Monday, January 14, 2013

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.

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