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The Paper Plane Contest Play

Read a short play about a paper plane contest and learn the prefixes mid-, semi-, super- and the suffixes -en, -ous and -ward.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.3.3.a

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  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 11 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students tell the meanings of the prefixes mid-, semi- and super-.
  • Students tell the meanings of the suffixes -en, -ous and -ward.
  • Students tell a real suffix apart from letters that only look like one.

How to use

Assign parts and read the play aloud as a group. Then have students answer the questions on their own and share how each word part helped them.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.3.3.a

Identify and know the meanings of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.

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The Paper Plane Contest Play

Find the prefixes mid-, semi-, super- and the suffixes -en, -ous, -ward.

Read the play

Read the play with partners. Each line has a number. Then answer the questions.

The Paper Plane Contest

1(It is midday in the school gym. Ms. Gray's class sits in a semicircle on the floor. Each student holds a paper plane.)

2MS. GRAY: Welcome to our paper plane contest! Stand behind the tape line and toss your plane forward. The plane that glides the farthest wins. One rule: never aim a plane at a person. That is dangerous.

3MALIA: I feel nervous. My plane keeps diving downward.

4OSCAR: Maybe the wings are bent. Flatten them with your thumb.

5(Malia flattens the wings and tosses her plane. It sails past the midpoint of the gym.)

6MALIA: It worked! What a joyous feeling!

7OSCAR: My turn! (His plane zooms upward, flips over in midair and lands behind him.) Oh no, it went backward!

8MS. GRAY: Your folds look soft, Oscar. Run your fingernail along each fold to sharpen it. Sharp folds help a plane fly straight.

9(Oscar sharpens his folds and tries again. This time his plane glides straight and lands next to Malia's plane.)

10PRIYA: Look, Oscar! Your plane is a superstar now!

11(Priya tosses her plane last. It glides farther than all the others and lands near the far wall.)

12MS. GRAY: Priya's plane wins! But every plane flew better after a small fix. Test it, fix it and try again!

1.
In line 1, the class sits in a semicircle. What shape does the class make?
  • A. a whole circle
  • B. a straight line
  • C. half of a circle
  • D. a small square
2.
In line 5, Malia's plane sails past the midpoint of the gym. Where is the midpoint?
  • A. in the middle of the gym
  • B. at the far end of the gym
  • C. by the door of the gym
  • D. in a corner of the gym

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