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Big Nate on a Roll (Big Nate, 3)
Last updated Sunday, May 25, 2025
Author: Lincoln Peirce
Date of Publication: 2011
ISBN: 0061944386
Grade Level: 3rd (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)
Date(s) Used: Jun. 2025
Synopsis:
Nate's a big deal in his scout troop... until Artur - aka Mr. Perfect - joins. Now Nate's stuck in second place. And Artur means business. Will Nate take the grand prize? Or wipe out, big time?
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This is the 3rd book in the graphic novel series Big Nate. Plan to spend some time on the inside covers. The teacher's name is Mrs. Czerwicki. Decide with your reading partner how you are both going to pronounce her name.
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| Discussion topics for before reading: |
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Ask students to share some of the unique words and expressions they use with friends. For example,
“so lit,” “throw shade,” “GOAT,” “OMG.”
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Have any of you read any of the Big Nate books before? How about Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
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Have you read any other comic strips, cartoon books, graphic novels>?
Vocabulary
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trivia - unimportant matters
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courageous - brave
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timber - forest, lumber, wood
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stench - really bad smell
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detention - confinement, imprisonment, captivity
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vulgar - lacking in good manners or taste : coarse. Crude. Offensive.
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cheesy - shabby, cheap
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ominous - foreboding or foreshadowing evil : inauspicious
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| Discussion topics for during/after reading: |
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Do you have a skateboard? When do you ride on it? to school and back? Do you do tricks on it? Which ones?
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Are any of the kids in a scout troop? If so, what do they like most about it?
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Wall hangings. Do you like the "cute" ones? or just plain photos of family? or artwork? What do you think about the ones on page
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| Craft ideas: |
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Make your own wall hanging using construction paper and crayons or slim felt markers. What do you want it to say? (examples on page 32.)
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Cut out an outline from light-colored construction paper of a skateboard deck. Design your own skateboard (like in page 39.)
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Make your own wall hanging using construction paper and crayons or slim felt markers. What do you want it to say? (examples on page 32.)
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Father’s Day is Sunday, June 15, 2025. Make a greeting card for someone; father, grandfather, uncle,
etc.
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Draw a picture of something you are going to do this summer. Examples: Camping, go to the beach, take a
road trip.
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| Special activities: |
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Do the Word Search
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FINALLY, remember when there is a really hot day and you live in an apartment or house with no air
conditioning, the is a place you can go that does have AC … the LIBRARY and it's FREE.
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*Note: These craft ideas are just suggestions.
You can use them, but you don't have to use them.
You can expand upon them, or add your own twist.
Remember, though, that the focus of your time should
not be on the development and execution of a craft;
the focus should be on the read-aloud and the
enjoyment of the book!
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