https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52 Fun and Easy Comprehension activities to do at home! Each week I will add a new activity to practice what we learned in 3rd grade this year. en-us 2020-04-05 17:12:06 UTC 2023-02-26 15:05:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3a1.png amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/493732820 Reading a story and then thinking about the story and putting it in order helps us to understand better what we have read. Here is a story about a hippo and a turtle that formed a unique friendship under unusual circumstances. There is a read aloud here for you to listen to the story. Also a printable sequence sheet for you to put the story in order. I have included some other fun resources that go along with Owen and Mzee. 
https://www.readingrockets.org/pdfs/storymap_simple.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJngdGrIfeA

http://www.owenandmzee.com/omweb/kidsboma.html



]]> 2020-04-05 21:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/493732820 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/493793668 Listen to the story "The Little Red Fort" or find your favorite story.  Think about what happens at the beginning, middle, and end of the story.  Then you can do the page at the following link.  You can also use a plain piece of paper. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B835YHQii-aWdzc4cVJHdDdidVk/edit?pli=1]]> 2020-04-05 22:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/493793668 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/493797787 A fun STEM activity would be to plan, design, and build your own fort.  Use blankets, cardboard, things around your home.  (Ask you parents permission). This is also a super fun way to practice sequencing. ]]> 2020-04-05 23:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/493797787 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/514657564 A story has five basic but important elements.

Characters:  Who or what is doing to action in the story,
Setting:  Where and when the story takes place,
Plot:  What important events happen at the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the story.
Problem:  What is causing the character trouble in the story.
Solution:  How does the character solve their problem.

Watch the video of the story "Enemy Pie".  Think about the story elements.  You can use the graphic organizers attached to go alone with the story, or make you own.  Share with a family member as an opportunity to retell this fun story!]]> 2020-04-18 19:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/514657564 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/514697488 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-CIvdRhWDMW4-8Mi7YLgxcHZ94IXFBto/view]]> 2020-04-18 20:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/514697488 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/514698571 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-GPZr6J_GaQuukgOXHJhZgXPeSir6gjq/view]]> 2020-04-18 20:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/514698571 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/530300895 The Main Idea tells us what a story, passage, or paragraph is mostly about.  The rest of the information are the supporting details that tell us more about the main idea.  Please look at the following posters.  They help you to identify the Main Idea in a text.  The Main Idea is slightly different for a fiction and nonfiction text.  ]]> 2020-04-25 18:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/530300895 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/530307532 Feel free to print following pages or use a plain sheet of paper to write words and answers.  ]]> 2020-04-25 18:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/530307532 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/530309110 2020-04-25 18:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/530309110 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/530310854  ]]> 2020-04-25 18:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/530310854 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544854339 2020-05-01 20:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544854339 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544855096 2020-05-01 20:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544855096 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544855315 When we are reading a story, we want to figure out who is telling us the story. This is called the Point of View. This helps us to understand the story better, if we know who is telling the story and how they feel.  We focus on 1st person and 3rd person point of view. 

1st Person -- The story is being told by someone inside the story.  They are sharing what they see and how they feel about their experiences.  You may see words like:    I, me, we, us

3rd Person -- The story is being told by someone outside of the story, watching the event (a narrator).  They may share how the characters feel.  You will see words like:  he/she, they, them, it

Watch the video below to understand the difference between 1st person and 3rd person point of view.  ]]> 2020-05-01 20:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544855315 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544865741
The Day the Crayons Quit  is an example of a story with 1st person point of view.  Listen to each crayon  and think about how it feels in the story as it talks. 

Frog and Toad:  The Lost Button is an example of 3rd person.  Someone outside of the story is telling us about the actions of the characters.  You hear the names of the characters in the story.]]> 2020-05-01 20:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544865741 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544881762 2020-05-01 21:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544881762 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544891274 Read the passage. Then answer the question below. ]]> 2020-05-01 21:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544891274 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544892029 Read the passage and write your responses.]]> 2020-05-01 21:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/544892029 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/560858604 2020-05-08 23:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/560858604 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/560859070 2020-05-08 23:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/560859070 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/560859621 Here are some example of a theme that you might find in a story. ]]> 2020-05-08 23:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/560859621 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/560861737 Listen to the story "Mr. Peabody's Apples". After listening, try to identify the theme. Use the worksheet below (Searching For A Theme).]]> 2020-05-08 23:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/560861737 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/560871162 The theme in a story is it's underlying message, or 'big idea that the author is trying to share with you.  It is sometimes called the "morale". 

To identify the theme, you have to read through a story and understand the story elements:  characters, setting, plot, problem/solution that are included in the story.  What is the message that the author wants you to understand?]]> 2020-05-08 23:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/560871162 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575833245 2020-05-15 18:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575833245 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575835518 2020-05-15 18:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575835518 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575836746 2020-05-15 18:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575836746 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575837617 This can be used as you watch the story being read in the video or from a book of your own. ]]> 2020-05-15 18:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575837617 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575847035 Listen to the story, think about the many things that happen in the story and the effects they have.]]> 2020-05-15 18:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575847035 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575854716 2020-05-15 19:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575854716 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575855636 The cause and effect relationship between events in a story can help to understand the story and the characters better. 

Cause refers to what CAUSED something to happen (Why? reason?)
Effect is a RESULT  of the cause (what happened?)]]> 2020-05-15 19:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575855636 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575868750 Fun cause and effect review activities]]> 2020-05-15 19:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575868750 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575872955 Another game to practice Cause and Effect]]> 2020-05-15 19:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/575872955 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/588175085 Here is a fun way to review making inferences.]]> 2020-05-22 01:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/588175085 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/588175962 Making an inference is when you  use what you already know (prior knowledge) to make your best guess about what you don't know.  Sometimes we call this  reading between the lines. Readers who make inferences use the clues in the text along with their own experiences to help them figure out what is not directly said.]]> 2020-05-22 01:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/588175962 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/588177998 2020-05-22 01:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/588177998 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/588178811 2020-05-22 01:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/588178811 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/588179527 2020-05-22 01:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/588179527 amckinley7 https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/588186988 While listening to the story, I challenge you to stop often and make an inference, Use what you know to make you best guess as to what might happen next in the story. ]]> 2020-05-22 01:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/amckinley7/qtjra3vqlb52/wish/588186988