Mrs. Higley ~ 3rd Grade

Unit 1, Week 2

Date: Sept. 1-5

Genre: Autobiography

A kind of narrative nonfiction

Tells the true story of a person's life in order to Is written by that person and uses I and me

Essential Question

How do people from different cultures contribute to a community?

Comprehension Skill

Sequence:

  • Sequence is the order in which important events take place

  • Paying attention to sequence can help you better understand a story

  • Signal words: first, next, then, finally

Vocabulary Strategy

Compound Words:

A compound word is made up of two smaller words

Look for smaller, familiar words within a word

Use smaller words to find the meaning of the compound word.

Spelling

Test Friday Sept 5th

step

jumps

mess

shut

head

luck

crops

slump

stop

mug

rock

clock

sock

pond

Vocabulary

Test Friday Sept 5th

admires - likes something

classmate- someone who is in your class at school

community - a place where people live, work, and play together

contribute - give money or help

practicing - do something again and again

pronounce - say the sounds in a word correctly

scared - afraid of something

tumbled - fell or lost your balance

Upcoming Events

No School Monday Sept 1st

Sept 12-14 Salt Creek Valley Festival

Sept 19th: Interims

Sept 26th: Homecoming Game, Ceremony 6:15

Contact:

740-649-9287

Email: Tara.higley@sepanthers.org