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Trickster Tales Mrs. Campbell’s Third Grade Week of November 10 (Due Friday) Editor’s Hat

Tip: Good writers know how to use punctuation correctly. They always remember to put an apostrophe when they write a contraction.

1. i didnt see the geese migrating

2. dont you see them when the sun is setting 3. i cant see them from my house 4. youll have to come to my house to see them Word Study Hat Sorting words helps us remember how to spell them.

Sort these words according to the categories on the next page.

shrimp

shrunk

pitch

patch

sketch

shred

ditch

scratch

catch

fetch

shrank

switch

shr-

-tch

Homonyms:. Illustrate each word in the boxes.

hair

hare

Write one sentence that uses both words:

Crazy Compounds! Make a new compound word:

+ Thinker’s Hat: sand

= storm

If this word is the answer, what is the question?

griot Write the question here:

Now try this: circle the word that does not belong in each group. Use the box to explain why it doesn’t.

farmer ship builder miner trader

Use the following words to create an analogy Sahara Niger river desert

_________is to ________ as ________ is to ___________.

Vocabulary Expert’s Hat Create new sentences about Mali for each word that shows you know what the word means.

1. trader

2. resources

3. griot

4. caravan

Put the number of the word with the right meaning: _____ a storyteller who passed down the traditions and history of Mali _____ a procession of camels that transported goods across the desert _____ a person who exchanged gold for salt in Mali _____ the riches of a land

Writer’s Hat Write a paragraph about Mali. Use the attached handwriting paper. • Indent the first sentence. • The first sentence is the topic sentence—it tells about the topic or main idea of the paragraph. • The other sentences are related to the topic sentence.

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