Mrs. Higley ~ 3rd Grade

Unit 5, Week 1

Date: Feb. 17-20

Genre: Biography

  • tells the true story of a real person's life

  • written by another person

  • text features: timelines, photographs, captions

Essential Question

What do good citizens do?

Comprehension Skill:

Author's Point of View

  • Point of view is what an author thinks about a topic.

  • Look for words and phrases that show what the author thinks.

  • Decide what the details have in common to figure out the author's point of view.

Vocabulary Strategy:

Prefixes and Suffixes

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

    • Example: un- means "not"

  • A suffix is added at the end of a word.

    • Example: -ly means "in a way that"

Spelling Words

  1. airplane

  1. daytime

  1. birthday

  1. daylight

  1. hairdo

  1. somebody

  1. birdhouse

  1. barefoot

  1. headlight

  1. sometime

  1. someone

  1. newspaper

  1. sidewalks

  1. basketball

  1. stagecoach

Vocabulary Words:

  1. citizenship - the position of being a citizen of a country with all the rights, duties, and privileges that come with it

  2. continued - goes on without stopping

  3. daring - courageous and bold

  4. horrified - filled with great fear, horror, or dislike

  5. participate - join with others or take part in something

  6. proposed - to have suggested something to others for their consideration

  7. unfairness - the state of being unfair or unjust

  8. waver - to pause when being unsure

Upcoming Events

Feb 12th- Parent teacher conferences 4-7pm

Feb 13th- Parent teacher conferences 8-11 am (no school)

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.