Story: Hattie’s Birthday Box – Week-Ending 1/9/14

Spelling Words: Suffixes -able and -less
1.     capable       8.     tasteless         15.     excitable          22.     reciting
2.     careless       9.     helpless         16.     believable         23.     memorized
3.     desirable    10.     senseless      17.     bottomless        24.    tongue
4.     admirable   11.     priceless       18.     comfortable      25.    precious
5.     restless       12.     useless         19.     dampness
6.     available     13.     reliable         20.     understandable
7.     debatable    14.     recited         21.    decorations


Vocabulary Words:
undeniable*      plainly true or too good to be denied
rations              limited amounts of something people can have
brooded           thought deeply in a worried manner
concocted*      made up; devised
despair             the heavy feeling when all hope is lost
homestead        to settle, improve, and eventually own land given by the U. S. government
perch                a place to sit or stand that is higher than its surroundings
* Bonus words have an asterisk