This Week's ELA

 Unit 5, Week 3: A Historic Journey

SPELLING: Prefixes dis-, mis-, and in- (“not”) and pre- (“before”)

Tuesday: Write spelling words CORRECTLY in your agenda in ABC order (due Tues.).Write your spelling words 3x each IF YOU MADE 85 OR BELOW on last week’s test (due Wed.)!

Wednesday: Finish a spelling choice if you made less than 100% on last week’s test or this week’s pretest (due Thurs.).

Study your spelling words Monday – Thursday for your test on Friday!

1.     prewash

2.     disable

3.     discolor

4.     mistaken

5.     preheats

6.     mistrust

7.     incorrect

8.     disconnect

9.     preview

10.  prejudge

11.  misjudge

12.  discomfort

13.  dismount

14.  misunderstand

15.  disobey

16.  dishonest

17.  injustice

18.  disapprove

19.  inexpensive

20.  indefinite

*Challenge words: prehistoric, misbehave

VOCABULARY:

Complete a vocabulary choice if you made less than 100% on last week’s test (due Thurs.).

Study vocabulary words and definitions each night Monday through Thursday for your test on Friday.

1.     instill: (v) to put in or introduce little by little

2.     combined: (adj) characterized by being joined together or united; (v) joined together, united

3.     naturalist: (n) a person who specializes in the study of things in nature, especially plants and animals

4.     vacant: (adj) not having anyone or anything in it; empty

5.     diverse: (adj) not all the same; varied

TESTED SKILLS: prefixes

GRAMMAR FOCUS: adjectives that compare