Mrs. Higley ~ 3rd Grade

Unit 6, Week 1

Date: March 16-20

Genre: Myth/Drama

  • A myth tells how something came to be.

  • A drama is a play that tells a story and is performed.

  • A drama is separated into scenes and has stage directions.

Essential Question

How do you decide what's important?

Comprehension Skill:

Theme

  • Theme is overall message or lesson that an author wants readers to understand.

  • To identify theme, look for details in the actions and words of the characters.

  • To figure out the theme, think about what the characters do and say.

Vocabulary Strategy:

Root Words

  • A root word is the simplest form of a word.

  • A root word is a word to which no prefixes, suffixes, or endings have been added.

  • Use the meanings of root words to figure out unknown words.

Spelling Words

  1. disagreed

  1. dislike

  1. disappear

  1. prepaid

  1. preschool

  1. precook

  1. previous

  1. rebuild

  1. return

  1. resell

  1. reprint

  1. unwrap

  1. unlucky

  1. untied

  1. unbeaten

Vocabulary Words:

  1. alarmed - afraid or frightened

  2. anguish - a great suffering of the mind, or agony

  3. necessary - needs to be done or is required

  4. obsessed - think about one thing all the time and nothing else

  5. possess - have or own something

  6. reward - something given or received in return for something done

  7. treasure - money, jewels, or other things that are valuable

  8. wealth - a great amount of money or valuable things

Upcoming Events

Spelling Test: Friday, March 20

Vocabulary Test: Thursday, March 26

March 17: St. Patrick's Day! Wear Green!

March 27: Report cards sent home

April 1: Elementary Spring Pictures

April 1: Easter Party @ 1:30!

April 2: Early Dismissal @ 12:45

Contact:

740-649-9287

Email: tara.higley@sepanthers.org

January, February, and March, the third graders will be having a "classroom game/ supplies" gift exchange.

Nightly reading will go home Tuesday and be due on Friday.