Name: __________________

Spelling Word Sortthree scrap street spring thrill scream

strange throw string scrape spray threwstrong scratch straight scramble throat thread

Directions:Sortthespellingwordsfromabove intothecorrectplace.

thr- scr- spr- str-

Directions:Fill in theblankswitha spellingwordfromtheboxesabove.

1. ________________ is one of the four seasons.2. Did you ________________ your knee when you fell down?3. The cat tried to play with the ball of ________________.4. I live on the same ________________ as my best friend.5. The pitcher had to ________________ the ball to home plate.6. We had to draw a ________________ line down the page.7. The wind was so ________________ that it blew over the tree.8. We could hear them ________________ on the rollercoaster.9. You can ________________ water to cool down the plants.10. I wrote a note to my friend on a ________________ of paper.11. We had to answer ________________ math questions on the test.12. It’s easy to ________________ eggs for breakfast.13. It was a ________________ to ride in fast car!14. The ________________ man could lift the weights over his head.15. Jenny didn’t go to school when she had a sore ________________.

Name: __________________

Spelling Skill Practicethree scrap street spring thrill scream

strange throw string scrape spray threwstrong scratch straight scramble throat thread

Directions:Rearrangeeachgroup ofthreespellingwords intoalphabeticalorder.

three, throw, throat:

scrap, street, spring:

thrill, threw, string:

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

scream, scratch, straight: ______________________________________________________________________

scramble, thread, scrape: ______________________________________________________________________

strong, string, spray:

Directions:Writea rhymingwordforeachword.

three: spray:

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_______________________________ _______________________________

throw: _______________________________

_______________________________

street: _______________________________

spring: _______________________________ string:

thrill: _______________________________ strong: _______________________________

scratch: _______________________________threw: _______________________________

Directions:Addanending,orsuffix, toeachwordtomakea newword.Somepossibleendings(suffixes)youcanaddare–s, -es, -ed, -ing, -ly, -er, -est.

street: _______________________________

spring: _______________________________

scratch: _______________________________

scream: _______________________________

throw: _______________________________thrill: _______________________________

_______________________________spray: string: _______________________________

Name: __________________

Three-Letter ClustersDirections:Readeachwordandthenwritetheword.Then,writethewordandunderlinethe three-letter cluster.Finally,writethethree-letter clusterpatternin the lastcolumn.

Write the Word& Underline the

Cluster

Three-LetterCluster

Word Write the Word

three

scrap

three three thr

street

spring

thrill

scream

strange

throw

string

scrape

spray

threw

scramble

straight

Name: __________________

Cluster ColoringDirections:Color thewordsbythe three-letterclustershown below.

thr = greenscr = blue

spr = orangestr = red

scramble strive strain straw scrap

spray string scroll sprint stride

scratch sprawl stronger thread sprinkle

sprain strobe through screech spring

scrub threw screw threat sprung

throttle spread scribble sprout strap

strong scrape straw stray three

Name: __________________

Make WordsDirections:Adda three-lettercluster,spr-, scr-, str-or thr-, to thebeginningofthe letterstomakea word.

Letters

-ead-int

Which Cluster? New Word

spr spread

-ange-een-inkle-ay-ide-ap-ing-oat

-eam-ain

-amble-ipe-ob

-atch-ow

-ough-ill

-ub

Name: __________________

Three-Letter ClusterCut and Paste

Directions:Cut out the three-letter clusterwordsbelowthe chart.Color thethree-lettercluster ineachwordusing anycolorofyourchoice.Thengluetheword in thecorrectthree-letter clustercolumn.

spr- scr- str- thr-

thrill stride straw spring

sprout throw strong script

screen three scramble sprawl

spray scrub threat thrive

strict scream streak sprinkles

Name: __________________

One Letter DifferenceDirections:Thefollowingpairsofthree-letterclusterwordsaredifferentbyoneletter.Readeachwordandthenusethewordina sentencethatprovesthatyouunderstandthemeaningofeachword.

strip stripe

scrape

thrown

thread

strangle

scrap

throw

threat

strange

Name: __________________

Vocabulary Definitionsimagine, tools, illustrate, scribbles,

sketches, tracing, research, textures

Directions:Writethewordthatmatcheseachdefinition.

to see a picture in your mind

to search and study about a topic

things people use to help with a job

quick carefree drawings

________________________

________________________

________________________

________________________

________________________

________________________

________________________

________________________

different ways surfaces look and feel

to make pictures that show something

simple drawings

copying the shape of something

the touch and feel of surfaces

copying the outline of something

to make something up

________________________

________________________

________________________

________________________

________________________

________________________

________________________

________________________

quick and carefree doodles

gear needed to do a job

to draw pictures

rough drawings of things

to study or learn more about something

Directions:Writeyourowndefinitionforeachword.

scribbles:

research:

texture:

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

Name: __________________

Vocabulary Blanksimagine, tools, illustrate, scribbles,

sketches, tracing, research, textures

Directions:Fill in theblankswitha vocabularyword.

We used the __________________ paper to draw the animals.

Can you __________________ what it would be like to fly?

Make sure to __________________ your story.

The baby drew __________________ all over the book.

You should __________________ sharks to learn more about them.

The pretty paper has many different __________________.

An illustrator needs many different __________________ to do their job.

We drew quick __________________ to plan what our picture would look like.

You can do __________________ by looking at resources on the Internet.

Seashells can have different __________________ on them.

We had fun __________________ the picture of the dog.

The artist drew __________________ before making his final drawings.

The toddler was making __________________ all over the paper.

What story do you think would be fun to __________________?

A construction worker needs to use many __________________.

It is fun to __________________ a story in your head as you read.

Directions:Makethreeofyourown“fill in theblanks”sentencesusing anyvocabularyword.1. ______________________________________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________________________________

Name: __________________

Vocabulary & Story CluesDirections:Useeachvocabularywordandthestorycluewordsina sentenceabout“WhatDoIllustratorsDo?”Makesureyoursentencesrelatetothestory.

imagine & Jack____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

tools & drawing____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

illustrate & Jack and the Beanstalk____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

scribbles & tracing paper____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

sketches & dummy____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

tracing & scribbles____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

research & illustrators____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

textures & tools____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

Vocabulary ListsName: __________________

Directions:Describethings thatrelatetoeachvocabularyword.

List two things that would be fun to imagine to do:

1. _________________________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________________________

List two tools an illustrator might need:

1. _________________________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________________________

List two books that would you like to illustrate :

1. _______________________________________ 2. _______________________________________

List two reasons why you might draw scribbles :

1. _________________________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________________________

List two things you could like to draw sketches of:

1. _______________________________________ 2. _______________________________________

List two reasons why you might trace something:

1. _________________________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________________________

List two things you like to do research on:

1. _______________________________________ 2. _______________________________________

List two different types of textures of paper:

1. _________________________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________________________

Name: __________________

SynonymsSynonyms – Words that have the same, or

almost the same, meaningsDirections: Pick the correct synonym from the word bank for each word.

unhappy, great, night, study, chore, large, mitt, house, thin,little, quick, clean, chilly, doodle

1. eveningjob

_______________

_______________

_______________

_______________

8.9.

sad _______________

_______________

_______________

_______________

_______________

_______________

_______________

2.3.4.

5.6.7.

hugeneat 10. glove

11. homescribblewonderful _______________

research _______________

12. small13. fast14. coldskinny _______________

Directions: Color the synonyms in each row.

1. big cold huge

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

small tiny nice

perfect

dirty

amazing

neat

sad

hot

clean

excited

evening

autumn

great

tall

surprised

day night

fallwinter

wonderful

long

bad

short

falsereal untrue

Name: __________________

Synonym ColoringDirections: Color the synonyms for each word.

Color the synonym for happy red.Color the synonym for beautiful blue.Color the synonym for smile greenColor the synonym for run yellow.Color the synonym for small orange.Color the synonym for go purple.

Color the synonym for shout red.Color the synonym for sad blue.Color the synonym for simple green.Color the synonym for funny yellow.Color the synonym for thin orange.Color the synonym for street purple.

jog

glad

tiny

pretty

start

grin

upset avenue

yell skinny

easysilly

Color the synonym for kids red.Color the synonym for rock blue.Color the synonym for big greenColor the synonym for smear yellow.Color the synonym for glue orange.Color the synonym for hard purple.

Color the synonym for mom red.Color the synonym for fall blue.Color the synonym for house green.Color the synonym for happy yellow.Color the synonym for shiny orange.Color the synonym for away purple.

stone paste

children spread

difficult huge

mother sparkling

home excited

absent autumn

RI.3. 10Name: __________________

Comprehension Test PracticeDirections:Answerthequestionsfrom“WhatDoIllustratorsDo?” incompletesentences.Usethetexttohelpyoufindevidencetoanswereachquestion.

1. What do illustrators do first?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. How does the woman illustrator change Jack?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. How did the man illustrator use the cat?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. How does the woman illustrator figure out how to show her characters’

feelings?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5. Why are there four pictures of Jacqueline’s face on one page of the

article?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. What does the reader find out at the end of the article?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. How do the cat and dog help you in the article?

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

RI.3. 10Name: ___________________

Essential QuestionHow do pictures help tell a story?

Directions:Completea bubblemapto listall thereasonsthatpicturesarehelpfulintellinga story.Thenusethe information inyourbubblemaptowritea summarythatanswerstheessentialquestionabove.

My Summary_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

RI.3. 10Name: ___________________

Summarize the StoryDirections:Writea short2-3sentencesummaryfromthetext,explainingthemostimportantideasonthepageslistedbelowfromthetext“WhatDoIllustratorsDo?”

Page 244 Pages 245-247

Pages 252-252

Page 258-259

Pages 248-251

Page 255-257

RI.3. 10Name: ___________________

Comprehension ListsDirections:Answereachquestionby listinganswersincompletesentencesfromthetext“WhatDoIllustratorsDo?”Makesuretoreferencethetextforyouranswers.

List the first three steps that an illustrator takes onpage 245-246.

1. ________________________________________

2. ________________________________________

3. ________________________________________

List two things that can be found on a “dummy” frompages 246-247.

1. ________________________________________

2. ________________________________________

List three different points of view from page 249.1. ________________________________________

2. ________________________________________

3. ________________________________________

List two ways that illustrators get ideas about drawinghow characters feel on page 251.

1. ________________________________________

2. ________________________________________

List two jobs of a designer on page 253.

1. ________________________________________

2. ________________________________________

_________________________________________________________Name: ___________________

RL.3. 1RL.3.7

Compare textsDirections:Howarethecharactersin“JackandtheBeanstalk”and“WhatDoIllustratorsDo?”thesameanddifferent.UsetheVenndiagramtocompareandcontrastthecharactersfromthetwotexts.Thenwritea summaryoftheinformationwrittenin theVenndiagram.

Jack and theBeanstalk

What DoIllustrators Do?BOTH

My Summary_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

RI.3. 1Name: ___________________

Describe TopicsDirections:Describethefollowingtopicsfromthestory“WhatDoIllustratorsDo?” inyourownwords.Besuretorefertothetexttodescribeeachtopic,butdonotcopythewordsfromthebook.

Scenes:_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Dummy:_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Illustrators as Authors:_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Point of View:_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Drawing Style:_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Coloring Illustrations:_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

RI.3.8Name: ___________________

Sequence the EventsDirections:Sequencetheeventsfrom“WhatDoIllustratorsDo?”belowbyrewritingthemintothecorrectorder.Checkthebooktomakesureyouareright!

Illustrators need to decide howthey want to do the illustrations.Illustrators can have differentproblems as they are drawing.

After illustrators make a plan fortheir book, they make a dummy.

As they are sketching they needto decide how things will look.

When the dummy is finished theyshow it to an editor.

First, illustrators decide whatscenes to illustrate.

The designer makes suggestions Sometimes they throw away theirabout the design of the book. pictures and start over.

Illustrators often do the cover of Then they make sketches of thethe book last. pictures that will go on the dummy.

1. 6.

2.

3.

7.

8.

4.

5.

9.

10.

RI.3.8Name: ___________________

Sequence of EventsDirections:Answerthefollowingquestionstodemonstrateyourunderstandingofthesequenceofeventsin“WhatDoIllustratorsDo?”Makesuretousesequentialwordsfrombelowinyouranswers.Finally,highlightthesequentialwordsusedinyouranswers.

SEQUENTIAL WORDS:first, then, next, last, finally, after that, later on, eventually,

during, as soon as, meanwhile, before, after

Pg. 245 –What is the first thing that an illustrator does?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Pg. 246 – What happens after an illustrator makes a plan for theirbook?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Pg. 248 – What can happen during sketching?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Pg. 253 – What happens when an illustrator has finished their dummy?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Pg. 257 – What do illustrators need to make sure to do before picturesare sent to the publisher?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

Pg. 258 – What do illustrators do last?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

RI.3.8Name: ___________________

My Flow MapDirections:Completetheflowmaptosequencetheeventsfrom“WhatDoIllustrationDo?”Usesequentialwordsfrombelowinyourresponses.Makesuretofollowthearrowsontheflowmap!

SEQUENTIAL WORDS:first, then, next, last, finally, after that, later on, eventually,

during, as soon as, meanwhile, before, after

3.RL.3Name: ___________________

Compare and Contrast CharactersDirections:Answereachquestiontocompareandcontrastthemaincharactersfrom“WhatDoIllustratorsDo?”Makesuretousethecompareandcontrastwordsfrombelowinyourresponses.

Compare Words: Contrast Words:alike, same, both, similar different, unlike, but, instead

What do the man and woman illustrators say on page 244 that is different?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is the same about the man and woman illustrators in the illustrations onpage 244?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What are the different problems that each illustrator has on page 249-251?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

What do you learn about what is similar about the two illustrators towards theend of the story?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How do both illustrators celebrate once their illustrations have been completedon page 260-261?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3.RI.5Name: ___________________

Text FeaturesDirections:Identifyall thetextfeaturesthatcanbefoundoneachpagefrom“WhatDoIllustrators?”Usethetextfeaturebankbelowtohelpyou identifyeachfeature.

Some Text Features:italics, highlighted words, speech bubbles, illustrations,

captions, parentheses

Page #

Pg. 244

Text Features Found

Pg. 246

Pg. 247

Pg. 249

Pg. 252

Pg. 254

Pg. 255

Pg. 259

3.RI.5Name: ___________________

TextFeaturesDirections:Drawanexampleofeachtextfeature.Then,describeeachtextfeaturebywritinga descriptionordefinition.

Text Description/Definition

ExampleFeature

diagram

chart

title page

caption

map

cutaway

fact box

3.RI.5Name: ___________________

SharksTextFeaturesDirections:Imagineyoureadan informationalbookaboutsharks.Drawexamplesofpossibletextfeaturesyoumightfind ina sharkbook.

illustration

key words

fact box

diagram map

table of indexcontents

caption heading

3.RI.5Name: ___________________

EarthTextFeaturesDirections:Imagineyoureadan informationalbookaboutEarth.Drawexamplesofpossibletextfeaturesyoumightfind ina bookaboutEarth.

illustration

key words

fact box

index map

glossary bulletpoints

caption chart/table

3.RI.5Name: ___________________

What is the Purpose?Directions:Writethepurposeofeachtextfeaturebydescribinghowit ishelpfulinunderstanding informational text.

Text Feature Purpose?

table ofcontents

map

photograph

diagram

label

caption

timeline

index

glossary

3.RI.5Name: ___________________

Text Feature MatchDirections:Cutoutthenamesofdifferenttextfeaturesbelowthechart.Gluethetextfeaturenextto itsdefinition.

text explainingto show

what the page isimportant words

about

back page thatalphabetical list

tells you onof definitions

which pages towith words from

find specificthe text topics

a drawing witha real picture

labels that taken with aexplains how

camerathings work

text that isheavier and

darker than theother words

wordsunderneath anillustration tohelp describe it

a symbol used toshow importantideas or lists

chart with eventsin chronological

order

an illustrationlooking at

something fromthe inside

words that areslanted to show

importance

glossaryindex

bold print

captionphotograph diagram

time line italics

heading title pagecutaway

bullet points

3.RI.5Name: ___________________

Text Feature DrawingDirections: Follow the directions to create specific text features thatwould help support a text.Draw a diagram of an animal with Draw an illustration of a favorite

labels. dessert and then write a captionabout it.

Draw a map of a fun place youhave visited recently. Include a

heading for your map.

Draw a timeline of three majorevents from your life.

Draw a cutaway of somethinginteresting and include a label.

Draw a graph that givesinformation on your favorite

snacks.