3rd Grade
What kind of punctuation do you use when you are saying something exciting?
Exclamation point
Tell me two words that rhyme with mice.
rice
ice
nice
spice
Use context clues to tell the meaning of the word frindle.
"Logan used a frindle to write his poem. He enjoyed using his special pen often."
a frindle is a special pen
What are two words that sound the same but have different meanings called?
Homonyms
A word that describes something is called an ....?
adjective
What kind of nouns are always capitalized?
Proper nouns (people's names, place names, very important things)
Name an antonymn for cold.
Hot!
Name an antonym
How many syllables are in the word "library"?
3
Put these words in ABC order (alphabetical order)
arctic
animal
angry
angry, animal, arctic
What is a synonym for the word happy?
glad, joyful, content
What two words does the contraction can't make up?
Can not
What punctuation is used in a sentence when someone is talking?
quotation marks
Tell me two words that rhyme with play.
pray
pay
tray
okay
may
Write two examples of a simile.
1. As cold as ice.
2. As tall as a giraffeWhat is a synonym?
A word that means the same as another word
If you want to say someone is the most something, like the most big, what suffix would you add to the end of the word?
Like big becomes...
est
big becomes biggest
fast becomes fastest
An action word
Past, present, or future?
The students' artwork was displayed in the hall.
past
Fiction or nonfiction:
Charlie was shrunk to the size of a chicken.
fiction
What information can be found in a dictionary?
definitions
What is one feature of a non-fiction book?
Table of contents, photographs, facts, index, glossary
What is a noun?
a person, place, or thing
The prefix re- means.....?
Again
Authors write for what three purposes?
persuade, inform, entertain