Third Grade Novel Studies Megabundle

1 Third GradeNovel Studies Mega Bundle 1 Graphic Organizers, Printable Resources, and More!Six Products in One! Third GradeNovel StudiesMega Bundle 1 Inside you will find six of my top-rated Novel Studies for Third graders. I love using these pages and graphic organizers as whole-class tools during read aloud and mini-lessons, in small groups for book clubs and literature circles, and as individual strategy practice! I hope you enjoy these products! Be sure to check out my other Novel Studies , math resources, writing prompt resources, and much more in my shop! Grade AngelsBy: Jerry SpinelliThinking Strategy Resources, Graphic Organizers, and Reading ResponsesAbout the AuthorJerry SpinelliHometown: _____Other Books They ve Written:_____Interesting Facts About the Author:_____Story SummaryThird Grade AngelsBy: Jerry SpinelliReader s Name: _____CHARACTERsPLOTSETTINGC haracter TraitsThird Grade AngelsBy: Jerry SpinelliCharacterCharacter TraitsSudsJoeyMrs.

2 SimmsCharacter TraitsThird Grade AngelsBy: Jerry SpinelliCharacterCharacter TraitsSuds MomSuds DadJudy BillingsAmy (Zippernose)Comparing Character TraitsThird Grade Angels by Jerry SpinelliJoeySudsHow are these characters similar? How are these characters different?CHARACTERA ctionWhat did they do?MotivationWhy did they do it?SudsJoeyThird Grade Angelsby Jerry SpinelliCharactersCHARACTERA ctionWhat did they do?MotivationWhy did they do it? Grade Angelsby Jerry SpinelliCharactersCHARACTERAt the beginningof the the end of the and why does Suds change in the story? Use details from the text to support your SpinelliThird Grade Angels Description of _____Picture of_____List all of the settings in the story below.

3 Then draw and describe your SpinelliThird Grade Angels: Settings_____What is the problem at the beginning of the story?How is this problem solved by the end of the story? Third Grade AngelsDescribing the PlotINTERNALCONFLICTI nternal conflict is a mental or emotional struggle that occurs within a character. SOLUTIONHow is that conflict solved?How do these internal conflicts affect the entire story? Third Grade Angelsby Jerry SpinelliPlot: Internal ConflictEXTERNALCONFLICTE xternal conflict is a struggle that occurs between a character and outside is that conflict solved?How do these external conflicts affect the entire story?

4 Third Grade Angelsby Jerry SpinelliPlot: External ConflictDetermining Importance of Plot in Third Grade AngelsBy: Jerry SpinelliGreen LightVery Important eventsYellowLightImportant eventsRedLightNot Important eventsMost Important EventsThird Grade AngelsDraw and Describe the Most Important Event in the Beginningof the and Describe the Most Important Event in the Middleof the and Describe the Most Important Event in the Endingof the !Try to summarize this story in five sentences! Include only the important events of the story. _____Before ReadingDuring ReadingAfter ReadingQuestionsI Had in Third Grade AngelsFigurative Language I FoundThird Grade AngelsFigurative LanguageExample From TextSimileMetaphorOnomatopoeia HyperboleText-to-Text ConnectionsConnecting Fiction TextsHow can we connectthese two texts?

5 Third Grade AngelsBy: Jerry Spinelli_____Book TitleText-to-Self ConnectionsConnecting Our Lives to a Fiction TextHow can you connectwith this text? Third Grade AngelsBy: Jerry SpinelliText-to-World ConnectionsConnecting Large Groups of People to a Fiction TextHow can we connectthis text to the world? Third Grade AngelsBy: Jerry SpinelliText-to-Self Connections: CharactersThird Grade AngelsBy: Jerry SpinelliCharacterHow can you connect to this character? Give evidence from the SimmsMy Important Thoughts While ReadingThird Grade AngelsBy: Jerry SpinelliThoughtsPage Number and Evidence from TextSensory Images in Third Grade AngelsBy: Jerry SpinelliWhat I Could SeeWhat I CouldHearWhat I CouldTasteWhat I CouldSmellWhat I Could FeelMy Inference PictureI can infer that _____InferringMy Inference:CLUE:CLUE:CLUE:Reader s Name: _____Title of the Book: Third Grade AngelsBy: Jerry SpinelliInferring Character FeelingsCharacterHow do they feel?

6 Evidence from Text to Support My ThinkingThird Grade AngelsBy: Jerry SpinelliStop and Sketch!While you are reading silently or your teacher is reading aloud, stop three times and sketch what is happening in the story! Cause and Effect in Third Grade AngelsCauseBecauseof Words I Found! Third Grade AngelsNew Word(and page number)What I Think it MeansWhat the Dictionary Says it MeansThird Grade Angels:Chapter 1 QuestionsWhy did Suds not like being a first Grade baby or a second Grade cat?_____According to Mrs. Simms, what do Third Grade angels need to do?_____Suds finds himself blurting out in class and acting strangely.

7 Why do you think Suds is behaving this way?_____How does Mrs. Simms make the first day of Third Grade fun for her students?_____Third Grade Angels:Chapters 2 and 3 QuestionsExplain what the Third graders need to do to earn a is your impression of Joseph so far? Explain your thoughts. Use clues from the text to support your does Suds mean when he says there is no door between his mouth and his brain?_____Describe Joseph s actions on the playground. Why do you think he is acting this way?_____Third Grade Angels:Chapters 4 and 5 QuestionsHow did George get the nickname Suds?_____Explain how Suds and his mom get rid of his chipmunky gives a big, shiny apple to Mrs.

8 Simms on the second day of school? How do you know?_____Describe the students behavior in the classroom on this second day of happens on the playground that disappoints Mrs. Simms? _____Third Grade Angels:Chapters 6 and 7 QuestionsExplain why Mrs. Simms says the whole class is guilty in the playground does Suds realize about himself for the first time?_____What appears on Mrs. Simms desk the next morning? Describe her reaction. _____Third Grade Angels:Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11 QuestionsHow does Suds show perfect angel behavior in Chapter 8? Use details from the chapter to support your does Suds mom advise him to be nice to everybody all the time?

9 _____Describe how Suds behavior changes at s the one thing Suds can improve on at home, according to his mom?_____Third Grade Angels:Chapters 12 and 13 QuestionsDescribe some of the back to bad behaviors in Chapter do you think that most of the students are starting to act badly?_____Why is Suds spending more and more time in the tub?_____Third Grade Angels:Chapters 14 and 15 QuestionsDescribe the first and second Oh No things that happen to the Third and fourth Oh No things that happen to doesn t Suds want to get up and go to school?_____Who receives the first halo? How does not winning the halo make Suds feel, and why?

10 _____Third Grade Angels:Chapters 16 and 17 QuestionsExplain why Suds feels like a bad to Mrs. Simms, why does Constantine Pappas get the first halo?_____Do you think Mrs. Simms had spies working for her? Explain your It s okay to not be first. It s okay to be second. Or tenth. Or even last. - Third Grade AngelsExplain this quotation and the importance it has in the Grade Angels Writing Prompt I m an Angel!Imagine that you are a student in Mrs. Simms Third Grade class. Describe what you would do to earn a Grade Angels Writing Prompt Suds says he feels chipmunky about the first day of school. Describe how you feel on the first day of school.