Spelling and Vocabulary Lists for Week of November 17

Spelling: r-controlled vowels

  1. careful
  2. stared
  3. shared
  4. pair
  5. stairs
  6. wear
  7. bear
  8. where
  9. there
  10. dear
  11. rear
  12. gear
  13. here
  14. career
  15. peer
  16. shore
  17. carve
  18. storm
  19. square
  20. clearly

Vocabulary: Unit 3, Week 3

Definitions
  • amount
The amount of something is how much of that thing there is.
  • astronomy
Astronomy is the study of the stars and planets.
Cognate: astronomía
  • globe
The globe is the world.
Cognate: globo
  • solar system
The solar system includes Earth and the planets that move around the sun.
Cognate: sistema solar
  • support
If you support someone or something, you provide what they need.
  • temperature
The temperature of something tells how hot or cold that thing is.
Cognate: temperatura
  • warmth
When you feel the warmth of the sun, you feel its heat.

11/13 Homework

Math: review the practice test/lessons from Ch 5. Test tomorrow

Spelling: sentences 16-20 Quiz tomorrow

Vocabulary: finish slides Test tomorrow

Finish Grammar 3.4.4 Proofreading

Tomorrow morning, students may meet at Backer Park at 7:50 am for Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day. We will begin our walk to Carroll at 8:00. There will be music in the quad, and students can drop off their backpacks in the classroom.

There will be an assembly at 8:25 in the MP Room. Superintendent Christopher Hoffman will speak to the school.

11/12 Homework

Math: PB 5-6. We will review chapter 5 tomorrow and test on Friday.

Spelling: sentences 6-15

Vocabulary Slides: (4)

Ruby Bridges Walk to School is this Friday. See flyer that is coming home today.

Booster – Thon fundraiser starts today.

Week of November 3 Spelling and Vocabulary Lists

Spelling: r-Controlled Vowels

  1. whirl
  2. third
  3. girls
  4. firm
  5. fern
  6. herds
  7. stern
  8. serve
  9. hurt
  10. nurse
  11. turns
  12. learn
  13. pearl
  14. word
  15. world
  16. stretch
  17. thick
  18. whales
  19. perfect
  20. Thursday

Vocabulary: Unit 3 Week 1

Definitions
  • disbelief
When you are in disbelief , you lack belief about something.
  • dismay
To feel dismay is to feel shock and surprise.
  • fabulous
When something is fabulous , it is amazing. Cognate: fabuloso
  • features
Features are things that are noticeable about something.
  • offered
When you are offered something, you are presented with something that you can accept or turn down.
  • splendid
Something that is splendid is very beautiful or magnificent. Cognate: espléndido
  • watchful
To be watchful means “to be watching carefully.”
          * unique        When something is unique, it is the only one of its kind.