Welcome to the 2008-2009 school year!
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READING VOCABULARY for First Term

Week 2 	THE RAJAH’S RICE

1.	bulging—swelling out
2.	celebration—activities in honor of a special event
3.	chessboard—game board used for playing chess or checkers
4.	foolishness—behavior that shows a lack of good sense
5.	marketplace—location where goods are bought and sold
6.	snickered—laughed in a secretive, disrespectful way
7.	spice—seasoning for food, made from plants
8.	vow—solemn promise or pledge

Week 3 	A LITTLE EXCITEMENT
1.	absolutely—completely; without any doubt
2.	blizzards—heavy snowstorms with strong winds
3.	companions—friends
4.	crackled—made sharp, snapping sounds
5.	fiery—made up of fire; lit
6.	ignited—set or caught on fire
7.	soot—black powder formed from burning wood or other fuel
8.	weariness—tiredness


Week 4 	THE LOST LAKE 
1.	compass—instrument for showing direction
2.	darted—moved suddenly and quickly
3.	glum—unhappy; in low spirits
4.	knapsack—cloth bag used for carrying clothes or supplies
5.	muttered—spoke in a low, unclear way
6.	poncho—cloak with a hole in the middle for the head

Week 5 	SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL
1.	eerie—strange and scary
2.	huddled—gathered close together, as for comfort or warmth
3.	pesky—troublesome or annoying
4.	prairie—grassland
5.	reins—straps, attached to a horse’s headgear, through which a person guides the horse
6.	squal-sudden strong gust of wind followed by rain or snow
FIRST TERM SPELLING WORDS


Column 1  Column 2  Column 3   Column 4	   Column 5

Week 2  THE RAJAH’S RICE—Row 1 
blade	  delay	    sale	jail        spice   gray	  amaze	    hang	crayon	    vow	
past	drain	   stain	fact	    bulging
afraid	says*	   glass	stale	marketplace
magic	break*	   raft		steak*	celebration 
					foolishness 
					snickered


Week 3  A LITTLE EXCITEMENT—Row 2 
west	freedom	   speck   shelf	absolutely steep	speed	   kept	   least        blizzards
member	steam	   cheap   eager	companions
gleam	beast	   pretend reason	crackled
fresh	believe*   greed   chief*	fiery 
					soot


Week 4  THE LOST LAKE—Row  3 
skill	flight	  ditch	   inch		compass	
crime	live	  decide   sigh		darted
grind	chill	  witness  fright	muttered
tonight	delight	  wind	   remind	glum
brick	build*	  district built*	poncho 
					knapsack


Week 5  SARAH PLAIN AND TALL—Row 4 
block	scold   throat	  known		prairie
shown	coast	host	  remote	eerie
oatmeal	odd	enclose	  stock		huddled
wrote	locate	shock	  boast		squall
fellow	slope	solve	  globe		pesky	



WEEK 6—Row 5
wait	        creak	sent	vain	raise
weight		heel	cent	vain    raze
heard		heal	scent	vein	rays
herd		peak	ring	minor   principal
creek		peek	wring	miner   principle

AUGUST 25-29

MONDAY, AUGUST 25
Reading-Read Story and study voc. words
Fire Safety Poster Project- Due Sept.2(Note going home)
English- Study p.34-35
Spelling- Study words Unit 2

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26
Reading-Begin story summary, due Friday. Study voc., quiz Wed.
English- PB p. 6-7
Spelling-Write words twice in cursive.
 
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27
Reading- Story summary due Friday.
English- PB p.8
Spelling- Study words, test Thursday.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28
Reading- Story summary due Friday.
English- Finish classwork- TB p. 40-41 #1-30
READING AND ENGLISH TESTS FRIDAY