Steal Away Home, Week 2
Spelling: DIFFICULT WORDS TO SPELL
Monday: Write your spelling words correctly in your agenda
in alphabetical order.
Tuesday-Wednesday: Complete a spelling choice activity to
turn in Thursday.
Thursday: Study!
These are challenging words!
1.
achieve
2.
excellent
3.
probably
4.
important
5.
because
6.
friend
7.
beginning
8.
believe
9.
restaurant
10. remember
11. against
12. separate
13. definitely
14. surprise
15. different
16. until
17. finally
18. enough
19. especially
20. sincerely
Vocabulary:
Monday-Wednesday: Complete a vocabulary choice activity.
Thursday: Study!
These are challenging words!
1.
feign (v): to fake, to pretend
2.
bawdy (adj): crude, dirty, naughty
3.
breadth (adj): width; extent; size in
general
4.
dapple/dappled (n/adj): spotted horses;
white spots on a horse/spotted
5.
ruffian (n): tough lawless person
6.
vermin (n): small, disgusting animals
7.
economical (adj): sparing; avoiding waste
or extravagance
8.
avidly (adv): excitedly; enthusiastically
9.
irony (n): the opposite of what is
expected; a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens; the
use of words to convey a meaning that is opposite of its literal meaning
10. jaundiced
(adj): yellow or yellowish as affected by an illness called jaundice
11. conjecture
(n): assumption; opinion; speculation
Grammar: conjunctions, interjections, and prepositions
Your mystery genre skeleton is due no later than
Friday! No IRA is required this week.
Book Character Day Extra Credit: If you would like extra
credit in reading, dress up as a book character, bring the book, and write a
summary of your book! (If it is a new “fifth
grade” book that you want to count towards your 25-book goal, great. If it isn’t, you can still get extra credit
by following these directions.)
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