Al kamal American Private School- AlRamtha

American Curriculum

English Department

MAP Practice/Extra Reading & Writing Booklet

Second Term (2021-2022)

Grade Three

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Vision: To build lifelong learners who can demonstrate 21st century skills for a productive global
citizenship.

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MAP Practice - Reading
1.Read the story and answer the question.
Tamarins are monkeys. They are in great danger. They live in the forest
areas of Brazil. Many people in Brazil are building homes along the coast of
the Atlantic Ocean. They are cutting down trees from the forested areas to
help build their homes. Why are the tamarins in danger?

a. Their homes are being destroyed. c. They live in Brazil.

b. They are monkeys. d. They live along the coast.

2. Read the story and answer the question.

Lili put on her winter jacket and went outside to play with her new red sled.
It was cold and cloudy. After a few minutes, the wind began to blow. Soon it
was snowing heavy, wet snow. Lili ran inside and took off her wet clothing.
Now she would have to play inside. In which order did the events happen?

a. The wind blew; Lili went outside; it began to snow; Lili played inside.

b. Lili played inside; Lili went outside; it snowed; the wind blew.

c. Lili went outside; Lili played with a new red sled; the wind blew; it snowed.

d. Lili bought a new sled; the wind blew; it snowed; Lili put on her winter
jacket.

3. Read the passage.

We couldn’t wait for summer vacation to start! It was the last day of school,
and we were so excited to get out and start the games and fun of summer.
My personal favorite thing about summer is getting to sleep in late and stay
the night at my friends’ houses for parties and sleepovers. I love school, but
I always look forward to summer!
The theme of this story is _______________.

a. School is boring. c. Summer is coming soon.

b. I always look forward to summer. d. Parties are fun.

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4. Identify two words that are synonyms in the following paragraph.
On Saturday, we went to the racetrack to see the horses. When the race
began, the horses started to gallop. By the end of the race, they were
making a dash for the finish line.
a. gallop/dash c. finish/started

b. horses/race d. line/racetrack

5. Which sentence does not use the word meat or meet correctly?

a. We cooked the meat on the barbecue grill.

b. Please meet us for ice cream.

c. He doesn’t like to eat meet.

d. Sally fed her dog some meat.

6. Read the ad.

FOR SALE: Beautiful, red sailboat. 2 years old, like new. Has been used only
3 times. Which words in the ad are opinions ?

a. beautiful sailboat c. red sailboat

b. has been used only three times d. 2 years old

7. Read the passage.

It was wintertime when Martha came to the USA from Mexico. She didn’t like
the cold, but she loved to play in the snow. At school, she didn’t have many
friends. It was difficult to learn a different language. Her friends and her
teacher couldn’t understand her very well. In this story, the main problem is:

a. Martha cannot communicate with others very well.

b. Martha doesn’t like winters.

c. Martha misses Mexico.

d. Martha doesn’t have many friends.

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8. Read the passage.
Sally was home alone. She could hear thunder and see lightning when she
looked out the window. All of a sudden, the lights went out. Sally stood rigidly
still as the tears filled her eyes.
Identify Sally’s problem and what resolution she should use.

a. The power is out, and Sally should go get the flashlight from the kitchen.
b. The power is out. Sally should go to bed.
c. The lights are out, and Sally should go to the kitchen to get a cookie.
d. The lights are out, and Sally should go to the store for more light bulbs.

9. Read the passage.

Leaves often change color before they fall. As autumn approaches,
chlorophyll, the green pigment used in photosynthesis, breaks down. As
chlorophyll is lost from leaves, other yellow and orange pigments are revealed.
These pigments were always present in the leaves but were hidden by the
green chlorophyll. Some leaves also have red pigments, which also become
visible when chlorophyll is broken down. What causes green leaves to change
color in the fall?
a. the amount of orange pigment increases
b. chlorophyll breaks down
c. the amount of yellow pigment stays the same
d. chlorophyll changes into red pigment

10. Read the passage and answer the question.

Jan Brett, an author of many children’s books, uses many of the stories told
to her by her Swedish grandmother. She illustrates her books with the
cheerful colors and patterns often used in Northern European countries.

Based on this passage, which statement best describes Jan Brett?

a. She plans to move to Sweden.
b. She believes children should read.

c. Her work is not important.

d. Her stories tell about her family’s history.

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 MAP Practice – Language
1. Which of the following sentences is not capitalized correctly?
a. I won the race. c. Sally and i ate lunch together.
b. Mom said I forgot to call. d. I saw a shooting star.

2. Yesterday, Jason and Ellen ________ to school together.

Choose the correct verb.
a. walk c. walks
b. walked d. walking

3. Which sentence indicates an event that is in the future?

a. We had pizza for lunch last Friday.
b. Today we are practicing division.
c. We will be going on a field trip next week.
d. We stayed up until midnight last night.

4. Those birds might have been resting in our garage.

A B C D
Which underlined word or words is a prepositional phrase?
a. A c. C
b. B d. D

5. Greg is ______________________ his father, George.

a. tallest than c. taller than
b. taller from d. tall than

6. Which list of words would be used to describe something?

a. food, clothing, shelter c. soft, fluffy, gentle
b. tack, hammer, nail d. trees, fences, rocks

7. Which one of the comparative forms is incorrect?

a. good – better – best c. nice – nicer – nicest
b. well – better – best d. worse – worser – worsest

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8. The three girls _________________________ as castle out of sand.
Fill in the blank.
a. is building c. builds
b. are building d. has builded

9. Which sentence needs a period at the end?

a. Why are you happy c. We like to go to school
b. What is your favorite color d. Where did you go yesterday

10. My broken leg was the ________ injury I have ever had.
Choose the best missing word or words.
a. painfullest c. most painful
b. more painful d. more painfullest

11. Which sentence has the subject underlined?

a. The bunny feels cuddly. c. The bunny feels cuddly.
b. The bunny feels cuddly. d. The bunny feels cuddly.

12. The art lesson covered all the primary colors.

Identify the complete predicate of the sentence.
a. The art lesson c. covered all
b. lesson covered d. covered all the primary colors

13. The students completed all the work ________.

Choose the best missing word.
a. themself c. themselves
b. theirselves d. themselves

14. Which shows that the candy belongs to Shirley?

a. Shirley’s candy c. Shirleys candys’

b. Shirleys’ candy d. Shirleys’s candy

15. ______ spent time in the library preparing for our presentation.

Which of the following is correct?

a. Us girls c. We girls
b. Them boys d. Them girl

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Date: _____________ The Little Reader Reading ( 1 )
Day : _____________ CCSS.RF.3.4

Mariam Amjoun a nine –year- old Moroccan girl, has won

the 2018 Arab Reading Challenge in Dubai, outperforming 10.5
million participants from 40 countries. Amjoun won AED
500,000 (nearly MAD 1.3 million) in prize money. She will use
it for her university education and for her family for
encouraging her to read, reported Gulf News. The award
ceremony was held at the Dubai Opera House on October 30,
2018.
“I am extremely happy with this prize. I would like to thank
his Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for this
amazing initiative which developed our cognitive curiosity and
increased our love for reading books.” Said Mariam. “I advise
Arab children to read because reading is the ‘lighthouse of
civilization,’” she added. Despite her young age, Amjoun said
that she has read 200 books and participated in the challenge
with only 60 books.
Amjoun was the youngest of five finalists from Egypt, Algeria,
Palestine, and Jordan. Before going to Dubai, Amjoun had
beaten thousands of participants in Morocco and was chosen
from among 16 semi-finalists. “The challenge is the largest-
ever Arab literacy initiative encouraging students to read as
many books as possible, over 50, in one academic year,” wrote
Gulf News.

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The challenge included Arab students not only from Arab
countries but also from non-Arab countries as well as non-
native speakers of Arabic. A total of 52,000 schools and
87,000 supervisors participated. Sheikh Mohammad launched
the the Arab Reading Challenge in 2015. The challenge aims to
“establish a culture of reading among the new Arab
generations across the globe,” and enhance “the importance of
knowledge in shaping their future as well as the future of
their communities and countries.”

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Speak Up and Draw your favorite

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What Are Clouds? Reading (2 )
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Day : _____________

A cloud is made of water drops or ice crystals floating in the

sky. There are many kinds of clouds. Clouds are an important
part of Earth’s weather.

How Do Clouds Form?

The sky can be full of water. But most of the time you can't
see the water. The drops of water are too small to see. They
have turned into a gas called water vapor. As the water vapor
goes higher in the sky, the air gets cooler. The cooler air
causes the water droplets to start to stick to things like bits
of dust, ice or sea salt.

What Are Some Types of Clouds?

Clouds get their names in two ways. One way is by where they
are found in the sky. Some clouds are high up in the sky. Low
clouds form closer to Earth's surface. In fact, low clouds can
even touch the ground. These clouds are called fog. Middle
clouds are found between low and high clouds. Another way
clouds are named is by their shape. Cirrus clouds are high
clouds. They look like feathers. Cumulus clouds are middle
clouds. These clouds look like giant cotton balls in the sky.
Stratus clouds are low clouds. They cover the sky like bed
sheets.

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What Causes Rain?
Most of the water in clouds is in very small droplets. The
droplets are so light they float in the air. Sometimes those
droplets join with other droplets. Then they turn into larger
drops. When that happens, gravity causes them to fall to
Earth. We call the falling water drops “rain”. When the air is
colder, the water may form snowflakes instead. Freezing rain,
sleet or even hail can fall from clouds.

Why Does NASA Study Clouds?

Clouds are important for many reasons. Rain and snow are two
of those reasons. At night, clouds reflect heat and keep the
ground warmer. During the day, clouds make shade that can
keep us cooler. Studying clouds helps NASA better understand
Earth's weather. NASA uses satellites in space to study
clouds. NASA also studies clouds on other planets. Mars has
clouds that are like the clouds on Earth. But other planets
have clouds that aren't made of water. For example, Jupiter
has clouds made of a gas called ammonia.

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Date: _____________ Andro and the Lion Reading ( 3 )
Day : _____________ CCSS.RF.3.4

In Rome there was once a poor slave whose name was

Andro. His master was a cruel man and so unkind to him
that Andro ran away. Andro hid in the woods for many
days, but there was no food to be found, and he grew
weak and sick. One day he crept into a cave and lay down
and soon he was fast asleep. After a while, a great noise
woke him up. A lion had come into the cave and was
roaring loudly. Andro was very afraid because he felt sure
that the beast would kill him. Soon, however, he saw that
the lion was not angry, but that he limped as though his
foot hurt him. Andro grew bold and took hold of the lion's
lame paw to see what was wrong. The lion stood quite still
and rubbed his head against the man's shoulder. He
seemed to say, — “I know that you will help me.”
Andro lifted the paw from the ground and saw that it was
a long, sharp thorn that was hurting the lion a lot. He
took the end of the thorn in his fingers, then he gave
a strong, quick pull, and out it came. The lion was full of
joy. He jumped about like a dog and licked the hands and
feet of his new friend.
Andro was not at all afraid of the lion, and, when night
came, he and the lion lay down and slept side by side. The
lion brought food to Andro every day, and the two became
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such good friends that Andro was very happy in his new
life. One day some soldiers who were passing through the
wood found Andro in the cave. They knew who he was and
they took him back to Rome. It was the law at that time
that every slave who ran away from his master should be
made to fight a hungry lion. When the day came,
thousands of people crowded to see the sport of the slave
fighting the hungry lion. The door opened, and poor Andro
was brought in. He was very afraid because he could
already hear the roars of the lion. He looked up and saw
that there was no pity in the thousands of faces around
him. Then the hungry lion rushed in. With a single bound
he reached the poor slave. Andro gave a great cry, not of
fear, but of gladness. It was his old friend, the lion of
the cave. The people, who had expected to see the man
killed by the lion, were filled with wonder. They saw Andro
put his arms around the lion's neck; they saw the lion lie
down at his feet and lick them lovingly; they saw the great
beast rub his head against the slave's face as though he
wanted to be petted. They could not understand what it all
meant.

After a while they asked Andro to tell them about it. So

he stood up before them and, with his arm around the
lion’s neck, told how he and the beast had lived together
in the cave.
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 “I am a man,” he said, “but no man has ever befriended
me. This poor lion alone has been kind to me, and we love
each other as brothers.”
The people were good enough that they would not be cruel
to the poor slave now. “Live and be free!” they cried. “Live
and be free!”
Others cried, “Let the lion go free too! Give both of them
their liberty! And so Andro was set free, and the lion was
given to him. They lived together in Rome for many years.

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http://read.gov/aesop/001.html

Search on the Internet about Aesop’s fables. Summarize One of

them below.
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Date: ____________ The Doctor Who Saved Reading ( 4 )
Day : _____________ London CCSS.RF.3.4

In the city of London about 150 years ago, many people

started to get very sick. The sickness they had was called
‘cholera’. The disease caused panic among Londoners because
nobody knew how to prevent it, or how to cure it. Lots of
doctors tried to figure out how to prevent people from getting
cholera. Most doctors thought that people got cholera from
breathing in polluted air. They told their patients to open
their windows and breathe in fresh air as much as possible.
However, this advice did not seem to work as more and more
people contracted the disease. Doctors also struggled to help
the patients who already had cholera. Some doctors told their
patients to drink lots of water, but that did not help. Some
told their patients to take certain medicines, but those did not
help, either. The doctors did not know what to do. John Snow
was a doctor and scientist who had a different idea. He
thought that cholera might have been spreading through the
water that people were drinking. Maybe polluted water was
making everyone sick. At first, other doctors and scientists
disregarded Doctor Snow’s idea. They believed that cholera
was spread through the air and that water was not the
problem. Nobody paid much attention to Dr. Snow.
When scientists have an idea that is not proven, it is called
a ‘theory’. Scientists then create experiments to test whether
their theories are true or not. Dr. Snow developed a plan

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to test his theory about polluted water causing cholera.
Dr. Snow went to different neighborhoods in London and
tested their water. He also counted the number of sick people
in each neighborhood. It was just as he had thought! The
neighborhoods with the cleanest water had the fewest sick
people. The places with the dirtiest water had the greatest
number of sick people. This proved his theory that cholera was
spread through dirty water. Dr. Snow showed the results of
his study to the mayor of London and the other doctors. They
examined the evidence and realized that Dr. Snow was right.
All over London, people stopped drinking water that might be
polluted. Almost immediately, people stopped getting sick, and
the whole city was overjoyed. Doctors knew how to stop
cholera now. All it took was clean water.
Thanks to Dr. John Snow, we also know how to stop many
other sicknesses that can be spread through dirty water.
Cities are now designed to make sure everyone has a supply of
clean water. We would not know about the risks of dirty water
if it were not for Dr. John Snow’s scientific training, hard
work and discovery. Dr. Snow may not be as famous as Batman
or Wonder Woman, but he is a hero.

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Date: ____________ Informative Writing (2)
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Date: ____________ Descriptive Writing (3)
Write a paragraph to describe Prophet Muhamme d (PBUH)

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Date: ____________ Opinion Writing (4)

Write your opinion about:

What are important tips “healthy lifestyle to prevent cancer or

other diseases?

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Date: ____________ Opinion Writing (5)

How can we save our planet Earth?

Write your opinion on the lines below.

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