This Week's Spelling & Vocab

Spelling & Vocabulary Unit 5, Week 1: “Spirit of Endurance”

SPELLING:

Monday: Write spelling words CORRECTLY in your agenda in ABC order (due Tues.).

Tuesday:  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.     margin

2.     jolt

3.     surge

4.     plunge

5.     jigsaw

6.     legend

7.     ridge

8.     budge

9.     lodge

10.  agent

11.  damage

12.  ranger

13.  jumble

14.  luggage

15.  baggage

16.  dodge

17.  challenge

18.  journal

19.  judgment

20.  knowledge

Challenge: oxygen, surgeon

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.     frigid: very cold

2.     treacherous: full of danger

3.     triumph: to be successful or win

4.     uninhabited: not lived in

5.     expedition: a journey with a specific purpose

6.     labor: hard work or toil

7.     dismantled: taken apart piece by piece

8.     abandon: to leave and not return

TESTED SKILLS/STRATEGIES: Word parts, base & roots, words with affixes (prefixes & suffixes); problem/solution

GRAMMA FOCUS: Adjectives & demonstrative adjectives