Sunday, August 21, 2011

This Week

This week we will begin reading narrative stories from our Reading Street Textbook. Vocabulary and Spelling words will also begin this week. Homework is going to become more intense as we progress through this nine weeks. However, nightly reading will change a bit, to prevent students from feeling overloaded in Language Arts. Below you will find spelling words and vocabulary for the week.


Spelling Words: usual, huge, flute, mood, smooth, threw, afternoon, scooter, juice, cruise, truth, bruise, cruel, excuse, pupil, groove, confuse, humor, duty, curfew, influence, aluminum, nutrition, accumulate, igloo



Vocabulary Word
Meaning
wilderness
place that is in a natural state
naturalist
person who studies living things
preserve
save
impressive
amazing
species
type of animal or plant
slopes
sides of a mountain
glacier
huge sheet of ice