This week, Mrs. Yollis' third graders are reading The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry.
The story takes place in the rain forest of the Amazon. Throughout the story, rain forest animals try to persuade a logger to leave the kapok tree.
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For language study, we searched the book looking for past tense verbs. We sorted the verbs according to the spelling pattern:
- add -ed
- double the consonant and add -ed
- drop the silent e and add -ed
- change the y to an i and add -ed
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| First, we set up the four categories. |
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| Next, we searched for past tense verbs from the story. |
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| Finally, we shared the list as a class. The most common past tense verb spelling? Just add -ed. |
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The class also researched rain forest animals in the online encyclopedia that the PFC purchased.
In the comment section, research a rain forest animal or plant using the World Book Encyclopedia. Write a comment as if you are that animal or plant! Be sure to include facts you learned from the online encyclopedia. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE! (Use your own words!)
The class also researched rain forest animals in the online encyclopedia that the PFC purchased.
In the comment section, research a rain forest animal or plant using the World Book Encyclopedia. Write a comment as if you are that animal or plant! Be sure to include facts you learned from the online encyclopedia. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE! (Use your own words!)
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It will be exciting to learn about an animal from that animal!
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