Schuster

Elementary
Main Story:
People on the
Move
Genre:
Informational
Text/Culture
and History

3rd Grade A Focus Calendar Week 18 Teachers: Mrs. Snchez and Mrs. Collins
Period: January 12-16,
2015.
CPQ: Explain some of the reasons
why people have moved from one
place to another.
What structure does the author
use to present this information?
What is the author purpose? Why
did the author include pictures?

Focus Skills:
Figure 19
Making
inferences

Vocabulary: Synonyms

Focus Poem: Concrete Poem

Tornado spin round and

round. Powerful and scary
if they touch the ground.
Dark skies in the
afternoon make
me want to
hide in my
room. Covers
over my head
as I hide

TEKS:
3.12 A - I will identify the topic and locate the authors purpose.
3.21 A Write persuasive essays for appropriate audience that establish a
position and use supporting details.
3.20 C Write responses to literary or expository texts that demonstrate an
understanding of the text.

Inventors
.

Thomas Edison
light bulb

Cyrus Hall
McCormick
reaper

Lewis Latimer
Graham Bell
drawings of telephone phone

reaper

Homophones
Words with same sounds but
with different spelling and
different meaning
flower - flour
break brake
sail sale
mane main
rose - rows
wrap rap

Types of Fiction:
Realistic Fiction
Historical Fiction
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Fables
Myths
Folktales
Fairytales
Anchor Chart

Multiple
meaning
mind
turn
part
set
play
matter
shows
train
honey
room
class
Sight Words:
this
these
that

in fear
and
dread

Clues from the text

=
INFERENCE

Back Ground
Louis Daguerre
George Eastman
Way to develop a picture.
first camera

those
myself
enough

Home Connection: Parents/Guardians, please review this document with your child every
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