3.34 Spelling & Vocabulary (Week of May 1)

First and foremost, thank you all for your help in making our Milestones testing week successful!

These spelling and vocabulary words have been uploaded to SpellingCity.com so feel free to practice and have some fun there.

3.34 Spelling: Prefixes hyper-, micro-, mega-

Write your words in your agenda Monday.  Spelling bonuses are due no later than Thursday.  Be sure to know the meaning of each word and how to spell it correctly.

            You will choose your own bonus word(s) this week.  What other words use these prefixes?  Your test will be Friday (20 words total).

1.     hyperactive

2.     hypersensitive

3.     hyperextend

4.     hyperthermia

5.     hyperventilate

6.     hyperbole

7.     microscope

8.     microphone

9.     microbe

10. microwave

11. microcosm

12. megabyte

13. megaphone

14. megalopolis

15. megadose

Vocabulary: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

            Not only do you need to know what these words mean, but you will also need to apply them to reading passages.  Your test will be Friday.

1.     condescending: (adj) having a superior or patronizing quallity

2.     derogatory: (adj) putting down or disparaging someone else

3.     excruciating: (adj) unbearably painful and intense

4.     consequence: (noun) result, outcome of an event, often negative

5.     disregard: (verb) to ignore or pay little attention

6.     mortified: (verb) humiliated, degraded, or shamed

7.     crow*: (noun) a large bird with shiny black feathers; (verb) to make a sound like a rooster’s call; to make a loud, happy sound

8.     frenzied: (adj) in a static of panic or mania

9.     resonate: (verb) to sound good, strike a chord, or echo

*to eat crow: (idiomatic expression) to be forced to admit to having made a mistake, to suffer humiliation

*as the crow flies: (idiomatic expression) in a straight line; the most direct route

NO IRA this week. 

Upcoming Events:

5/1     Tour the Art Show

5/5     Social Studies Workbook Elenanor Roosevelt chapter must be completed by Friday.  You will have class time to work on it.  

5/12   Last day to turn in Box Tops for this school year!

5/16   Field Day (afternoon)

5/17   Cook/Dyer Field Trip to the Chattanooga Aquarium & IMAX Theater (Pick up students at 4:30!  No afternoon bus transportation home!)

5/22   End-of-Year PARTY!

5/24   Last day of school (half day early release)