Name:

Trickster Tales
Mrs. Campbell’s Third Grade
Week of November 10 (Due Friday)
Editor’s Hat
Tip: Good writers know how to use
punctuation correctly. They always
remember to put an apostrophe when they
write a contraction.

1. i didnt see the geese migrating

2. dont you see them when the sun is setting
3. i cant see them from my house
4. youll have to come to my house to see them

Word Study Hat

Sorting words helps us remember how to spell

them.

Sort these words according to the categories on the next

page.
shrimp shrunk pitch patch
sketch shred ditch scratch
catch fetch shrank switch
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Homonyms:. Illustrate each word in the boxes.

hair hare

Write one sentence that uses both words:

Crazy Compounds! Make a new compound word:

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Thinker’s Hat:
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sand storm
 If this word is the answer,
what is the question?

griot
Write the question here:

Now try this: circle the word that does not belong in each
group. Use the box to explain why it doesn’t.

farmer
ship builder
miner
trader

Use the following words to create an analogy

Sahara
Niger
_________is to ________
river
desert
as ________ is to ___________.
 Vocabulary Expert’s Hat
Create new sentences about Mali for
each word that shows you know what
the word means.

1. trader 2. resources

3. griot 4. caravan

Put the number of the word with the right meaning:

_____ a storyteller who passed down the traditions and history of
Mali
_____ a procession of camels that transported goods across the
desert
_____ a person who exchanged gold for salt in Mali
_____ the riches of a land

Writer’s Hat
Write a paragraph about Mali. Use the attached
handwriting paper.
• Indent the first sentence.
• The first sentence is the topic sentence—it tells
about the topic or main idea of the paragraph.
• The other sentences are related to the topic
sentence.
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Vocabulary Hat

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