Mrs. Higley ~ 3rd Grade

Unit 2, Week 2

Date: Oct. 6- Oct. 10

Genre: Expository Text

  • Gives facts and information about a topic

  • Text features: such as bar graphs

  • Has headings that tell what a section is about

Essential Question

How do people make government work?

Comprehension Skill: Author's Point of View

  • An author often has a point of view about a topic

  • To find the author's point of view, look for details that show what the author thinks

  • Think about whether or not you agree with the author's point of view

Vocabulary Strategy:

  • A prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a word

  • A prefix changes the meaning of the word

  • Examples: un- means "not" re- means "again"

Spelling

Test Oct. 10th

heel

bean

week

speaks

creek

team

free

clean

green

cream

street

field

freeze

seal

weak

Vocabulary

Test Oct. 9th

  • announced- told people about something

  • candidates- the people seeking an office or honor

  • convince- to cause someone to believe or do something

  • decisions- to make choices

  • elect- to choose by voting

  • estimate- to guess an amount

  • government- the people who guide a city, state, or country

  • independent- to do things for yourself

Upcoming Events

Oct. 13th: NO SCHOOL- Columbus Day

Oct. 24th: Report cards go home

Oct. 29th: Picture Retakes

Contact:

740-649-9287

Email: tara.higley@sepanthers.org