Friday, February 20, 2015

Story: Little By Little:  Week-ending 3/6/2015

Spelling Words: VCCV (vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel) words

1.     pretty            8.     perhaps          15.     challenge       22.    autobiography
2.     service          9.     attack             16.     pretzel           23.    disease
3.     thunder        10.     entire             17.     survive          24.    eternal
4.     blanket        11.     chimney         18.     pillow             25.    composition
5.     effort           12.     tunnel             19.     hunger
6.     fellow          13.     effect              20.     college
7.     subject        14.     suspended      21.    determined

Vocabulary Words:
  • polio       an infectious disease most common in children and young adults, caused by a virus and often followed by paralysis
  • immobility*     the condition of not being able to move or of being motionless
  • despised         disliked and scorned
  • dismay            a feeling of disappointment, uneasiness, and confusion
  • decipher         to be able to read something, such as handwriting
  • astonished*    surprised very much; amazed

* Bonus words have an asterisk

 

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Story: Off and Running – Week-Ending 2/20/15

Spelling Words: Prefixes: pre- and pro-
1. prevent 8. promise* 15. pronunciation
2. program 9. previous 16. professional
3. predict 10. protect 17. pretest
4. project 11. property 18. preview
5. pretend 12. propose 19. proclaim
6. process 13. precede 20. progress
7. prefer 14. proceed