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Houghton Mifflin Reading Third Grade Resources
Teacher Read Aloud: Roadside America
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Reading Selection: Lost and Found
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Web Resources 
Historic Route 66: The official site for the historic Route 66 with maps, guides, directions, and photos.
A History of the Car: A text based site that gives a comprehensive background to the history of the car.
America on the Move: A collection of classroom resources from the National Museum of American History that documents the history of transportation in America (a teacher resource).
Mark Teague: Information about the author of "Lost and Found" from Eduplace.
Writing a Friendly Letter: A friendly letter generator from ReadWriteThink.
Mystery Grid Activity: Discover a picture by connecting the dots.
eWord Game: An interactive word game to reinforce the Key Vocabulary for "Lost and Found."
Discovery Education Streaming Video Resources 
Search for Discovering Language Arts: Grades K-02: Writing (clip on Writing a Letter: The Fourth of July)
Search for How to Write a Report and Personal Letter (clip on Letter Writing)
Reading
Preparing to Read/Key Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Comprehension Skill Lesson, Fantasy and Realism, page 21 Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Writer's Craft Lesson, Character Development, page 25 Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Word Work 
Expanding Your Vocabulary: Sea Creatures, page 51J Inspiration V8 / Inspiration V7 / PDF
Writing & Language 
Writing Skills: A Friendly Letter, page 51M-N:
Friendly letters can be published using word processing software or a postcard template from a word processing program. You can also use ReadWriteThink's Friendly Letter Generator.