Mrs. Higley ~ 3rd Grade

Unit 3, Week 3

Date: Dec. 2-5

Genre: Folktale

  • short story passed down from parents to children in a culture

  • usually has a message or teaches a lesson

Essential Question

What makes different animals unique?

Comprehension Skill: Problem and Solution

  • A problem is something that needs to charge or be solved.

  • The solution is how the characters fix the problem.

  • The characters take a sequence or actions that lead them to solving the problem

Vocabulary Strategy: Synonyms

  • Synonyms are words that have the same meaning

  • Sometimes synonyms are context clues for words you don't know

  • Example: "grew" and "expanded"

Spelling

Test- Dec. 5th

careful

rear

stared

gear

shared

here

pair

career

stairs

peer

wear

bear

where

there

dear

Vocabulary

Test- Dec. 12th

  • disbelief- to lack belief about something

  • dismay- to feel shock and surprise

  • fabulous- amazing

  • features- things that are not noticeable about something

  • offered- presented with something that you can accept or turn down

  • splendid- very beautiful or magnificent

  • unique- the only one of its kind

  • watchful- to be watching carefully

Upcoming Events


Dec. 6th- Breakfast with Santa 9am-2pm

Dec. 18th- 3rd grade Christmas program

Dec. 19th-Jan. 5th- Christmas break

Contact:

740-649-9287

Email: tara.higley@sepanthers.org