Monday, September 3, 2012

This Week's Spelling, Vocab, & More

Unit 1, Week 6 Spelling/Vocabulary                                                Story: Forests of the World

Spelling words: words with /ü/, /ū/, and /ů/
Tuesday – Write words in ABC order in your agenda.
Tuesday – Begin spelling choice (due Thurs.).
Tuesday – Thursday – STUDY spelling nightly for your test on Friday

1.     tuna                                    11. booth
2.     duty                                    12. handbook
3.     lose                                    13. prove
4.     few                                    14. mute
5.     doom                                    15. amuse
6.     bamboo                        16. plume
7.     brood                                    17. hue
8.     crooks                                    18. view
9.     hoof                                    19. bruise
10.  hooks                                    20. union

Vocabulary words:
Tuesday – Name the part of speech and complete the definitions for each vocabulary word.  Use the glossary in your reading book (due Wednesday).
Wednesday – Thursday – STUDY vocabulary words and definitions for your test on Friday.

1.     quest  (________) – A search or ____________________

2.     settings  (________) – The surroundings of something; ____________________; environment

3.     reduce (________) – To make ____________________ or become smaller in size, ____________________ or degree

4.     buffet1 (________) – To ____________________ about

5.     major (________) – Greater in __________________, amount, ____________________, importance, or rank

IRA: Seven Sentence Types (due Friday)
             As you read your AR book, find an example of each of the seven types of sentences.  Copy the sentence carefully, cite the page number, and label the sentence as either:
     declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, simple, compound, or complex

TESTED READING SKILL: cause and effect

*Unit 1 Reading and Language Arts tests will be given on Friday.

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