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Summary

Gibbons, Gail, Yippee-Yah!: A Book About Cowboys and Cowgirls,
In words and pictures, this book captures all the excitement and adventure of the old West. Colorful watercolors deftly re-create cowboys’ clothing, equipment and lifestyle.

 

Focus Skill ~ Main Ideas and Details

 

 

Grade 3, Theme 2

Yippee-Yay! A Book About Cowboys and Cowgirls

Vocabulary Words

 

ranchers    people who own a large farm for raising animals
tending    taking care of
profit    money gained by selling something
corral    a fenced-in space for farm animals
stray    wandering or lost
market    a public place where goods are sold

How to Eat an Oreo Cookie

 

Building Background
Reading Rockets - Main Idea & Details
Test Tutor-Main Idea & Details
References & Resources
*Proofreading Makes Perfect
Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
Hangman
Spelling Games
Buckaroos Round Up the Herd
Cowboys from PBS
Cowboy Songs
Grammar Practice Park-Fantastic Flights
Snowland of Verbs and Contractions,
Monster Truck Verb  Safari
Go for Grammar Gold-Action Verbs and the Verb Be
Main Verbs and Helping Verbs,
Who Wants to be a Millionaire - Helping/Auxiliary Verbs
Who Wants to be a Millionaire - Yippee Yay!
You must read the story before you can play this game.

 

 

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