Great Horn Spoon Vocabulary

scoundrel: a mean or wicked person
latitude: distance from North to South, invisible vertical lines
balance: to weigh against one another
patience: showing calm, self-control
hospitality: friendly treatment of visitors
dilemma: a difficult choice
elated: to fill with pride and joy
fisticuffs: a fight with fists
invincible: incapable of being defeated
petrified: to be paralyzed with fear, or amazement

Spelling Words:
Praiseworthy
California
mining
San Francisco
Lady Wilma
carpetbag
butler
thief
captain
anxious
fierce
ration
scoundrel
elegant
imposter
awesome
savor
dilemma
hospitality
festivities
courteous
peer
elated
lurch
balance

Spelling and Vocab lists

Hi!

Here is a link to the spelling and vocabulary lists.

http://www-kes.stjohns.k12.fl.us/wordlists/

We are on theme 6, the story this week is Salmon Summer. Next week we will be working on STAR test prep and will not have a story. We will finish this theme after testing.

MUTA Spelling

We are working on our MUTA this week!

Spelling
favorite
beautiful
Saturday
visit
reason
worried
heard
careless
noisier
studied
around
powerful
fever
prettiest
event
guess
peaceful
copied
seven
windier
brought
reread
earlier
tried
prison
basic
easier
treatment
emptied
rebuild

Parents, it was called to my attention that the link is not working for the spelling lists. I am not sure why and also have not figured out how to change that link :) Here is the list for this week.

Lou Gehrig Spelling List

1. pilot

2. depend

3. visit

4. human

5. seven

6. chosen

7. paper

8. reason

9. become

10. parent

11. never

12. modern

13. tiny

14. tuna

15. event

16. fever

17. moment

18. prison

19. basic

20. open

Challenge

1. alert

2. license

3. select

4. radar

5. feature





1. redo

2. unsure

3. useless

4. kindness

5. easier

6. copied

7. crazier

8. seven

9. become

10. fever

11. dislike

12. movement

13. displease

14. cities

15. families

16. worried

17. angriest

18. paper

19. parent

20. prison

21. reread

22. peaceful

23. powerful

24. studied

25. earlier

26. happiest

27. visit

28. reason

29. never

30. tuna

Happy Birthday Mr. King

Happy Birthday, Mr. King! Vocabulary

         1. example-a model of what something should be like

2.    boycott-a refusal to buy from a company

3.    segregation-keeping two groups of people apart

4.    stupendous-amazing

5.    dream-a hope for the future

6.    civil rights-referring to legal privileges that every American citizen is guaranteed

7.    preferred-liked one thing more than other things

8.    protest-to express strong feelings against something

9.    nourishing-giving the things needed for good health

10. fare-the money a person must pay to travel, as on a bus or subway

11. encounters-experiences with something

12. skit-a brief play

13. injustice-unfairness

14. celebration-a party in honor of someone or something

15. recall-remember something and tell people about it

16. assignment-homework

17. numerous-many

18. slip-a small piece of paper

19. capture-caught

20. assembly-big meeting

MUTA 4

MUTA 4 Vocabulary

1. teeming: full, crowded
2. immense: huge, very large
3. attentively: with attention or alertness
4. patiently: waiting calmly without getting annoyed
5. troublesome: causing problems
6. misunderstanding: not understanding; mistake
7.fierce: wild and mean, dangerous
8. frantic: wild with fear or excitement
9. gentle: kind; not rough
10. character: symbol or letter used in printing
11. crest: something that grows on an animals head
12. disappointed: feeling like things don't turn out right
13. delighted: very pleased; happy
14. revolve: to turn around in a circle
15. blaring: making a loud, harsh noise
16. rewarding: worthwhile; satisfying
17. clutching: grabbing with hands or paws
18. glinting: a tiny, quick flash of light; to smile
19. nervously: fearfully; uneasily
20. broadly: wide

Spelling
sink
squirrel
question
twenty
alley
twice
chance
glance
thirty
afraid
blanket
crooked
honey
monkey
ready
cottage
since
other
corner
office
mistake
attack
lonely
beauty
strange
ridge
village
suppose
degree
whether

January 28th. 2013

Sing to the Stars Vocabulary

1. studio: artist workroom
2. amplifiers: devices that make sounds stronger or louder
3. yanked: pulled hard
4. blaring: making a loud, harsh noise
5. glorious: wonderful
6. classical: relating to a musical style from 18th centrury Europe
7. schedule: timeline or time table
8. debut: a first performance in public
9. feast: large meal
10. jazz: a style of music with a strong pattern of beats
11. concerned: worried
12. murmur: a low, constant sound
13. model: small copy
14. rhythm: movement or beats that repeat in a regular pattern
15. ruined: destroyed
16.strides: walks with long steps
17. streak: to move quickly
18. sprightly: lively
19.smeared: messy or blurred
20. stammers: speaks with pauses and repeats words

The Last Dragon

The Last Dragon Vocabulary

1. lapped: moved gently against
2. teeming: full, crowded
3. crisp: dry and cool
4. characters: symbols or letters used in printing
5. lure: attraction
6. snaked: moved in a winding and twisting way
7. miniature: very small, tiny
8. severed: cut off from the whole
9. especially: mainly, particularly
10. crest: something, such as feathers, that grows on an animal's head
11. haze: a mist in the air
12. alien: unfamiliar, foreign
13. jealous: want what someone else has
14: scales: small, thin, flat parts that cover a fish or reptile
15. gigantic: huge, enormous
16. fierce: wild and mean, dangerous
17. deliberately: done on purpose
18. scraggly: shabby or torn
19. vanished: disappeared
20. homage: special public honor

Week of January 14, 2013

Marven of the Great North Woods Vocabulary

1. symbol: an object that stands for something else
2. woodsman: a person who works with or lives in a forest
3. reward: to give a person something they have earned
4. bunkhouse: a building in a camp where a group of people sleep
5. ceremony: a special event celebrating something
6. timber: trees that an be used as building wood
7. disobey: not do what you are told
8. cords: measures for stacks of cut wood
9. patiently: waiting calmly, without getting annoyed
10. snowshoes: frames attached to shoes and used for walking across snow
11. foster: cared for by an adult for a period of time
12. immense: huge, very large
13. confesses: admits something is true
14. lumberjack: people who chop down trees and haul the wood to a sawmill
15. performs: acts
16. landscape: a stretch of land
17. graduate: to finish school or training
18. glowered: looked annoyed
19. confidence: feeling sure about abilities
20. fragrance: a sweet or pleasant odor

We will have our Chapter 16 math test on Tuesday, starting fractions on Wednesday. New paragraph homework will be coming home tonight.