Destiny's Gift
Journeys - Lesson 3
Miss Hutter - Grade 3
Essential Question :
Why is volunteering good for a community and its people?
Kids Can Make a Difference
Skill of the Week : Understanding Characters
Parts of a Story
Characters: the people and animals in the story
Setting: when and where the story takes place
Plot: the order of story events
Problem: usually introduced at the beginning
Events tell how characters try to solve
the problem.
Solution: the way a story's problem is solved
usually at the end of the story
Spelling Words
lay
tea
real
treat
trail
afraid
sweet
leave
today
bait
dream
screen
seem
speed
paint
please
yesterday
explain
Vocabulary Words
1. contacted - got in touch with someone
2. afford - to be able to pay
3. customers - people who buy something at the store
4. block - the section of a street between two other streets
5. raise - to collect money
6. figure - to think
7. earn - to get something by working
8. spreading - stretching something out
Antonyms
Antonyms are words that have opposite, or very different, meanings.
Antonyms are Opposites.wmv