Story: Evelyn Cisneros: Prima Ballerina – Week-Ending 2/6/15

Spelling Words: Prefixes: dis- and de-
1.     discuss            8.     details           15.     disadvantage        22.    decision
2.     deduct            9.     demand         16.     demonstrated*     23.    deliver
3.     dismissed      10.     determined    17.     defeat                  24.    distressed
4.     develop        11.     depressed      18.     descent                25.    distribute
5.     disease         12.     defense          19.     disappear
6.     discount       13.     disappointing  20.     disconnect
7.     disturb         14.     discouraged    21.     distract
 

Vocabulary Words:
flexibility          the ability to bend or twist without breaking
migrant            moving around to find work, especially in harvesting crops
timid                fearful or shy
thrived             progressed toward a goal
scholarship      money awarded to a student to help pay for his or her education
devote             to give up one's time to an activity
apprentice*     a person who works for another to learn a skill

* Bonus words have an asterisk