Please click above to access stories and more from our Language Arts series. Username is student3, Password is reading. Click on the library icon. Be sure to click on Reading. If you would like to read the weekly story, choose the Storytown Student Edition G3 icon. You can also access the Practice Workbook for Language Arts at this site just in case your child forgets their book at school. The practice book has a yellow star as its icon.
Harcourt Storytown Resources
On the Harcourt Storytown site you will be able to access the reading book, leveled readers and practice workbooks.
Harcourt School Publishers-Company Website
Harcourt Schools-Storytown Parent Resources
Harcourt Storytown-Storytown Series Information & Guide
Sentences: Complete, Declariative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory, Interjections
- Punctuation Paintball - Pick a level. Click on the correct punctuation then click on the part of the sentence that needs changing and fire!
- Sentence Clubhouse- Choose the correct punctuation and correct the sentence
- What is a sentence?- Divide passages into sentences
- Sentence Sort- - Select the correct type of sentences; simple, compound, or complex
- Sentence Structure - Select correct sentence structure that is underlined in the sentences.
- Sentence Structure - Select correct sentence structure
Character's Motives
- Similarities and Differences in Characters- Determine what makes characters alike
- Character Traits- Determine what the character will do based on a short passage
Subjects and Predicates, Complete and Simple Subjects and Predicates
- Subject and Predicate Review- This is a game to help review the difference between complete subjects/predicates, simple subjects/predicates, and compound subjects/predicates
- Complete, Subject or Predicate- Game/Quiz
- Parts of a Sentence - select naming part or telling part (subject/predicate)
Sequencing and Reference Sources
- Sequencing Fun - Many to select from
- Dr. Stripp - Reading Ring - Put the comic strips in sequence, then answer questions about the comic strip
- Reference Sources-definitions and multiple-choice practice quizzes
- Reference Sources-"Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" game
Compare and Contrast
- Compare/Contrast - Online Tutorial and quiz. Pencil and Paper activities can be found at this link.
- Compare/ contrast- interactive whiteboard activities (skip introduction; click on compare and contrast activities)
- A Fishy Story - read story online, then answer questions in Word or on paper
- Compare and Contrast - practice quizzes
- Dig It! - interactive story predicting the outcome
- Compare and Contrast - online practice
Singular and Plural Nouns
- Plural Girls- Type in correct plural form of words
- Fish Tanks- Type in the correct plural form of the word
Common and Proper Nouns
- Rats!- Catch the correct type of nouns in a basket
- Noun Dunk- Decide if the word is a common or proper noun or not a noun
Possessive Nouns
- Possessives and Reflexive Pronouns Quiz - online graded quiz
- Quia- match singular and possessive nouns with their plurals
- Harcourt School Quiz- Possessive Noun
- Softschool- Possessive Noun Quiz
- Possessive Nouns Games & Quizzes
- More Possessive Noun Games
Pronouns and Antecedent
- Pronoun Clubhouse- Choose the correct pronoun to replace the noun
- Personal Pronouns Game- 3 levels of activities
- Grammar Blast!- Pronouns
Making Inferences/Drawing Conclusions
- http://www.iq.poquoson.org/conclusion.html- online quiz
- Drawing Conclusions - Read the story and choose the correct word to complete the sentence
- Drawing Conclusions - Read the story and choose correct answer
- Iditarod Dream
- Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
- Sarah, Plain and Tall
- Seventh Grade
- The Case of the Shining Blue Planet
- The Cricket in Times Square
- The Fun They Had
- We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente
- Theme Park Favorites Draw conclusions about theme parks by analyzing data in tables and graphs.
- Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
- Sarah, Plain and Tall
- Seventh Grade
- The Case of the Shining Blue Planet - Draw Conclusions
- The Cricket in Times Square
- Iditarod Dream
- The Fun They Had
- The Talent Show - Draw Conclusions
- We`ll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente
Subjective and Objective Pronouns
Possessive and Reflective Pronouns
Story Theme
- http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/plotp.cfm- determine if piece is best associated with setting, theme or plot
- Understanding what you read - Online interactive tutorial and quiz
- Reading Exercises- Multiple passages with questions
Adjectives and Articles
- Rats! Adjectives and Adverbs
- Grammar Blast!
- Interactive Whiteboard Activity- Picture of elephant- student list describing words and then write sentences (easily replicate in Kidspiration)
- iKnowthat.com- SuperNova Sentence Puzzlers with Jupiter Jane (Adjectives)
- Easy Articles
- Easy to Medium
- Difficult
Main and Helping Verbs
- Verb Phrases - Find the complete verb phrase
- Verb Practice - Many student tasks and online tests practicing verb usage
- Linking Verbs - Identify types of verbs in this online quiz
- To Be - Present and past tense online quiz
- Be - Verb usage online quiz
- Irregular Verbs - Jeopardy type game for two players
Literary Devices (Reading Rocket and Test Tutor from Harcourt)
- My Side of the Mountain - Literary Devices: Figurative Language
- My Side of the Mountain - Literary Devices: Point of View
- The Summer of the Swans - Literary Devices: Point of View
- Trapped by the Ice! - Literary Devices: Figurative Language
- Figurative Language-lessons, flashcards, & more!
Answering Questions
Action and Linking Verbs
Verbs: Present Tense, Past Tense, Future Tense
- Jupiter Jane- Primary (G1-3)
- Jupiter Jane- Intermediate (G4-6)
- Grammar Blast Verbs Game
- Grammar Blast Verbs Game 1
- Simple Present Tense
- Helping Verb Test
- Go for Gold- helping verbs
Forms of Be
Irregular Verbs
- Quia Game: Irregular Verbs I Play this game by yourself or with a partner and test your knowledge of irregular verbs
- Quia Game: Irregular Verbs II Try these Flashcard and Concentration games to learn more about irregular verbs
- Irregular Verbs Quiz 1
- Irregular Verbs Quiz 2
- Irregular Verbs Quiz 3
- Irregular Verbs Quiz 4
- Look, See or Watch
- Regular and Irregular Verbs Can you tell irregular verbs from regular ones? Complete these sentences on the whiteboard
- Go for a Grammar Gold Play this quiz and try to get a grammar gol
Perfect Tense
- Say What?- quizzes
- Present Perfect
- What have they just done? Present Perfect
- Quia- Present Perfec
Subject and Verb agreement
- Quia
- Treasure Hunt- BBC Skillwise
- Quiz- BBC Skillwise
- Capital Community College- PowerPoint to download and three quizzes at bottom
Summarize and Paraphrase (Reading Rocket and Test Tutor from Harcourt)
- Black Frontiers
- Flood
- Flood: Wrestling with the Mississippi
- Folk Tales from Asia
- How to Babysit an Orangutan
- I'm in Charge of Celebrations
- Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary
- Nights of the Pufflings
- Old Yeller
- Papa Tells Chita a Story
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
- Woodsong
- Anthony Reynoso: Born to Rope
- Black Frontiers - Summarize and Paraphrase
- Flood: Wrestling with the Mississippi - Summarize and Paraphrase
- Folktales from Asia - Summarize and Paraphrase
- How to Babysit an Orangutan
- I`m in Charge of Celebrations
- Look to the North
- Nights of the Pufflings
- Old Yeller
- Papa Tells Chita a Story - Summarize
- Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People`s Ears
- Woodsong - Summarize and Paraphrase
Fact and Opinion (Reading Rocket and Test Tutor from Harcourt)
- Boom Town
- CyberSurfer
- Dive! My Adventures in the Deep Frontier
- Leah`s Pony
- Satchmo's Blues
- The Secret Life of Trees
- William Shakespeare & the Globe
- Boom Town
- CyberSurfer - Fact and Opinion
- Dive! My Adventures in the Deep Frontier - Fact and Opinion
- Leah`s Pony
- Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox - Fact and Opinion
- Satchmo's Blues
- William Shakespeare & the Globe - Fact and Opinion
Contractions
- Type in the Contraction
- Contraction Games Play these contraction games
- Concentration/Matching Learn contractions while playing the Matching or Concentration game
- Go For Grammar Gold Read the explanation of contractions and negatives, then try the interactive quiz
- A Bed Full of Cats interactive quiz
- Fly By Game Test your knowledge of contractions with this interactive game
Adverbs
- Adjectives/Adverbs - Change adjectives into adverbs in this online quiz
- Adverb Quiz
- Quia: Adverb Battleship Game
- Quia: Rags to Riches
- Jupiter Jane Adverbs- grades 1-3
- Jupiter Jane Adverbs- grades 4-6
- Comparing with Adverbs
- Adverbs
Synonyms & Antonyms
Homophones
Robust Vocabulary
Every other week your child will be learning 10 new vocabulary words to go along with our story in reading. For two weeks, we will explore their meanings using context clues, read them in stories, and use them in our writing. Your child will receive a blue sheet with these words and definitions. It will be housed in their Language Arts folder. Please be sure to review these words with your child. They will be assessed every other week on these words. **Students will be need to be able to utilize these words in context correctly, as well as be able to choose the correct vocabulary words that fit into given sentences.
Writing
In third grade, we will be focusing on writing a good, solid paragraph. We will begin the year utilizing the AREA paragraph format, and then move into different types of writing. Persuasive, narrative, and informational styles of writing will be exposed this year to the students. Good traits of writing will also be a focus: content, focus, style, grammar, and organization. I do look for neat handwriting! We will also be working on cursive writing throughout the school year. It is important to me that your child knows how to write his/her signature! Writing will also be a Daily 5 center focus. Don't forget that every sentence begins with a capital letter!
PA CORE STANDARDS
The new standards require students to engage in tasks that:
*emphasize critical thinking and analysis
*requires them to support their ideas and arguments with text based evidence
*increases their exposure to complex, non- fiction text
* increases their engagement with argumentative and informational writing
*increase their academic vocabulary
1.1 Foundational Skills: phonics, word recognition, fluency
1.2 Reading Informational Text
1.3 Reading Literature
1.4 Writing
1.5 Speaking and Listening