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This week in our class

12/11/2011 14:44

Word Work for Smoke Jumpers

Spelling Words

1. wilderness

2. United States

3. Alaska

4. bureau

5. management

6. vegetation

7. forest

8. mission

9. dangerous

10. distribute

11. technique

12. parachute

13. jumpsuit

14. equipment

15. helmet

16. signal

17. communicate

18. perfect

19. fighting

20. listening

 

Challenge words-none this week

 

Vocabulary Words

retardant- to slow up or prevent from happening

vital- of importance: needed

reserve- to keep in store for future use

deafening-to make deaf or unable to hear

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12/03/2011 20:33

Word work for "Seeing Earth from Space"

Spelling words

absent
servant
present
instant
accident
assistant
current
moment
resident
ignorant
pleasant
distant
innocent
intelligent
restaurant
patient
government
statement
migrant
participant          
 

Challenge Words

efficacious

orbiting

continent

magma

landforms

 

Vocabulary

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

 

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12/01/2011 21:10

Word work for Everglades

Spelling

  1. island
  2. design
  3. calm
  4. column
  5. sword
  6. half
  7. yolk
  8. walked
  9. talk
  10. chalk
  11. wrinkled
  12. wrong
  13. autumn
  14. solemn
  15. aisle
  16. foreign
  17. lightning
  18. benign
  19. glistened
  20. resign
 
Challenge Words
  1. orchids
  2. slaughter
  3. clambered
  4. knowledge
  5. habitat

 
Vocabulary
 
  1. Eons- periods of time that total many decades or centuries.
  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. plentitude- fullness or adequacy; abundance

 

 

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11/19/2011 20:21

Spelling for story Black Frontiers

1. canyon

2. tornado

3. breeze

4. cafeteria

5. coyote

6. tomato

7. barbeque

8. mosquito

9. plaza

10. pueblo

11. chili

12. aligator

13. rodeo

14. patio

15. bonaza

16. avocado

17. mesa

18. avocado

19. enchilada

20. burrito

 

Challange Words

21. yucca*
22. hurricane
23. chaps
24. arroyo
25. matador

 

Vocabulary

designated appointed or set aside for a definite duty or purpose
installments payments made on a debt at definite times
exodus a departure or going away from a place
migrated moved from one region or climate to another
burrowed dug

 

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11/07/2011 16:40

Spelling Name That American

he's

couldn't

she'll

doesn't

we'd

that's

hadn't

shouldn't

how's

weren't

there's

wouldn't

what's

where's

aren't

here's

they'll

we'll

you'd

he'd

 

Challange Words

celebreties

congratulations

continue

astronomer

guarantee

 

Vocabulary

 

interpreter a person who translates from one language to another
anthem a song of praise, patriotism, or devotion
distinguished famous; prominent
guarantee to promise that something will be done
suffrage the right to vote
misleading tending to lead in the wrong direction
stumps baffles or confuses
indebted owing gratitude or thanks, as for a benefit

 

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