This Week's ELA: Black Cowboys, Wild Horses

Spelling: Words with the VCCV pattern

Monday – Write spelling words CORRECTLY in your agenda in ABC order.

Wednesday – Complete a spelling choice (due Thurs.).

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

1. dentist                                     11. culture
2. jogger                                       12. goggles
3. fifteen                                      13. summon
4. flatter                                      14. champion
5. mutter                                     15. kennel
6. mustang                                   16. valley
7. absent                                      17. fragment
8. hollow                                     18. gallop
9. empire                                     19. vulture
10. blizzard                                   20. pigment

Vocabulary

Complete a vocabulary activity of your choosing (due Thursday).

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

1. suspended – stopped for a while; appearing to float
2. vastness – greatness; immenseness
3. flickered – shone or burned with a wavering light
4. swerved – turned aside
5. enthusiasm – eager interest; zeal
6. presence – when someone or something is present in a particular place
7. horizon – line where the ground and the sky seem to meet
8. ravine – long, deep, narrow valley eroded by running water

IRA: Problem/Solution

     Describe at least one problem the character in your book faces.  How does the character solve the problem OR what steps does the character take to solve the problem (if it hasn’t been solved yet)?

GRAMMAR: More plural and possessive nouns; interjections

TESTED READING SKILL: make inferences

*CPA outlines are due Wednesday.