Wonders Reading - Thrilling Third Grade

Wonders
Reading

Grade 3

Newsletters
and/or

Study Guides

Unit 2
Weeks 1-5

By:
Amy
Platt

These newsletters / study guides go along
with the McGraw-Hill Wonders Reading
Program for Grade 3. These were designed to be
sent home each week so that parents are aware of
what their child is learning each week in reading.
They can also be used by the student as a quick
reference to the information to study. The
newsletters come in color and black and white.

Each newsletter / study guide includes
the Essential Question, the Genre,
the Comprehension Strategy, the
Comprehension Skill, the Vocabulary Strategy, the
Vocabulary words and the Spelling words. For each
week.

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Unit 2 Week 1 Spelling
List:
Why is working
together a good way 1. sky
to solve problem? 2. fry
3. pie
Comprehension Strategy: 4. tied
5. tight
Make, Confirm, and Revise Predictions: Use clues 6. right
in the story to guess, or predict, what happens 7. bright
next. Was your prediction right? Read on to check 8. grind
it. Change it if it is not right. 9. child
10. cube
Comprehension Skill: 11. cute
12. mule
Theme: The theme of a story is the 13. music
author’s message. Think about what the 14. drew
characters do and say. Use these key 15. few
details to help you figure out the theme. 16. coast
17. scold
Vocabulary Strategy: 18. bone
19. mighty
Antonyms: Antonyms are words that 20. Utah
have opposite meanings. Look for
antonyms to help you figure out the
theme.

Vocabulary:

cooperation: people working together to do
something.
attempt: try to do something.
awkward: clumsy and not graceful.
created: made or built.
furiously: in a way that shows you are angry.
interfere: get in the way of something.
involved: took part in something.
timid: shy and not brave.

Unit 2 Week 2 Spelling
List:
Why do people
immigrate to new 1. heel
places? 2. week
3. creek
Comprehension Strategy: 4. free
5. green
Make Predictions: Use story clues to predict 6. street
what happens next. Was your prediction 7. freeze
right? Reread to confirm, or check, it. 8. seal
Change it if it is not right. 9. weak
10. bean
Comprehension Skill: 11. speaks
12. team
Theme: The theme of a story is the 13. clean
author’s message. Think about what the 14. cream
characters do and say. Use these key 15. field
details to help you figure out the theme. 16. tight
17. tied
Vocabulary Strategy: 18. cute
19. sixteen
Similes: A simile compares two different 20. peanut
things. It uses the work like or as. This is a
simile-Her cheeks were like red roses.

Vocabulary:

arrived: got to where you were going.
immigrated: to have come to a new country to live.
inspected: looked at something closely and carefully.
moment: a very short amount of time.
opportunity: a chance for good things to happen.
photographs: pictures taken with a cameral.
valuable: worth a lot of money, or means a lot to
someone.
whispered: spoken in a very quiet voice.

Unit 2 Week 3 Spelling
List:
How do people
make government 1. wrap
work? 2. wrists
3. wrote
Comprehension Strategy: 4. wreck
5. wring
Reread: Stop and think about the text as 6. write
you read. Do you understand what you are 7. wreath
reading? Does it make sense? Reread to 8. knit
make sure you understand. 9. knife
10. knight
Comprehension Skill: 11. knock
12. knee
Author’s Point of View: An author often 13. gnome
has a point of view about a topic. Look for 14. sign
details that show what the author thinks. 15. gnaws
Then decide if you agree with the 16. heel
author’s point of view. 17. weak
18. field
Vocabulary Strategy: 19. wristwatch
20. knapsack
Prefixes: A prefix is a word part added to
the beginning of a word. It changes the
meaning of the word. The prefix un- means
”not”. The prefix re- means “again”.

Vocabulary:

announced: told people about something.
candidates: people seeking an office or honor.
convince: to cause someone to believe or do something.
decisions: choices you make about something.
elect: to choose by voting.
estimate: to guess an amount.
government: people who guide a city, state, or
country..
independent: able to do things for yourself.

Unit 2 Week 4 Spelling
List:
How can people
help animals 1. scrubs
survive? 2. screams
3. scratch
Comprehension Strategy: 4. scrape
5. screen
Reread: Stop and think about the text as 6. spread
you read. Are there new facts and ideas? Do 7. splash
they make sense? Reread to make sure you 8. spray
understand. 9. streak
10. strength
Comprehension Skill: 11. strong
12. squeak
Author’s Point of View: An author often 13. three
has a point of view about a topic. Look for 14. throw
details that show what the author thinks. 15. thread
Then decide if you agree with the 16. wrote
author’s point of view. 17. knife
18. sign
Vocabulary Strategy: 19. streamer
20. scribble
Suffixes: A suffix is a word part added to
the end of a word. It changes the word’s
meaning. The suffix –ful means “full of”.
The suffix –less means “having no” or
“without”.

Vocabulary:

success: an attempt that ends well.
caretakers: people that care for a person or animal.
populations: all of the animals of the same kind
living in a place.
recognized: remembered someone or something
from the past.
relatives: members of the same family.
resources: things that are available to be used when
needed.
survive: stay alive.
threatened: a danger of being hurt.

Unit 2 Week 5 Spelling
List:
How do people
figure things out? 1. chick
2. teacher
Comprehension Strategy: 3. cheese
4. truth
Limerick and Free Verse: Limerick: is a short funny poem 5. fish
that rhymes. Each stanza has five lines. The 1st, 2nd, and 5th 6. much
lines rhymes. The 3rd and 4th lines rhymes. Free Verse: is a 7. lunch
poem that does not rhyme. It can have any number of lines 8. stretch
and stanzas. 9. pathway
10. whales
Comprehension Skill: 11. pitch
12. hatch
Point of View: A poem often shows a 13. thick
narrator’s thoughts about events or 14. them
characters. This is the point of view. 15. what
Look for details that show point of view. 16. spray
17. streak
Vocabulary Strategy: 18. thread
19. sandwich
Simile: A simile compares two things that are 20. weather
very different. Similes always have the word
like or as. Two examples of similes are, “ The
bug is as green as grass” or “The moon is like
a giant pearl.”

Vocabulary:

imagine: picture something in your mind.
bounce: spring back after hitting something.
inventor: a person who creates something for the first time.
observer: someone who watches something.
alliteration: several words or syllables in a row start with the
same sound.
free verse: poem which some verses rhyme and some do not
limerick: a funny poem of five lines with a specific rhyme
pattern.
rhyme: when words end with the same sound.

Unit 2 Week 1 Spelling
List:
Why is working
together a good way 1. sky
to solve problem? 2. fry
3. pie
Comprehension Strategy: 4. tied
5. tight
Make, Confirm, and Revise Predictions: Use clues 6. right
in the story to guess, or predict, what happens 7. bright
next. Was your prediction right? Read on to check 8. grind
it. Change it if it is not right. 9. child
10. cube
Comprehension Skill: 11. cute
12. mule
Theme: The theme of a story is the 13. music
author’s message. Think about what the 14. drew
characters do and say. Use these key 15. few
details to help you figure out the theme. 16. coast
17. scold
Vocabulary Strategy: 18. bone
19. mighty
Antonyms: Antonyms are words that 20. Utah
have opposite meanings. Look for
antonyms to help you figure out the
theme.

Vocabulary:

cooperation: people working together to do
something.
attempt: try to do something.
awkward: clumsy and not graceful.
created: made or built.
furiously: in a way that shows you are angry.
interfere: get in the way of something.
involved: took part in something.
timid: shy and not brave.

Unit 2 Week 2 Spelling
List:
Why do people
immigrate to new 1. heel
places? 2. week
3. creek
Comprehension Strategy: 4. free
5. green
Make Predictions: Use story clues to predict 6. street
what happens next. Was your prediction 7. freeze
right? Reread to confirm, or check, it. 8. seal
Change it if it is not right. 9. weak
10. bean
Comprehension Skill: 11. speaks
12. team
Theme: The theme of a story is the 13. clean
author’s message. Think about what the 14. cream
characters do and say. Use these key 15. field
details to help you figure out the theme. 16. tight
17. tied
Vocabulary Strategy: 18. cute
19. sixteen
Similes: A simile compares two different 20. peanut
things. It uses the work like or as. This is a
simile-Her cheeks were like red roses.

Vocabulary:

arrived: got to where you were going.
immigrated: to have come to a new country to live.
inspected: looked at something closely and carefully.
moment: a very short amount of time.
opportunity: a chance for good things to happen.
photographs: pictures taken with a cameral.
valuable: worth a lot of money, or means a lot to
someone.
whispered: spoken in a very quiet voice.

Unit 2 Week 3 Spelling
List:
How do people
make government 1. wrap
work? 2. wrists
3. wrote
Comprehension Strategy: 4. wreck
5. wring
Reread: Stop and think about the text as 6. write
you read. Do you understand what you are 7. wreath
reading? Does it make sense? Reread to 8. knit
make sure you understand. 9. knife
10. knight
Comprehension Skill: 11. knock
12. knee
Author’s Point of View: An author often 13. gnome
has a point of view about a topic. Look for 14. sign
details that show what the author thinks. 15. gnaws
Then decide if you agree with the 16. heel
author’s point of view. 17. weak
18. field
Vocabulary Strategy: 19. wristwatch
20. knapsack
Prefixes: A prefix is a word part added to
the beginning of a word. It changes the
meaning of the word. The prefix un- means
”not”. The prefix re- means “again”.

Vocabulary:

announced: told people about something.
candidates: people seeking an office or honor.
convince: to cause someone to believe or do something.
decisions: choices you make about something.
elect: to choose by voting.
estimate: to guess an amount.
government: people who guide a city, state, or
country..
independent: able to do things for yourself.

Unit 2 Week 4 Spelling
List:
How can people
help animals 1. scrubs
survive? 2. screams
3. scratch
Comprehension Strategy: 4. scrape
5. screen
Reread: Stop and think about the text as 6. spread
you read. Are there new facts and ideas? Do 7. splash
they make sense? Reread to make sure you 8. spray
understand. 9. streak
10. strength
Comprehension Skill: 11. strong
12. squeak
Author’s Point of View: An author often 13. three
has a point of view about a topic. Look for 14. throw
details that show what the author thinks. 15. thread
Then decide if you agree with the 16. wrote
author’s point of view. 17. knife
18. sign
Vocabulary Strategy: 19. streamer
20. scribble
Suffixes: A suffix is a word part added to
the end of a word. It changes the word’s
meaning. The suffix –ful means “full of”.
The suffix –less means “having no” or
“without”.

Vocabulary:

success: an attempt that ends well.
caretakers: people that care for a person or animal.
populations: all of the animals of the same kind
living in a place.
recognized: remembered someone or something
from the past.
relatives: members of the same family.
resources: things that are available to be used when
needed.
survive: stay alive.
threatened: a danger of being hurt.

Unit 2 Week 5 Spelling
List:
How do people
figure things out? 1. chick
2. teacher
Comprehension Strategy: 3. cheese
4. truth
Limerick and Free Verse: Limerick: is a short funny poem 5. fish
that rhymes. Each stanza has five lines. The 1st, 2nd, and 5th 6. much
lines rhymes. The 3rd and 4th lines rhymes. Free Verse: is a 7. lunch
poem that does not rhyme. It can have any number of lines 8. stretch
and stanzas. 9. pathway
10. whales
Comprehension Skill: 11. pitch
12. hatch
Point of View: A poem often shows a 13. thick
narrator’s thoughts about events or 14. them
characters. This is the point of view. 15. what
Look for details that show point of view. 16. spray
17. streak
Vocabulary Strategy: 18. thread
19. sandwich
Simile: A simile compares two things that are 20. weather
very different. Similes always have the word
like or as. Two examples of similes are, “ The
bug is as green as grass” or “The moon is like
a giant pearl.”

Vocabulary:

imagine: picture something in your mind.
bounce: spring back after hitting something.
inventor: a person who creates something for the first time.
observer: someone who watches something.
alliteration: several words or syllables in a row start with the
same sound.
free verse: poem which some verses rhyme and some do not
limerick: a funny poem of five lines with a specific rhyme
pattern.
rhyme: when words end with the same sound.