3rd Grade Worksheets - Week 6 of 36

Grade 3 - Week 6
Subjects covered:
Composition:
Writing Lesson 3: Making Lists
Writing Lesson 4: Journal - My Favorite Day
Penmanship:
Manuscript Writing Lesson 20 - B Review
Manuscript Writing Lesson 21 - C Review
Manuscript Writing Lesson 22 - D Review
Manuscript Writing Lesson 23 - E Review
Grammar:
Grammar Lesson 25: Plural Possessive Nouns
Grammar Lesson 26: Nouns Review
Grammar Lesson 27: Verbs
Grammar Lesson 28: Beginning Diagramming I
Grammar Lesson 29: Is It a Sentence?
Science:
Science Unit 3: Vertebrates - Lesson 5: Reptiles
Science Unit 3: Vertebrates - Lesson 6: Birds
Science Unit 3: Vertebrates - Lesson 7: Mammals
Science Unit 3: Vertebrates - Lesson 8: Mammal Teeth
Math:
Math Lesson 24: Writing Numbers 11: Adding Commas + Math Lesson 24b: Mixed Operations
+ Math Lesson 24c: How Many?
Math Lesson 25: Writing Numbers 12: Thousands + Math Lesson 25b: Function Machine
+ Math Lesson 25c: Write the Time
Math Lesson 26: Writing Numbers 13: Ten Thousands + Math Lesson 26b: Borrowing
+ Math Lesson 26c: Count the Puppies
Math Lesson 27: Writing Numbers 14: Ten Thousands + Math Lesson 27b: Mixed Operations With Borrowing
+ Math Lesson 27c: Spending Your Money
Math Lesson 28: Writing Numbers 15: Standard Form + Math Lesson 28b: Patterns
+ Math Lesson 28c: What Time Is It?
Reading:
Reading Lesson 20: The Mirror of Matsuyama (a)
Reading Lesson 21: The Mirror of Matsuyama (b)
Reading Lesson 22: The Old Man and the Rice Cakes
Reading Lesson 23: Reality or Fantasy Test
Reading Lesson 24: Tree House
Social Studies Travel:
Social Studies Lesson 18: Map Key Travel Japan: Lesson 1 - Children Full of Life
Social Studies Lesson 19: Landforms Travel Japan: Lesson 2 - The Islands of Japan
Social Studies Lesson 20: Landforms Quiz Travel Japan: Lesson 3 - Japanese House
Travel Japan: Lesson 4 - Cherry Blossoms
Spelling:
(words beginning with /st/, /sw/, /tw/)
List 6 - Spelling Lesson 1
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Grammar Lesson 25 - Plural Possessive Nouns
Remember that a singular possessive noun has an /'s/ at the end.
But that's a singular noun. What if the noun is plural? Well it's
actually really easy. Just put an /'/ (with no s) at the end.
Example: singular: cat = cat's
plural: cats = cats'
Make each word possessive.
SINGULAR PLURAL
(1) dog ________________________
(2) baker ______________________
(3) officer _____________________
(4) frog _______________________
(5) girl ________________________
(6) player ______________________
(7) kid ________________________
(8) son ________________________
(9) waitress ____________________
(10) bear ______________________
(1) dogs ________________________
(2) bakers ______________________
(3) officers _____________________
(4) frogs _______________________
(5) girls ________________________
(6) players _____________________
(7) kids ________________________
(8) sons ________________________
(9) waitresses ___________________
(10) bears ______________________
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Grammar Lesson 26 - Nouns Review
Read each sentence. Mark whether the red noun is singular or plural. Then mark
whether it tells you of a person, place or thing. Then mark whether it is a regular
noun or a proper noun. And, last, tell if the noun is possessive or not.
(1) Yesterday it rained and the ground outside was very muddy.
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
(2) Noah played in the mud.
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
(3) Noah's clothes got very dirty.
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
(4) His mother washed his clothes in the washing machine.
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
(5) Now his clothes are nice and clean.
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
O singular
O plural
O person
O place
O thing
O noun
O proper noun
O possessive
There is a word in each sentence that tells you what the noun is doing. For
example, look at the sentence below. The noun is bird. The word flies is the verb.
Flies tells you what the bird is doing.
The bird flies.
Circle each noun in blue. Circle each verb in red.
(1) Children play. (5) Owls hoot. (9) The page tore.
(2) Mom bakes. (6) Writers write. (10) The gear turned.
(3) Students think. (7) The telephone rings. (11) Joeys hop.
(4) My nose runs. (8) Flowers blossom. (12) Horses neigh.
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Grammar Lesson 28 - Beginning Diagramming I
What is a sentence? Do you know? ----- Every sentence must have at least one
noun and at least one verb. /Birds fly/ is a sentence because bird is a noun and fly
is a verb.
Let me show you how this works. I'm going to teach you how to draw a picture of a
sentence. We call a picture of a sentence a diagram.
Here is a simple diagram:
We write the words from the sentence onto the diagram. We write the noun on
the left line and the verb on the right line, like this:
Now I want you to try. Diagram each of these sentences:
(1) Wolves howl.
(2) Bees buzz.
(3) Canaries warble.
(4) Dogs bark.
(5) Cats meow.
The birds fly fast.
Yes, it is a sentence. A sentence has (1) a capital letter in the beginning.
(2) a noun.
(3) a verb.
(4) some sort of punctuation at the end, like
a period /./ or a question mark /?/ or an
exclamation point /!/.
In the sentence "The birds fly fast," point to each of the four things that show it
is a sentence.
Tell if each of these is a sentence or not.
(1) The worm crawled. O It has a capital letter at the beginning.
O It has a noun.
O It has a verb.
O It has punctuation at the end.
O Yes! It is a sentence.
(2) The snail O It has a capital letter at the beginning.
O It has a noun.
O It has a verb.
(3) The spider ran under O It has a capital letter at the beginning.
O It has a noun.
O It has a verb.
(4) Termites eat wood. O It has a capital letter at the beginning.
O It has a noun.
O It has a verb.
(5) wiggled and wobbled. O It has a capital letter at the beginning.
O It has a noun.
O It has a verb.
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Manuscript Writing Lesson 20 - B Review
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Manuscript Writing Lesson 21 - C Review
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Manuscript Writing Lesson 22 - D Review
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Manuscript Writing Lesson 23 - E Review
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Writing Numbers 24 - Adding Commas
Commas are added to numbers by sticking them every three digits, starting at the
RIGHT and moving to the LEFT. Look at the example:
Add commas to the following numbers. Start at the right, count three numbers,
and add a comma:
348 011 907 710 348 222
909 338 292 6 556 201 300
8 610 934 557 892 332 999
90 525 000 11 432 978
800 000 000 8 000 001
Math Lesson 24b: Mixed Operations
10 + 3 - 7
In the problem above, there is a + sign and a - sign. How do you work a problem that is both +
and - ? The trick is to start at the LEFT and work to the RIGHT.
STEP 1: Add or subtract the first two numbers on the LEFT.
In this case you are adding 10 + 3.
STEP 2: Bring down the sign and the number that you didn't use, the sign and number on the
RIGHT.
In this case you are bringing down - 7.
STEP 3: Now you have a new problem. Add or subtract the new problem and write the answer
UNDER the new problem so that it looks like an upside-down triangle.
So, 10 + 3 - 7 = 6. That was pretty easy, wasn't it?
Add AND subtract. Remember to work from LEFT to RIGHT.
10 - 2 + 3 15 - 5 - 5
19 + 1 - 10 3 + 7 - 2
4 - 2 + 9 6 + 2 - 6
18 - 8 + 4 2 + 3 + 20
Math Lesson 24c: How Many?
(1) Every time Johnny went to see the doctor, he was such a good boy that the
nurse gave him two lollipops. Johnny went to the doctor three times this year.
How many lollipops did he get?
Discuss: How did you figure out the answer? ----- What is another way to figure
out the answer? -----
(2) Every day, when Megan gets home from school, her baby-sitter gives her three
graham crackers and a glass of milk. How many graham crackers did Megan eat
this week?
(3) Randy took care of his friend's rooster for five days. He noticed that every
morning when the sun rose, the rooster would crow; and every evening when the sun
went down, the rooster would crow again. How many times did Randy hear the
rooster crow?
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Writing Numbers 25 - Thousands
3,971 _________________________________________________________
2,087 _________________________________________________________
4,469 _________________________________________________________
6,108 _________________________________________________________
7,350 _________________________________________________________
9,116 _________________________________________________________
8,110 _________________________________________________________
7,111 __________________________________________________________
6,423 _________________________________________________________
8,001 _________________________________________________________
7,003 _________________________________________________________
3,386 _________________________________________________________
Math Lesson 25b: Function Machine
Math Lesson 25c: Write the Time
Remember that the small hand points to the hour. The long hand points to the
minutes. The minutes are those little tiny lines that go all the way around the
clock. You will have to count them to see what minute the long minute hand is
pointing to.
Write the time.
What hour is it on the clock? ________
What minute is pointed to? _________
Write the time like this: 3:05
You write the hour /3/ on the left. You write
the minutes /5/ on the right. There always has
to be two numbers in the minute section. So, if
you only have one number to write, you have to
put a 0 in front of it /05/. Separate the hour
and the minutes with a colon /:/
What is the hour? ________
What are the minutes? ________
Write the time.
_____ : _____ _____
Write the time.
_____ : _____ _____
Write the time.
_____ : _____ _____
Write the time.
_____ : _____ _____
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Writing Numbers 26 - Ten Thousands
Look at the number in red below. It has the number 75 in it. Remember that we
write numbers 21 to 99 with a dash. So, the number 75 is written like this:
seventy-five. When you write 75,000, then, you write it like this: seventy-five
thousand.
75,000
Write the following numbers:
89,000 ________________________________________________________
34,000 ________________________________________________________
77,000 ________________________________________________________
62,000 ________________________________________________________
10,000 ________________________________________________________
21,000 ________________________________________________________
33,000 ________________________________________________________
97,000 ________________________________________________________
66,000 ________________________________________________________
82,000 ________________________________________________________
53,000 ________________________________________________________
58,000 ________________________________________________________
Math Lesson 26b: Borrowing
STEP 1: Borrow 1 from your neighbor. Cross out the
neighbor number and write a number 1 less next to it.
STEP 2: Give the 1 you just borrowed to number on
the right.
STEP 3: Subtract.
Now you do it. Subtract. And remember to borrow from your neighbor.
2 4
- 7
3 5
- 8
9 2
- 3
4 1
- 6
5 7
- 8
6 3
- 9
7 2
- 9
2 6
- 7
3 3
- 5
4 4
- 2 5
6 5
- 3 6
5 5
- 1 7
Math Lesson 26c: Count the Puppies
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How many puppies are there in all? ______
How many puppies are black and white? ______
How many puppies are tan and white? ______
How many puppies are dark brown and white? ______
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Writing Numbers 27 - Ten Thousands
Write the numbers. Remember NOT to write the word "and". Also, remember
that a comma goes in between the number in the thousand's place and the
hundred's place.
38,901 ________________________________________________________
92,113 ________________________________________________________
43,892 ________________________________________________________
28,001 ________________________________________________________
20,000 ________________________________________________________
20,010 ________________________________________________________
33,999 ________________________________________________________
78,237 ________________________________________________________
26,300 ________________________________________________________
88,245 ________________________________________________________
31,703 ________________________________________________________
40,007 ________________________________________________________
Math Lesson 27b: Mixed Operations With Borrowing
Add AND subtract. (Don't forget to borrow.) Remember to work from LEFT to
RIGHT.
22 - 8 + 4 37 - 29 - 7
15 + 8 - 14 43 + 3 - 9
16 - 7 + 9 22 + 2 - 5
13 - 8 + 4 20 + 30 - 21
Math Lesson 27c: Spending Your Money
You are at the store and you want to buy some ice cream with your own money. So,
you take your money out of your pocket.
Count you money (in the picture above). How much money do you have?
$_____ . _____ ______
An ice cream costs 75 for one scoop. Do you have enough to buy that? _______
What coins would you give to the clerk to pay for that? ____________________
______________________________________________________________
How much money would you have after you bought your ice cream?
$_____ . _____ ______
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Writing Numbers 28 - Standard Form
When you write numbers the "regular" way, it is called standard form.
Write each number in standard form. Don't forget your commas!
twenty-two ____________________
eighty-nine ____________________
sixty-one ____________________
ninety-six ____________________
one hundred forty-three ____________________
two hundred ninety-five ____________________
nine hundred fifty-one ____________________
three hundred sixty ____________________
three hundred sixteen ____________________
one thousand, three hundred forty-four ____________________
eight thousand, five hundred thirty-two ____________________
two thousand, ninety-five ____________________
six thousand, four hundred nine ____________________
six hundred one ____________________
Math Lesson 27b: Patterns
Complete each pattern.
^ + ^ ______ ______
________ ________ ________ _______
++++ ________ ________ _______
________ _______
Circle the base of each of the patterns above. A base is the part of the pattern
that repeats over and over.
Bonus pattern:
C C 1________ ________ _______
Discuss: How did you know what came next in the bonus pattern? -----
Math Lesson 28c: What Time Is It?
_____ _____ : _____ _____ _____ : _____ _____
_____ : _____ _____ _____ : _____ _____
_____ : _____ _____ _____ : _____ _____
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Reading Lesson 20 - The Mirror of Matsuyama (a)
Read and discuss the story with your teacher:
A long, long time ago there lived in a quiet spot a young man and his wife. They had
one child, a little daughter, whom they both loved with all their hearts. I cannot
tell you their names, for they have long since been forgotten; but the name of the
place where they lived was Matsuyama, in the Province of Echigo.
It happened once, while the little girl was still a baby, that the father was obliged
to go to the great city, the capital of Japan, upon some business. It was too far for
the mother and her little baby to go, so he set out alone, after bidding them
goodbye and promising to bring them home some pretty present.
The mother had never been farther from home than the next village, and she could
not help being a little frightened at the thought of her husband taking such a long
journey; and yet she was a little proud too, for he was the first man in all that
country-side who had been to the big town where the king and his great lords lived,
and where there were so many beautiful and curious things to be seen.
At last the time came when she might expect her husband back, so she dressed
the baby in its best clothes, and herself put on a pretty blue dress which she knew
her husband liked.
You may fancy how glad this good wife was to see him come home safe and sound,
and how the little girl clapped her hands, and laughed with delight when she saw
the pretty toys her father had brought for her. He had much to tell of all the
wonderful things he had seen upon the journey, and in the town itself.
"I have brought you a very pretty thing," said he to his wife; "it is called a mirror.
Look and tell me what you see inside." He gave to her a plain white wooden box, in
which, when she had opened it, she found a round piece of metal. One side was
white, like frosted silver, and ornamented with raised figures of birds and flowers;
the other was bright as the clearest crystal. Into it the young mother looked with
delight and astonishment, for, from its depths was looking at her with parted lips
and bright eyes, a smiling happy face.
"What do you see?" again asked the husband, pleased at her astonishment and glad
to show that he had learned something while he had been away.
"I see a pretty woman looking at me, and she moves her lips as if she was speaking,
and - dear me, how odd, she has on a blue dress just like mine!"
"Why, you silly woman, it is your own face that you see!" said the husband, proud of
knowing something that his wife didn't know. "That round piece of metal is called a
mirror. In the town everybody has one, although we have not seen them in this
country-place before."
The wife was charmed with her present, and for a few days could not look into the
mirror often enough; for you must remember that as this was the first time she
had seen a mirror, so, of course, it was the first time she had ever seen the
reflection of her own pretty face. But she considered such a wonderful thing far
too precious for everyday use, and soon shut it up in its box again and put it away
carefully among her most valued treasures.
Years passed on, and the husband and wife still lived happily. The joy of their life
was their little daughter, who grew up the very image of her mother, and who was
so dutiful and affectionate that everybody loved her. Mindful of her own little
passing vanity on finding herself so lovely, the mother kept the mirror carefully
hidden away, fearing that the use of it might breed a spirit of pride in her little
girl.
She never spoke of it, and as for the father he had forgotten all about it. So it
happened that the daughter grew up as simple as the mother had been, and knew
nothing of her own good looks, or of the mirror which would have reflected them.
But by-and-by a terrible misfortune happened to this happy little family. The good,
kind mother fell sick; and, although her daughter waited upon her, day and night,
with loving care, she got worse and worse, until at last there was no doubt but that
she must die.
When she found that she must so soon leave her husband and child, the poor
woman felt very sorrowful, grieving for those she was going to leave behind, and
most of all for her little daughter.
She called the girl to her and said, "My darling child, you know that I am very sick;
soon I must die and leave your dear father and you alone. When I am gone, promise
me that you will look into this mirror every night and every morning; there you will
see me, and know that I am still watching over you." With these words she took the
mirror from its hiding-place and gave it to her daughter. The child promised, with
many tears, and so the mother, seeming now calm and resigned, died a short time
after.
Now this obedient and dutiful daughter never forgot her mother's last request,
but each morning and evening took the mirror from its hiding-place, and looked in it
long and earnestly. There she saw the bright and smiling vision of her lost mother.
Not pale and sickly as in her last days, but the beautiful young mother of long ago.
To her at night she told the story of the trials and difficulties of the day; to her
in the morning she looked for sympathy and encouragement in whatever might be in
store for her.
So day by day she lived as in her mother's sight, striving still to please her as she
had done in her lifetime, and careful always to avoid whatever might pain or grieve
her.
Her greatest joy was to be able to look in the mirror and say, "Mother, I have been
to-day what you would have me to be."
Seeing her look into the mirror every night and morning without fail, and seem to
hold converse with it, her father at length asked her the reason of her strange
behaviour. "Father," she said, "I look in the mirror every day to see my dear
mother and to talk with her." Then she told him of her mother's dying wish, and
how she had never failed to fulfill it. Touched by so much simplicity, and such
faithful, loving obedience, the father shed tears of pity and affection. Nor could
he find it in his heart to tell the child that the image she saw in the mirror was but
the reflection of her own sweet face, becoming by constant sympathy and
association more and more like her dead mother's day by day.
Story and picture taken from the book "Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales" by Grace James and may be found online at:
http://chestofbooks.com/fairy-tale/Japanese/XXX-The-Matsuyama-Mirror.html#.UkBmgj9epvA
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Reading Lesson 21 - The Mirror of Matsuyama (b)
Read the story "The Mirror of Matsuyama" again, then answer the questions.
(1) Is "The Mirror of Matsuyama" prose or a poem? _______________________
(2) Remember that a cause is a reason why something happens. An effect is what
happens.
In the story, what caused the girl to feel so sad?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
What effect did her sadness have on her?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Reading Lesson 22 - The Old Man and the Rice
A realistic story is a story about something that could actually happen in real life.
A fantasy is a story about something that could not happen in real life. For
example, in a fantasy, animals might talk or think like a human person.
Tell what kind of story each of the following stories are:
O realistic
O fantasy
O realistic
O fantasy
O realistic
O fantasy
O realistic
O fantasy
The Old Man and the Rice
One chilly morning, a man went into the forest to gather wood for a fire. His
thoughtful wife had packed some delicious rice cakes for his lunch.
After a long morning of wood chopping, the tired man sat down to enjoy the rice
cakes. Suddenly, two cakes rolled out of his lunch box and disappeared into a hole
in the ground. The man raced to get them, but he stopped suddenly when he heard
music coming from the hole.
Rolling, rolling rice cakes,
Very, very nice cakes!
"What a beautiful song," thought the man as he peered into the hole, leaning over
so far that he lost his balance and fell to the bottom. After landing, the man
looked up and saw hundreds of little mice.
"Thank you for the delicious rice cakes," said one mouse gratefully. "Now please
accept this," it said as it handed the man a small bag of rice.
While the mice rolled the man out of the hole, they sang:
Rolling, rolling rice man,
Very, very nice man!
When the proud man finally reached the top, he raced home. "That's a lovely little
bag of rice," his wife noticed, "but too small to do us much good." However, after
she poured the rice into a bowl, the bag was still full. To everyone's surprise, it
continued in this way again, and again, and again. Soon, the man and his wife had
enough rice to last the rest of their lives because of some thankful little mice.*
Read each story event. Put a by events that count NOT really happen.
_____ A man chops wood for a fire.
_____ A man peers into a hole.
_____ Hundreds of mice say thank you.
_____ The mice roll the man out of the hole.
_____ The man brings home a bag of rice.
_____ The small bag of rice lasts forever.
_____ Mice were singing a beautiful song.
_____ The wife pours the rice into a bowl.
_____ The mice give a gift to the man.
_____ A man sees many mice.
_____ Rice cakes fall out of a lunch box.
Is this story realistic or a fantasy? ___________________________________
* Story and activity taken in part from "Comprehension Plus" level C by Dr. Diane Lapp and Dr. James Flood, copyright
2001 by Modern Curriculum Press, pages 30, 31
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Reading Lesson 23 - Reality or Fantasy Test
Take the Fantasy or Reality Test at: http://www.henryanker.com/
Write your score: _______ Write your grade: _______
(1) Go to http://www.henryanker.com/.
(2) Scroll down to the yellow section.
(3) Click on Language Arts Skills.
(4) Scroll down to Fantasy or Reality Set 1.
(5) Take the test.
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Reading Lesson 24 - Tree House*
A tree house, a free house,
A secret you and me house,
A high up in the leafy branches
Cozy as can be house.
A street house, a neat house,
Be sure and wipe your feet house
Is not my kind of house at all ---
Let's go live in a tree house.
*Poem taken from "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein, copyright 2004 by Evil Eye, LLC., page 79
Picture taken from: http://www.picgifs.com/clip-art/flowers-and-plants/treehouse/clip-art-treehouse-714959.jpg
Answer the questions.
(1) Is this prose or a poem? ______________________________________________
(2) Who is the author? __________________________________________________
(3) Which house does the author like best? __________________________________
How do you know? ______________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
(4) What is a street house? ______________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
How do you know? ______________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
(5) How many verses are in this poem? ______________________________________
(6) How many stanzas are in this poem? _____________________________________
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Science Unit 3: Vertebrates
Lesson 5: Reptiles
Let's talk about another group of vertebrates -
reptiles*.
Turtles, lizards, snakes, alligators, and crocodiles
are all reptiles. Reptiles and amphibians may look
like the same kind of animal. If you saw a snake
and a frog, you might think they belonged to the
same group. But if you examined them more
closely, you would find they are different.
Amphibian skin is wet and a bit slimy. Reptile skin
isn't slimy at all. It is dry and scaly and it can
feel quite rough.
Have you ever seen a snake skin with no snake in
it? Scales are part of the outer layer of a
reptile's skin. It is made of dead cells (just like
our skin) and must be shed every now and then as
the reptile grows. Scales keep a reptile from
losing water. Reptiles cannot breathe through
their skin as amphibians do; reptiles use only
their lungs. Reptiles are like amphibians in that
they lay eggs, but reptile eggs are tough and
leathery. The tough shell allows reptiles to lay
their eggs on land. Thanks to tough, scaly skin
and waterproof eggshells, reptiles can live in
many different places - in woods and deserts as
well as near water. Amphibians can't do that;
they have to stay near water. But reptiles can
roam around on land without drying out.
Also, reptiles don't go through a metamorphosis
as frogs and toads do. Baby reptiles usually look
like small adults ready to go out in the world
alone.
*Lesson taken in part from k12.com, grade 3 science.
Reptiles and Amphibians - What's the difference?
Darken the bubble of the best answer.
(1) Skin:
Amphibians have O wet skin. O dry skin.
Reptiles have O wet skin. O dry skin.
Amphibian skin is O slimy. O scaly and rough.
Reptile skin is O slimy. O scaly and rough.
(2) Breathing:
Amphibians breathe O with lungs only. O through their skin and
with lungs.
Reptiles breathe O with lungs only. O through their skin and
with lungs.
(3) Where they live:
Amphibians O must live near water. O can live anywhere.
Reptiles O must live near water. O can live anywhere.
(4) Making babies:
Amphibians O lay their eggs in water. O lay their eggs on land.
Their babies go through Their babies look just
a metamorphosis. like small grown ups.
Reptiles O lay their eggs in water. O lay their eggs on land.
Their babies go through Their babies look just
a metamorphosis. like small grown ups.
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Lesson 6: Birds
Let's talk about another group of vertebrates - birds.
Like fish, amphibians and reptiles, birds lay eggs. Their eggs have hard shells.
Most (but not all) fish, amphibians and reptiles parents leave their eggs after they
lay them. Birds do not. Birds stay with their eggs. They sit or lay on them to keep
the baby growing inside the egg warm. After the baby chick hatches out of the
egg, the parents feed it until it is big enough to take care of itself.
Another difference between birds and fish, amphibians and reptiles is that birds
are warm blooded. The body temperature of fish, amphibians and reptiles changes
depending on the temperature around them. Birds' temperatures stay the same all
the time no matter what the weather is or where they live.
One of the things that help birds to stay warm is their feathers. There are soft,
fluffy underneath feathers called down. Here is a baby bald eagle covered in
downy feathers.
As the baby eagle grows up, he will grow special contour feathers that will lay on
top of his downy feathers. You can see those contour feathers in the picture on
the right. The contour feathers will lie smooth on its body. They will help to keep
the bird warm and will also help it to fly when it's old enough.
Of course, not all birds fly. Penguins don't fly. Neither do ostriches or emus and a
few other kinds of birds. But most birds do fly.
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Lesson 7: Mammals
Look at all these picture. What do all these pictures have in common? ----- One
thing that is the same about all these pictures is that everything shown here is a
vertebrate; they all have spines. Another thing they all have in common is that
everything pictured here is a mammal. Do you know what a mammal is? -----
Let's talk about the group of vertebrates
called mammals*.
When you think of an animal it is likely to be a
mammal. People are mammals. Cats and dogs
are mammals. So are farm animals such as
cattle, goats, hogs, and horses. Mammals also
include such fascinating animals as porcupines,
gorillas, giraffes, rhinoceroses and kangaroos.
Mammals are found to exist all over the world
in all different climates. Mammals such as
chimpanzees and elephants dwell in tropical
regions. Arctic foxes, polar bears and many
other mammals make their home near the
North Pole. Camels and coyotes live in
deserts. Some mammals even live in the sea
such as dolphins, seals and whales. One group
of mammals, the bats, can fly.
These characteristics are common to all mammals:
(1) Mammals nurse their babies. They feed them on the mother's milk. Mammals
have to eat a lot of food to maintain their high body temperature.
(2) Most mammals give their young more protection and training than do other
animals.
(3) Only mammals have hair. All mammals have hair at some time in their life,
though in certain whales it is present only before birth.
(4) Mammals have a larger, more well-developed brain than do other animals. Some
mammals, such as chimpanzees, dolphins, and especially human beings, are highly
intelligent.
(5) Mammals are able to move around using limbs.
(6) Last but not least, mammals are warm-blooded. Their body temperature remains
about the same all the time, even though the temperature of their surroundings may
change. Birds are also warm-blooded, but animal groups such as fish, birds, reptiles
and amphibians are not. On the next page, we'll talk about that a little bit more.
Lesson taken in part from: http://www.readyed.com.au/Sites/zoo/mammal.htm
Humans are warm-blooded animals,
so are all other mammals, to a
certain extent, and birds. However
warm blood is not really the
question, many reptiles have blood
far warmer than ours, but only on
hot days.
In fact, blood temperature is
merely a reflection of body
temperature. The important thing
about mammals and birds is that
they maintain a constant internal temperature.
Reptiles and many other animals, particularly most insects live at the temperature of the
world around them - cold when it is cold and hot when it is hot.
Mammals maintain their inner temperature by burning food through digestion and they
stay cool by sweating, panting and changing postures and place in the world. Sweating and
panting work by generating heat loss through evaporating water; changing posture allows
mammals to control to some extent the heat absorbed from the world around them; while
changing position simply means seeking shade or shelter when it is too hot.
Being warm-blooded
gives mammals a
distinct advantage in
may habitats, allowing
them to be active when
reptiles are hardly able
to move. It also allows
mammals to live in
habitats where reptiles
cannot live at all, such
as the arctic, mountain
tops, etc.
Only mammals sweat,
but not all mammals
have the same number of sweat glands. For instance while primates have sweat glands all
over their bodies, cats and dogs only have then in their feet and golden moles and whales
don't have any.
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Lesson 8: Mammal Teeth
Did you know that most of the time you can tell what a mammal eats just by looking
at his teeth? There are three main kinds of teeth - incisors, canines, and molars.
Molars are good for grinding up plant foods - fruits and vegetables. For example
an animal that eats a lot of grass is probably going to have a lot of molars in their
mouth. Animals that only eat plants are called herbivores. Herbivores are animals
like elephants and deer and gorillas and rhinoceroses. Are you an herbivore? Do
you only eat plants? -----
Carnivores are meat eaters. Some carnivores hunt for and kill other animals so
that they can eat them. Other carnivores wait until they find a dead creature to
eat. Carnivores have LARGE incisors for cutting and LONG, SHARP canines for
tearing. They don't have hands to hold their food like you and I do. All they have
is their teeth. They use those long, sharp teeth to rip the meat off of dead
animals. (Hey, they have to eat, right? And these kind of animals need to eat meat
to be healthy.) Are you a carnivore? Do you eat only meat? -----
Omnivores are creatures that eat a variety of food. They eat plants foods, like
carrots and lettuce and potatoes and apples and bananas. And they eat animal
foods, like eggs and chicken and fish and meat. Bears are omnivores. Bears eat
things such as berries and mushrooms and salmon (fish) and deer. Omnivores need
all three kinds of teeth for their diet. They have a lot of molars, but they also
have small incisors and canines, too. Are you an omnivore? Do you eat plant and
animal foods? -----
*Illustrations of teeth on this page taken from k12.com, grade 3 science. Photographs taken from education.netionalgeographic.com.
Answer the questions.
(1) What is an herbivore? O a creature that eats only plants
O a creature that eats only animals
O a creature that eats plants and animals
(2) How do teeth tell you that a creature is an herbivore?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
(3) What is a carnivore? O a creature that eats only plants
(4) How do teeth tell you that a creature is an carnivore?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
(5) What is a omnivore? O a creature that eats only plants
(6) How do teeth tell you that a creature is an omnivore?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Social Studies Lesson 18 - Map Key
In the last lesson, you learned some symbols. For example:
This symbol represents a bicycle. If you see this symbol, you know that there is
a bicycle trail for you to ride your bike on.
But what if you have never seen a symbol before and don't know what it means? That's
when you check the map key. A map key shows each symbol and what it means. Find the
map key on the next page, then use the map to help you answer the questions.
How many parks are there in Crossing Point? __________________________________
How many skateboard parks are there? _____________________________________
Look at all the places where you could go for a walk. Where would you most like to walk?
___________________________________________________________________
Where would you most like to go swimming? __________________________________
Can you ride your quad on regular city streets? _______________________________
Can you go surfing in Lake Tauani? _________________________________________
Where can you go hiking? ________________________________________________
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Social Studies Lesson 19 - Landforms
An ocean is the largest body of water on earth.
A lake is a large body of water, but it's not as big as an ocean. A pond is a small
lake. Ponds and lakes are surrounded by land.
An island is land surrounded entirely by water.
Cut out the labels and glue them onto the appropriate picture.
island lake ocean pond
A hill is land that rises up higher than the land around it.
A mountain is land that rises up higher than a hill.
A valley is the low area in between mountains and hills.
A river is a large stream of water that flows along in a path that leads to another
larger body of water, such as a lake or ocean.
hill mountain river valley
A plain is a large area of flat land with either no trees or hardly any trees.
A plateau or mesa is a mountain that is flat on the top.
hill plain plateau
mesa
A volcano is a landform that is created when hot material from inside the earth
explodes outward.
A hoodoo or butte is like a very skinny mesa (plateau).
A peninsula is a section of land that juts out into the water.
butte mountain ocean volcano
hoodoo plain
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Social Studies Lesson 20 - Landforms Quiz
Write the letter of each landform next to its name.
(1) _____ river (5) _____ peninsula
(2) _____ lake (6) _____ pond
(3) _____ plain (7) _____ mountain
(4) _____ volcano
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Spelling List 6 - Lesson 1
st words - started, story, stolen, stiff, street
sw words - swallow, swamp, swayed, sweat, sweet, swift
tw words - twig, twinkle, twins, twirl
bonus word - restroom
Write each word one time.
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
4 LETTERS
twig
5 LETTERS
stiff
story
swamp
sweat
sweet
swift
twins (2x)
twins
twirl
6 LETTERS
stolen
street
swayed
7 LETTERS
started
swallow
twinkle
8 LETTERS
restroom
Answers:
Note: I accidentally used the word "twins" two times.
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
A vowel is: a, e, i, o, u
Count the vowels in each or your spelling words. Then put the each word into the
appropriate category.
1 VOWEL
(1) _________________________
(2) _________________________
(3) _________________________
(4) _________________________
(5) _________________________
(6) _________________________
(7) _________________________
3 VOWELS
(1) _________________________
2 VOWELS
(1) _________________________
(2) _________________________
(3) _________________________
(4) _________________________
(5) _________________________
(6) _________________________
(7) _________________________
(8) _________________________
WORD BANK
twig restroom stiff sweat
story swamp started sweet
swift twins twirl stolen
street swayed swallow twinkle
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
WORD BANK
S W A Y E D P B N N
W A W S W A M P D S
A I T F D M X S T R
L I S T W I N K L E
L Z T Y K E C O Y S
O J R S W I F T J T
W O E Q L U J S A R
A Q E K E H S T N O
H S T I F F T A X O
G W K V B B O R G M
C E W H U I L T R O
L A T W I G E E T F
S T O R Y Q N D W F
C D Z M R G V L I T
S P S W E E T V R U
T W I N S P R E L M
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
WORD BANK
Use the letter cut-outs to spell each of your spelling words.
An adult should cut these out for the student.
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Travel Japan - Lesson 1
Children Full of Life
Welcome to Japan! Japan is a country in the Pacific Ocean that is near China. It is
made up of a series of islands. Look on a map or a globe and see if you can find
Japan.
The Japanese people are a very special people well known for their empathy. Do
you know what empathy is? ----- Empathy means that you feel what other people
feel. You feel sad when other people are sad. You feel happy when other people
are happy. You feel mad when other people are mad. When you have empathy you
are able to put yourself in another person's place and know what it feels like to be
them. Empathy is a very important thing.
I want you to watch a documentary today. It is called "Children Full of Life". It is
about a very special Japanese teacher, Mr. Kanamori, and his 4th grade students.
You will see what it means to have empathy when you watch them. And when you
see that, you will understand what makes the Japanese people so special.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tLB1lU-H0M [40m 3s]
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
The Islands of Japan
Japan is made up of five islands. Their names are: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu,
Shikoku, and Okinawa.
Write the island names in alphabetical order:
(1) _________________________
(2) _________________________
(3) _________________________
(4) _________________________
(5) _________________________
These five Japanese islands lay in the Ring of Fire. Look at the small red and
yellow triangles in the map above. Everywhere you see the triangles is a place
where lots of earthquakes happen or where there are volcanoes. Most of the
volcanoes on our planet and most of the earthquakes that happen in the world are
right there going in a line all around the Pacific Ocean, making a sort of ring around
it. That, in fact, is why we call this the "Ring of Fire".
Can you find Japan on this map? ----- There are a lot of triangles on Japan, aren't
there? ----- That is because Japan has a lot of earthquakes and volcanoes.
Because of this, the Japanese government has worked very hard to make sure that
the buildings in Japan are very strong so that they will not collapse in an
earthquake. And the people that live in Japan are supposed to keep emergency
supplies ready - things such as water, food, a flashlight, a radio, a first aid kit...
And they are also advised to not put heavy things up high where they might fall and
hurt somebody. Schools have evacuation drills several times a year so that
children and teachers will be ready for an emergency, such as a big earthquake.
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Japanese House
Today you are going to see what a Japanese House is like. I think you will find it to
be a bit different than the kind of house you live in.
Go to http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/house/house04.html to take a tour.
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Cherry Blossoms
"In much of Japan, the flowering cherry trees (which the Japanese call sakura)
come into full bloom around the beginning of April. April is the month when the
new school year starts for Japanese children; it's also the month when companies
start their new business years and when many new graduates start to work. So the
cherry blossoms make people think of new beginnings. When they are in bloom,
people make special visits to parks and other spots with many cherry trees; often
they have picnics under the branches with family and friends.
"Japan has more types of cherry trees than any other country, over 200 in all. The
blossoms are pickled and used to make a hot drink served on special occasions, and
the leaves are pickled and used as the wrapping for sweets.
"The sakura start blooming in the south at the end of March and work their way
north to Hokkaido in May. This helps people plan their flower-viewing outings.
Festivals are also held every year to mark the cherry blossom season in many
famous viewing spots."*
Watch this video to see what a cherry blossom festival in Japan is like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-b0oAbQMl8
*Lesson taken in full from http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/nature/q7.html
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Writing Lesson 3: Making Lists
Sometimes, before you start writing, it can be a good idea to make a list. Making a list of
things you might want to write about can help you to make your writing better.
For example, lets make some lists now.
My favorite days
Choose a few days that you think of as your favorite days ever. Did something special
happen on those days?:
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Out of all the days you thought of, which one was your favorite? Circle it.
Now, let's write down a list of details about that day - all the little things you can
remember. What happened? How did you feel (happy, sad, mad...)? What did someone
say? What did you hear? I bet you can think of some more things.
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Name: ___________________________________ Date: ______________
Writing Lesson 4: Journal
My Favorite Day
In the last lesson, you picked a favorite day and wrote down some details about it. Today,
I want you to write a letter to a friend (or someone else that you choose) and tell your
friend about your favorite day. Make sure to include some of the details from your list.
Make your friend really understand what happened that day.
Dear ___________________________ ,
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Your friend ,
__________________________________

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