This document contains a lesson plan for a 3rd grade class. It includes sections on vowel digraphs, reading aloud a poem about dunking rolls in gravy, locating information in text, alphabetical order, vocabulary, and identifying subjects and predicates of sentences. The lesson incorporates questions, examples, exercises and instructions for students to complete various learning activities around these topics.

1. Lesson 5
Day 3

2. Question of the Day
What is something you have learned
outside of school?
One thing I learned outside of school is
___________________.
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3. Vowel Digraphs: ee, ea, ai, ay, oa, ow
When a pair of vowels sits between 2
consonants, they usually say the long sound of
the first vowel.
 peep bead
These words have the ee and ea vowel pairs
which usually stand for the long e sound.
 plain ray
These words have the ai and ay vowel pairs
which usually stand for the long a sound.
 moan tow
These words have the oa and ow vowel
pairs which usually stand for the long o sound.

4. Read Aloud
What is the purpose for reading or
listening to a poem again?
 to enjoy it
 to listen to rhythm and rhyme
 to practice fluency
Listen as I read this poem.
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5. How to Dunk
First, you get some gravy,
Then pour it in a bowl.
When you’re sure it’s nice and warm,
Find yourself a roll.
Then, you dunk that piece of bread
And you take a bite.
If you dunk and eat this way,
You’re doing it just right!
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6. Read Aloud
What is the first thing you do to dunk a roll
in gravy?
Who might the speaker of the poem be?
Who would the speaker be teaching how
to dunk?
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7. Vowel Digraph Practice
Identify the long vowel sound and the
letters that say the sound in each word.
 toast plain beam need today
grow
Your Turn: Write these words on your
paper and underline the letters that stand
for the long vowel sound in each word.
 stray arrow breeze toad
wail cream
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8. Spelling
Remember that ay usually comes at the end of a
syllable or word, and ai usually comes in the
middle. PLAY STAIN
Remember that ow usually comes at the end of
a syllable or word, and oa usually comes in the
middle. SLOW TOAST
Teacher: Read words from p.T401 and have
students listen for the position of the long o
sound and determine if ow or oa is used.
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9. Locate Information
Name some text features you can use to locate
information.
(title page, table of contents, headings,
illustrations and graphic aids, captions, index)
Which of these text features appear in “Schools
Around the World” on pages 89-93?
(title page, headings, illustrations, captions)
Turn to page 90 in your books.
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10. Locate Information: Practice
Identify 3 text features on this page.
(illustration, heading, caption)
Please explain what information is found
in the illustration.
What information is found in the heading?
What can I learn from the caption?
Turn to page 100.
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11. More Practice Locating Information
Identify the text features on this page.
(heading, illustrations, captions)
With your partner write 2 or 3 sentences
about this page. Use only the text features
to help you with your writing. When you
have finished, check your writing against
the text on the page.
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12. Alphabetical Order
Alphabetical order helps us find words in
a dictionary, an encyclopedia, or the index
of a book.
When you put words in ABC order look at
the first letter. If two or more words begin
with the same letter, look to the second
letter. You may even have to look farther if
the first few letters are the same.
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13. ABC Order Practice
king mountain apple
 math kite zipper
Which word would come first in ABC order?
Let’s work together to finish putting the words in
ABC order.
apple, king, kite, math, mountain, zipper
I want you to put the words in the following
sentence in ABC order: Children all around the
world go to school.
all, around, children, go, school, the, to,
world
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14. Vocabulary
Let’s review our vocabulary words.
viewers: people who watch something
Have you ever been to a sporting event that had
many viewers?
survive: to remain alive even after great
difficulties
Could a pot of flowers survive in Antarctica
(a very cold place)?
camouflage: When something blends into its
surroundings, it has camouflage.
What would you use as camouflage if you
were trying to hide in your backyard?
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15. Vocabulary (continued)
concealed: something that is covered up so that
it cannot be seen Have you
ever concealed anything under your bed?
independent: doing things by yourself
What are some things you can do that make
you feel independent?
donated: gave something away for free
Have you ever donated your time to help
another person?
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16. Vocabulary (continued)
media: the many ways that people
communicate, including newspapers,
magazines, and television
popular: something that many people like
Think about the ways you can listen to
music. Which of these media is most
popular?
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17. Learning more about a subject
Play on the soccer team
Go to class
all tell news
A new fish aquarium
excited
The kids can make a choice
Frogs have funny feet

18. DOL
frog jumped
1. The jumped frog into the pond
2. my turtle eat leaves.
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19. Subject/Predicate
The complete subject is all the words
that tell who or what the sentence is
about.
The simple subject names the one
person, place, or thing that the sentence is
about.
The complete predicate is all the words
that tell what the subject is or does.
The simple predicate names the one
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20. Subject/Predicate Practice
The frisky puppy jumped into the basket.
I want to find the complete subject, so I ask
myself, “Who is the sentence about?”
Complete subject: The frisky puppy
I want to find the complete predicate, so I ask
myself, “What did the puppy do?”
Complete predicate: jumped into the basket
Help me find the one word that is the simple
subject and the one word that is the simple
predicate.
SS: puppy SP: jumped
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21. Subject/Predicate Practice
On your paper write 2 sentences about playing
outside.
Now complete this chart (on your paper) using
the parts of your 2 sentences.
Complete
Simple
Complete
Simple
Subject
Subject
Predicate
Predicate
1.
2.
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