Celebrating Traditions

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Celebrating Traditions

• Theme Two Houghton Mifflin Reading
• Mr. Brumfield
• 3rd Grade

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What does each of these symbols represent?
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Introducing the Theme
What is a tradition?
What are some traditions you follow?
Where do these traditions come from?
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Brainstorming Traditions

• Does your family celebrate any traditions or
  customs different than those of our American
  culture?

Different Family Traditions
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Practice Book

• Using practice book page 93, describe a
  tradition that you celebrate. Think about the
  following information to include
• When do you celebrate it?
• Where do you go?
• Who shares the celebration with you?
• What do you do to honor the event?
• Why do you celebrate that event?
• What is your favorite part?

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The Keeping Quilt
Patricia Polacco
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Quilt-Making Vocabulary
Border A part that forms the outside edge of
something Gathering A coming together of
people Needles Small thin tools used for
sewing Scraps Leftover bits of cloth Sewn Fastened
with stitches using a needle and
thread Threaded Passed thread through the eye of
a needle
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Matching Vocabulary with Meaning
Write the vocabulary word that best fits the
meaning of the picture. Use the word bank below
to help you spell the vocabulary word correctly.
Border Gathering Needles Scraps Sewn
Threaded
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Quilting Vocabulary Categorization

• We will sort our vocabulary
• words by the parts of speech
• we are studying in class.
• Define the parts of speech
• Noun Verb Adjective

Double click to open Smart notebook link
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Reading Background

• Turn to page 158 of your reading book. We will
  read about how these words are correctly used.
• Complete practice book page 95 by yourself.

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Thinking About the Selection

• Why does Annas mother start the tradition of the
  Keeping Quilt?
• Compare each daughter to her mothers wedding.
  How is each wedding different and the same?
• How do you think Patricia Polacco feels about
  family? Give examples from the story.
• What does the Keeping Quilt help the family keep?
• Why do you think Polacco has drawn only part of
  each illustration in color?

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Using Our Vocabulary
Rewrite the vocabulary words in the correct
category.
Words about Cloth
Border Gathering Needles Scraps Sewn Threaded
Words about People
Words about Sewing
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Grandpas Baseball Card
Jed Mannheimer
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Gathering Librarian Defense Career Talent Sew
n
A group of people coming together
A person who works in a library
Vocabulary
In sports, the attempts to prevent the other team
for scoring
A long-term occupation or job
Great ability or a special skill
Fastened with stitches using a needle and thread
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Using the Vocabulary
Word Bank sewn talented gathering
librarian defense career

• The _________ helped me find a good book.
• Everyone says I have a _________ for singing.
• My kimono was hand ________.
• When you are in high school you should start
  thinking about your future __________.
• Every Thanksgiving there is a huge ________ at my
  house.

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Independent Practice

• Complete the vocabulary handout independently.
• When you are finished, read
• Grandpas Baseball Card.

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Think About the Selection

• Why is the Willie Mays card so important to
  Carls mother and grandfather?
• How does Carl feel when he receives the card
  for his birthday? Why?
• What does Carl do to learn about Willie Mays?

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Willie Mays Enrichment
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Teacher Read Aloud Presidents Day

• What are some ways the nation honors both
  Presidents?
• What other ways is George Washington honored?
• What are some ways that children celebrate
  Presidents Day?
• How do adults honor these two Presidents?

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Grandmas Records
Eric Velasquez
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Salsa Music Vocabulary

• Salsa
• Conga
• Percussion
• Performing
• Records
• Theater

A style of Spanish dance music that mixes
African, Cuban, jazz, and rock.
A tall, narrow drum with one head that is played
by beating with the hands.
A family of instruments played by being struck or
shaken.
Presenting something for an audience.
A grooved disc that can be played on a phonograph.
A building where plays, movies, or concerts are
presented.
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Show what you know!
conga percussion performing record salsa
theater
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Practice your Vocabulary

• Complete practice book page 115, using what you
  now know about our vocabulary.

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Other words you will see

• El Barrio
• Merengue
• Dominican Republic
• Nightclubs
• Pigeon peas
• Bronx
• Spectacular

A neighborhood where many Spanish people live
A type of fast dance music
A country where people speak Spanish
Clubs that stay open late and have dancing or
music
A kind of pea grown in warm climates
A section of New York City where many people live
Impressive or amazing
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Comprehension

• What is so special about Grandmas favorite song?
• What are some things the boy learns from his
  grandmother?
• Look at the illustration on page 196. Why do you
  think this is so different?
• What does the author mean when he says Grandma
  wrapped me in her world of music?

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Reading Skill Categorizing Information
Sorting details into groups helps us better
understand and keep track of what is happening in
a story.
The boys experience listening to music on records
The boys experience listening to music at a
concert
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Reading Skill Categorizing Information
Practice independently, using page 116 of your
practice book.
On His Own
With his Grandma
Things the boy did at Grandmas House
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Enrichment Connections

• Lets watch and listen to a Hispanic band playing
  the merengue.

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Miyu and the Cranes for Peace
Alexandra Behr
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Vocabulary

• Earthquake
• Stationary
• Festival
• Cranes
• Performers
• Origami

A shaking or trembling of the earths crust.
Paper goods and writing supplies.
A celebration or a fair.
Birds with long legs and necks that wade in water.
People who act, sing, or dance.
A Japanese art of folding paper to look like
different things
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Show what you know!
Earthquake stationary festival Cranes performer
s origami
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Comprehension

• How is Miyu able to learn about what life was
  like in Japan?
• How do Miyus classmates learn origami?
• What is special about the origami cranes?
• Describe some Japanese customs you learned about
  in this story?

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Additional Enrichment

• We will listen to a traditional Japanese folktale
  involving cranes.
• Remember that folktales are stories passed down
  from generation to generation.
• Think about the message, or lesson to be learned,
  in The Crane Maiden.

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Independent Enrichment

• If you have completed all of your other work, you
  may try to make an origami crane.
• Use the web link and follow the directions.
• Good luck!

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Story Telling Trees
Pay close attention to the details in this story.
We will need them to answer questions after
reading.
What must a tree be like to be chosen to become a
story-telling tree?
What details show that a totem-pole carving today
is different than in the past?
What details show that raising a totem pole long
ago was hard work?
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The Talking Cloth
By Rhonda Mitchell
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Cloth from Ghana Vocabulary

• Ghana is a country on the continent of Africa.
  Our vocabulary focuses on words related to the
  cloth made in Ghana.

Collection Embroidered Royalty Symbols Wealth Flou
rish
A group of objects with something in common.
Decorated by sewing designs with thread or yarn.
Members of a royal family.
Designs that stand for other things or ideas.
Plenty of money or other valuable things.
A dramatic waving motion or a showy way of doing
something
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Using the Vocabulary collection flourish royal
ty embroidered symbols wealth
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Practicing the Vocabulary

• Read the building background for The Talking
  Cloth on pages 215 and 215.
• Complete practice book page 130 to show that you
  understand the vocabulary.

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Thinking about the Story

• Why do you think Aunt Phoebe likes to collect
  things?
• Why does Amber enjoy visiting Aunt Phoebe?
• How does the Talking Cloth talk, and what does
  it say?
• What does Aunt Phoebe mean when she says that
  Amber has grown inside?

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Fly-Fishing with Grandpa
Written by Matthew C. Hart
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Fly-Fishing Vocabulary
Collection Flies Flourish Casting Patience Concent
rate
A group of objects with something in common.
Fishhooks made to look like insects.
An energetic or dramatic waving motion.
Throwing or flinging
The ability to put up with trouble or a delay
without complaining.
Paying attention, keeping your thoughts focused.
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Using the Vocabulary
Flies collection flourish casting
patience concentrate
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Working Independently

• Show your understanding and correctly complete
  the vocabulary handout.
• Read the story independently.
• Look over the questions on the back page of the
  book.

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Punxsutawney Phil
What do you know about Groundhogs' Day?
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Reading Skill Focus
Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details
Most informational writing is organized by topic,
main ideas, and supporting details. The topic is
what the writing is about. The main ideas are
the important points or facts. The supporting
details are facts, examples, and information
about the main ideas.
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Punxsutawney Phil

• As I read aloud, you listen and try to
  identify the topic, main ideas, and supporting
  details.

Topic
Main Idea
Main Idea
Supporting Details
Supporting Details
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Dancing Rainbows
By Evelyn Clarke Mott
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Vocabulary Native American Dance
Ancestors
People ones family comes from
Elders
People who are older and respected
Honor
To show special respect for
Imitating
Copying what someone does
Respect
Admiration or consideration
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Applying Vocabulary
Honor Elders Respect Imitating Ancestors
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Building Background

• Lets turn to page 234 of your reading book,
  to read and develop a better understanding of our
  story.
• Pay close attention to our vocabulary words and
  make sure you read them correctly.

Show what you have learned, completing page 145
of your practice book.
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Vocabulary Review

• You should always respect your __________.
• You can learn more about your ethnic group by
  researching your __________________.
• It is important to show ________ to your parents
  and teachers.
• If you do something heroic, you should be shown
  ________.
• It can be annoying when someone is __________ you.

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Think about the Selection

• Why do you think Curt respects his grandpa and
  tries to be
• like him?
• Why does Andy start a dance group for young
  Tewas?
• How does Curt follow Andys advice to dance with
  all your heart?
• What does Andy mean when he says, A Tewa never
  dances for himself. He dances for all things and
  people?
• How does Andy teacher younger family members
  about the past?
• What are some ways you learn about the past?

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Identifying the Organization
Topic
Main Idea
Main Idea
Main Idea
Supporting Details
Supporting Details
Supporting Details
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Dancing Rainbows Extension

• Use electronic media to learn more about the
  look, sounds, and feel of a Native American dance
  ritual.

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Drum DancersAn Inuit Story
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Drum Dancers Vocabulary
faint
Dim or quiet
musher
A person who drives a dogsled
elders
Older and respected members of a group
quickens
To mover faster or speed up
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Applying the Vocabulary
faint musher elder quickens
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Think about the Story

• Why might Father believe that Nanuqs name is a
  fitting one for him?
• What does Nanuq do to help Aputik?
• Why do the people of the village come together in
  the snowhouse?
• Would you like to live in a village like Nanuqs?
  Explain your answer.

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Organization of the Story
Topic
Main Idea
Main Idea
Supporting Details
Supporting Details
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A Friendly Letter
Have you ever received a letter?
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Things to Consider

• Why do people write friendly letters?
• When have you received a letter?
• Who sent it and why did they?
• When have you written a letter?
• Why did you write the letter?

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What are the parts to a letter?

• How does a letter begin?
• What information is included in a letter?
• How does a letter end?

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Lets Learn Online!

• We will use this website to aid our learning
• http//esd.iu5.org/LessonPlans/LetterWriting/lette
  rmain.htm

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Applying Your Learning

• Using the information we have learned about the
  five parts to a letter, you will write your own
  letter.
• First we need to identify who we are writing to,
  as well as the purpose for our letter.
• Then you can follow the 5 steps to finish your
  letter!

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Addressing your Envelope
Your Name Your Street Address City, State, Zip
code
Name of Person you are Writing To
Street Address
City, State, Zip code
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Paired Stories

• We will read two stories to prepare for our
  theme two tests. We will review and practice the
  following reading skills
• Authors Viewpoint
• Noting Details
• Categorize and Classify
• Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details

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Miss Rumphius

Story and pictures by Barbara Cooney
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Vocabulary
bloomed
Flowers that opened up or blossomed
lupines
Flowers of a certain type that grow in a
cone-shaped cluster
bushels
Amounts that each equal 32 quarts
headlands
Points of high land that stick out into a body of
water
hollows
Small valleys
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Matching Vocabulary with Meaning
Write the vocabulary word that best fits the
meaning of the picture. Use the word bank below
to help you spell the vocabulary word correctly.
bushels headlands lupines bloomed hollows
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Miss Rumphius Video Reading Borrowed from United
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Authors Viewpoint

• How is Andy, the grandfather in Dancing Rainbows,
  like Miss Rumphius grandfather?
• How do the authors in both stories seem to feel
  about grandfathers?
• In The Keeping Quilt, the beautiful quilt
  comforts Anna when she is sick. When Miss
  Rumphius back hurts, what comforts her?
• How do you think the authors of Miss Rumphius and
  The Keeping Quilt feel about beautiful things?

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Noting Details

• Compare the illustration on page 267 of Miss
  Rumphius with the illustration on page 245 of
  Dancing Rainbows. What are Miss Rumphius and Andy
  both doing?
• How are their actions different?
• What furry animal do you see on page 271? Was
  this animal on any earlier pages?
• Why are there more and more lupines each year?

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Critical Thinking

• What is the tradition that is passed down in this
  story?
• Do you think Miss Rumphius had a happy life?
• Explain your reasoning.
• How is Alice like Curt from Dancing Rainbows?
• Based on the selections we have read in this
  theme, how do you think most families feel about
  traditions?

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Celebrating Chinese New Year

Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
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Vocabulary
unity
togetherness
hosts
People who throw a party
elaborate
Complicated and carefully planned
feast
A large, fancy meal
chef
A cook
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Matching Vocabulary with Meaning
Write the vocabulary word that best fits the
meaning of the picture. Use the word bank below
to help you spell the vocabulary word correctly.
unity chef elaborate hosts feast
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Noting Details

• Compare the photo on page 275 with the
  illustration on page 176-177 of The Keeping
  Quilt. What similarities do you notice between
  the two families?
• What differences do you notice?
• What two details explain why Ryans father is the
  person who prepares the food for the feast?

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Think and Compare

• Both Miss Rumphius and Chinese New Year tell
  about traditions that are passed along. How are
  these traditions alike and how are they
  different?
• How do traditions help younger people and older
  people feel closer? Use examples from the theme.
• Both Miss Rumphius and Aunt Phoebe from The
  Talking Cloth share beautiful things with other
  people. Why do you think they do this?

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• Celebrating Traditions
• Theme Skills Test
• Theme Test