – the height of something above ground; raised area; height
  4. nature – the physical world and everything in it
  5. admire – to feel respect or approval for; look at with enjoyment
  6. jumble – to mix into a confused or disordered mass; scramble; mess (up)
  7. tame – change from a wild state; to domesticate; make manageable
  8. stumble – to walk or speak in an unsteady manner or awkward way;
  9. trek – journey; to walk usually for a long distance
  10. backpack – a load carried on the back; to hike or travel with a backpack

Phonics:
Contractions,
Consonant Digraphs
Spelling:
Contractions / Strategies: Draw conclusions; important ideas
Science Content: Plant Life Cycles, Soil, Ecosystems / Grammar;
Action and Linking Verbs; homophones
Writing Trait of the Week:
Voice

Third Grade Reading Street

Unit 3.1 Pushing Up the Sky Genre: Play/Drama
Vocabulary Words:
  1. antlers – bony, branching growths on the head of a male deer, elk, or moose
  2. imagined – made a picture or idea of something in your mind
  3. languages –human speech, spoken or written
  4. narrator- the person who tells a story
  5. overhead – over the head; on high; above
  6. poked – pushed with force against someone or something
/ 1. unhappy
2. recall
3. disappear
4. unload
5. mistake
6. misspell
7. dislike
8. replace
9. mislead
10. disagree
11. rewrite
12. unroll
13. unknown
14. dishonest
15. react
16. unfortunate
17. discourage
18. uncomfortable
19. recycle
20. mispronounce
More Words to Know:
7, existence – the fact or the state of having being or of being real; the state of being alive
8. scarce – lacking in quantity or number; not plentiful; hard to get
9. elder – of greater age; older person in the community
10. abundant – existing or occurring in large amounts
11. shrivel – to become dry and wrinkled from heat, cold, or old age
12. scorch – to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture; parch
13. irritable – capable of being irritated; easily exasperated or excited
14. pierce – to make a hole in or through
15. torrent – a rushing stream of liquid; a sudden rush like a stream/liquid
16. fertile – producing vegetation, crops (even ideas) plentifully; capable of reproducing
Phonics:
Prefixes un-, re-, mis-, dis-
Contractions
Spelling:
Prefixes un-, re-, mis-, di- / Strategies: Literary Elements; Character; Setting and Plot
Social Studies Content:Ancient Civilization, Native Americans, Regions / Grammar;
Main and Helping Verbs
Writing Trait of the Week:
Conventions/Sentences

Third Grade Reading Street

Unit 3.3 Seeing Stars Genre: Expository Text
Vocabulary Words:
  1. dim – somewhat dark, without much light
  2. gas – a substance that is neither a liquid nor solid and that has the ability to expand indefinitely
  3. gigantic – very large, tall, or bulky
  4. ladle – a large spoon with a long handle
  5. patterns – arrangements or designs
  6. shine – to give off light
  7. temperature – the degree of heat or coldness
/ Spelling Words:
1. clock
2. large
3. page
4. mark
5. kitten
6. judge
7. crack
8. edge
9. pocket
10. brake
11. change
12. ridge
13. jacket
14. badge
15. orange
16. freckles
17. advantage
18. pledge
19. Kentucky
20. kingdom
More Words to Know:
  1. reflect – to bend or give back light, heat or a picture of something
  2. microscopic – able to be seen only through a microscope; very small
  3. dusk – the darker part of twilight, especially at night; partial darkness
  4. twilight – early evening when it’s just beginning to get dark
  5. active – producing action or movement; energetic
  6. intimate – very close or familiar
  7. detect – to discover
  8. sensitive – easily affected by
  9. species – a class of things of the same kind and with the same name; kind; sort
10. downwind – direction in which the wind is blowing
Phonics:
Spellings of /j/, /k/, /s/
Prefixes un-, re-, mis-, dis
Spelling:
Consonant Sounds /j/ and /k/ / Strategies: Graphic Sources; Text Structure
Science Content:
Environments, Space, Animal behavior, patterns / Grammar;
Subject-Verb Agreement
Writing Trait of the Week:
Conventions

Third Grade Reading Street

Unit 3.4 A Symphony of Whales Genre: Fiction
Vocabulary Words:
  1. anxiously – uneasily; with fear of what might happen
  2. bay – a part of a sea or lake partly surrounded by land
  3. blizzards – blinding snowstorms, with very strong, cold winds
  4. channel – a body of water joining two larger bodies of water
  5. chipped – to cut or break off a small thin piece of something
  6. melody – a pleasing or easily remembered series of musical notes; tune
  7. supplies – food and other necessary items
  8. surrounded – shut in on all sides; encircled; enclosed
  9. symphony – a long, complicated musical composition for an orchestra
/ Spelling Words:
1. beautiful
2. safely
3. kindness
4. finally
5. spotless
6. worthless
7. illness
8. helpful
9. daily
10. suddenly
11. wireless
12. quietly
13. fairness
14. cheerful
15. painful
16. anxiously
17. thoughtfully
18. cautiously
19. tardiness
20. breathless
More Words to Know:
  1. prohibit – to not allow
  2. conservation – protecting things in nature
  3. inhumane – not kind to living things
  4. biologist – scientist who studies living things
  5. illegally – done against the law
  6. salt marshes – low, wet land near salt water
  7. catastrophe – disaster
  8. overpopulation - where too many people or animals live in an area
  9. hover – to remain floating over a place; to move to and fro near a place
10. starvation – the state of being starved; the act of starving
Phonics:
Suffixes: -ly, -ful, -ness, -less
Spellings of /j/, /k/, /s/
Spelling:
Suffixes: -ly, -ful, -ness, -less / Strategies: Generalize,
Answer Questions, Context Clues
Science Content:
Environments, Living Things, Habitats / Grammar;
Present, Past, & Future Tenses
Writing Trait of the Week:
Sentences

Third Grade Reading Street

Unit 3.5 Around One Cactus Genre: Narrative Nonfiction
Vocabulary Words:
  1. incredible – hard to believe
  2. lofty - tall, or high off the ground
  3. noble – belonging to a high social class
  4. search – to look for something
  5. stinging – having a sharp pain
  6. survivors – those who continue to exist or live after others have died
  7. topic – a subject
  8. unseen – not seen
  9. waterless – without water
/ Spelling Words:
1. thumb
2. gnaw
3. written
4. know
5. climb
6. design
7. wrist
8. crumb
9. assign
10. wrench
11. knot
12. wrinkle
13. lamb
14. knob
15. knit
16. wrestler
17. bologna
18. cologne
19. honeycomb
20. knickknack
More Words to Know:
  1. appreciate – to think highly of or be thankful for something
  2. relationship – connection between things or people
  3. centipede – a flat, wormlike insect with many legs
  4. behold – to see or observe
  5. cedar – an evergreen tree with widely spreading brances
  6. border – a side, edge, or boundary of something
  7. origin – a rising, beginning, or coming from a source
  8. preserve – to keep or save from injury, loss, or ruin
  9. dew – moisture that collects on the surfaces of cool bodies at night
10. birch – tree with outer bark that peels easily, sheds leaves each fall
Phonics:
Silent Consonants
Suffixes: -ly, -ful, -ness, -less
Spelling:
Words with wr, kn, mb, gn / Strategies: Cause and Effect; Predict and Set Purpose
Science Content:Environments; Adaptations / Grammar;
Irregular Verbs
Writing Trait of the Week:
Word Choice