Treasures Unit 4 3rd Grade

1. Unit 4:
Determination
Weekly Theme:
A Place of My Own
Selection 5:
Title: My Very Own Room
Author: Amada Irma Pérez

2. Genre:
Realistic Fiction– an invented story that could have happened
in real life.
Comprehension Strategy:
Monitor Comprehension
Comprehension Skill:
Plot Development: Make Predictions

3. Phonics:
decode plurals
Spelling Focus:
Plurals
years, twins, trays, states, ashes, foxes,
inches, flies, cities, ponies, bunches, alleys,
lunches, cherries, daisies
Review Words: sale, rode, you’re
Challenge Words: heroes, libraries

4. Key Vocabulary:
separate – to set apart or keep apart
determination – a firm purpose
storage – a place for keeping things for
future use
crate – a box made of pieces of wood
exact – very accurate
ruined – damaged greatly or destroyed
luckiest – having the most good luck

5. Vocabulary Skills:
Word Parts: Endings –ER, -EST
**These endings change the meaning
of the adjective they end.
The ending –er at the end of an adjective
means more.
The ending –est at the end of an adjective
means most.

6. Word Work:
Grammar Skills:
Contractions with Not
A contraction is a shortened form of two words.
An apostrophe takes the place of one or more letters.
Some contractions are formed with the verbs be, do,
have, and not.
These verbs do not usually change their spellings in a
contraction with not.

7. Word Work:
Grammar Skills:
Contractions with Not
A contraction is a shortened form of two words.
An apostrophe takes the place of one or more letters.
Some contractions are formed with the verbs be, do,
have, and not.
These verbs do not usually change their spellings in a
contraction with not.