Story: The Case of the Flying Saucer People – Week-Ending 12/12/14

Spelling Words: Suffixes: -tion and -ness
1.     mystery           8.     operation      15.     education          22.  questions
2.     laziness           9.     sickness        16.     transportation    23.  saucer
3.     population     10.     kindness       17.     federation          24.  atmosphere
4.     invention        11.     closeness     18.     subtraction         25.  unfortunate
5.     generation     12.     forgiveness   19.     smallness
6.     examination   13.     pollution       20.     lateness
7.     situation         14.     imagination  21.    scientific



Vocabulary Words:
 advanced      highly developed or complex
 features         facial characteristics
 translation     spoken or written words that have been changed from one language to another
 piercing*       penetrating
 publicity *     information intended to attract public interest
* Bonus words have an asterisk

Story:  Seeing Earth from Space – Week-Ending 12/5/14

Spelling Words: Suffixes: -ant and -ent
1.     absent          8.     moment       15.     restaurant     22.     orbiting
2.     servant         9.     resident       16.     patient          23.    magma
3.     present        10.     ignorant      17.     government  24.    landforms
4.     instant         11.     pleasant      18.     statement      25.    continent
5.     accident      12.     distant         19.     migrant
6.     assistant      13.     innocent      20.     participant
7.     current        14.     intelligent     21.    efficacious*


Vocabulary Words:
sensors         devices that react to a stimulus by recording it or sending an electrical signal
atoll              a doughnut-shaped coral island enclosing a lagoon
reef              a ridge of sand, rocks, or coral at or near the surface of the water
lagoon          a body of water enclosed by a ring-shaped coral island
meander *    to wind and turn in a course, as does a river
barren          having no vegetation

* Bonus words have an asterisk

Story: Oceans – Week-Ending 11/21/14

Spelling Words: Troublesome Words & Phrases
1.     anyway          8.     a lot         15.     there's        22.     wavelength
2.     any way         9.     its            16.     theirs          23.     particles
3.     all right         10.     it's           17.     anyone       24.     dangerous
4.     every one     11.     your        18.     any one      25.     eventually*
5.     everyone      12.     you're      19.     altogether
6.     already         13.     who's       20.     all together
7.     all ready       14.     whose      21.     continents



Vocabulary Words:
gravitational*     an adjective describing one type of force by which two bodies attract each other
bulge                 a part that swells outward
inlet                   a narrow strip of water leading into land
shallow              not deep
energy               the capacity for doing work or supplying power
generated          produced

* Bonus words have an asterisk

Story: Summer of Fire:  Week-Ending 11/14/14

Spelling Words:
1.     basketball        8.     skateboard       15.     strawberry     22.    thunderstruck
2.     seventy-five      9.     homework       16.     freeway         23.      runner-up
3.     rock  band      10.     two  thirds       17.     car pool        24.    half  hour
4.     everybody       11.     high  school     18.     comic  strip   25.    paper  clip
5.     fireplace          12.     railroad           19.     fine arts
6.     anything          13.     motorcycle       20.     forty-two
7.     takeoff            14.     vice  president  21.      breathtaking


Vocabulary Words:
1. geyser           a natural spring that shoots up a fountain of hot water or steam
2. veered           shifted or changed direction
3. canopy          any covering overhead, such as a tree
4. tinder             anything dry that will easily catch fire on contact with a spark
5. dwindled        became steadily smaller or less; shrank
6. embers           something no longer in flames but still glowing
7. policy             a plan or method of action or conduct

Story:  Everglades - Week-Ending 11/7/2014

Spelling Words: Words with "silent" letters
1.     island         8.       walked          15.     aisle            22.     slaughter
2.     design        9.       talk               16.     foreign         23.    clambered
3.     calm          10.     chalk             17.     lightning       24.    knowledge
4.     column       11.     wrinkled       18.     benign          25.    habitat
5.     sword        12.     wrong           19.     glistened
6.     half            13.     autumn          20.     resign
7.     yolk           14.     solemn          21.    orchids


Vocabulary Words:
1. eons              periods of time that total many decades or centuries2
2. scurried         moved quickly
3. pondered      considered something deeply and thoroughly
4.  multitude      a great number of persons or things
5. peninsula       an area of land almost completely surrounded by water
6. plenitude       fullness or adequacy; abundance

Story:  Island of the Blue Dolphins - Week-Ending 10/31/14

Spelling:
1.     crises          8.     armies         15.     tomatoes     22.     breaths
2.     knives         9.     briefs          16.     canoes         23.    tragedies
3.     media         10.    videos        17.     berries         24.    buses
4.     roofs          11.    heroes        18.     loaves          25.    skis
5.     pianos        12.    data           19.     lives
6.     waves        13.    bacteria      20.     messages
7.     wishes        14.    oxen          21.     foxes








Vocabulary: (bonus spelling words)
1. overcome     to make weak or helpless
2. forlorn          sad or pitiful because of being alone or neglected
3. pitched         rose and fell alternately at the front and back of a ship or boat
4. vainer           more self-admiring, proud and conceited than someone else
5. gorged         stuffed oneself with food
6. abalone        an edible shellfish having a flat shell lined with mother-of-pearl
7. lair               the den of wild animals

Story:  Woodsong - Week-Ending 10/24

Spelling Words:  Unstressed Endings:

1.     level         8.     battle           15.     individual    22.     personality
2.     double      9.     candle         16.     material      23.     wilderness
3.     metal       10.     article         17.     angel          24.     humorous
4.     evil          11.     equal          18.     camel         25.     possible
5.     travel       12.     civil            19.     illegal
6.     couple     13.     capital        20.     stencil
7.     needle     14.     original       21.     brindle


Vocabulary Words:
1. resembled       was or looked like
2. bulk                large size or mass
3. pointedly         clearly noticeable; done with emphasis
4. harness           straps or bands used to hitch an animal to a cart, plow, or other equipment
5. retired             removed from a job because of advancing age
6. disengage        to loosen, detach, or free from something that holds
7. snort               to force air violently and noisily through the nostrils