Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It - Little Book Lane

Name:
collection: a group of things that go together
realize: to understand or recognize something clearly
shiny: sparkly, glittery or polished
strain: to stretch too much or too tight
scattered: spread out in different directions
enormous: huge, gigantic
Configuration Station
Write the words from the word bank in the correct boxes.
scattered strain realize
enormous collection shiny
Scott Foresman Third Grade: Prudy’s Problem
Cherry Carl, 2009

What’s Missing?
Fill in the blanks with words from the word bank.
1. Prudy had an enormous of collections!
2. She didn’t that it was a problem.
3. One day she found a silver gum wrapper.
4. Her bedroom walls began to and crack.
5. Her collections were everywhere!
6. Now she had an problem!
scattered strain realize
enormous collection shiny
Scott Foresman Third Grade: Prudy’s Problem
Cherry Carl, 2009

collection
realize
shiny
strain
scattered
enormous
Prudy
problem
Sentence Sense
Write a 6-8 word sentence for each pair of words below.
Scott Foresman Third Grade: Prudy’s Problem
Cherry Carl, 2009

Where Are the Words?
Find and circle all of the words from the word bank. Each word appears twice!
s c a t t e r e d g f c b
t b f g j p r n v w k o z
r e a l i z e o r x p l j
a j k z w b f r s g n l v
i g p e v x j m c z b e s
n f z n n g k o a f r c h
b j w o p x z u t g e t i
f k g r v b j s t r a i n
j p z m x f k g e b l o y
g b v o w p s t r a i n f
w x j u r f g z e k z j b
k z n s t b v p d w e g k
c o l l e c t i o n p f j
b f p g j w k z s h i n y
scattered strain realize
enormous collection shiny
Scott Foresman Third Grade: Prudy’s Problem
Cherry Carl, 2009

Rhyme Time
Read each word and listen for the ending chunk. Find and paste three words that rhyme with
each word.
strain shiny scattered
grain tiny mattered
shattered reign whiny
spiny flattered cane
Scott Foresman Third Grade: Prudy’s Problem
Cherry Carl, 2009

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Order in the Court
Place the story words below in alphabetical order.
scattered strain realize
enormous collection shiny
Scott Foresman Third Grade: Prudy’s Problem
Cherry Carl, 2009

Clever Connector
Draw a line to connect the words that have the opposite meaning.
shiny tiny
collect
enormous
strain
Awesome Artist
relax
dull
scatter
Prudy’s enormous set of collections
scattered everywhere!
Scott Foresman Third Grade: Prudy’s Problem
Cherry Carl, 2009

Definition Derby
Read each word in the first column. Find the correct definition and write the matching letter next to the word
(see sample). Write each word in a sentence.
Word Sentence Definition
1. scattered f Prudy’s collection of things was
scattered everywhere.
a. to stretch too much
or too tight
2. strain b. a group of things that
go together
3. realize
4. enormous
5. collection
6. shiny
c. understand or
recognize something
clearly
d. sparkly, glittery or
polished
e. huge, gigantic
f. spread out in
different directions
Scott Foresman Third Grade: Prudy’s Problem
Cherry Carl, 2009

Score With Scrabble!
Collection
Realize
Shiny
Strain
Scattered
Enormous
Total
SCORE
Scott Foresman Third Grade: Prudy’s Problem
Cherry Carl, 2009