Focus on Biography

Mrs. Campbell’s Third Grade

Week of March 16, 2009 (Due Friday)
1. Editor’s Hat:
Replace the underlined word(s) with a pronoun.
1. Debbie and Joseph wanted some fish.
2. The children got a tank for the fish.
3. Joseph put fresh water in the tank.
4. Debbie helped Joseph install a water pump.
5. Debbie said, “The tank is ready.”

2. Word Study Hat:

Remember: If there is a VCCV pattern in the
middle of a two-syllable word, the word is
divided between the two consonants.

This week’s list:

rabbit muffin mitten button

kitten hammer slipper butter
ladder ribbon tunnel tennis

• Write the plural of biography in the word box and illustrate

in the picture box:

Word Box
• Homonyms:. Illustrate each word in the boxes.

knight night

Divide and Draw:

Read the Word Divide the Word Draw the Word

button

kitten

muffin

ladder

tunnel
 3. Thinker’s Hat:
• If biography is the answer, what might be
the question? Write it in the box.
Remember to use proper punctuation.
biography

• Think! Circle the word that does not belong in each group.
Use the box to explain why it doesn’t.

screw
pulley
sliding board
inclined plane
wheel and axle

• Use the following words to create an analogy.

biography Dictionary is to _______________ as

dictionary
word biography is to _________________.
person

Crazy Compounds! Make a new compound word:

+ =
hand bag
 4. Vocabulary Expert’s Hat
Look at the table below and write
sentences about farming.
• Write a sentence with quotations marks
for #1.
• Write a question using word #2.
• Write a sentence with a pronoun using #3. Underline the
pronoun.
• Use #4 and write a sentence with commas in a series.

1. atlas 2. dictionary

3. biography 4. encyclopedia

Put the number of the word with the right meaning:

______ a work of non-fiction that tells about the life of a person
______ a book of maps
______ A set of volumes in alphabetical order that gives information
about many topics.
______ a book of words in alphabetical order that has the spellings and
meanings of the words.
5. Biography Hat
• Choose a person from the attached biography list
to research.
• Research your person and find three related
facts about his or her life. Write each fact on
an index card and place in a business size
envelope (attached).
• Write a topic sentence about your facts on the
front of the envelope and a concluding sentence
on the back of the envelope.
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