Thursday, January 12, 2012

New Reading Unit---Unit 17

We started a new Reading Unit---Unit 17.

Our Reading, Spelling and Vocabulary Test will be on Thursday, January 19, 2012. Please work with your child at home.

Focus Skill: Story Setting
Grammar Skill: Adjectives
Story Genre: Realistic Fiction

Spelling Words: heavy, steady, bread, sweat, head, thread, breath, ready, meant, health, meadow, instead, breakfast, treasure, feather

Vocabulary Words:
carefree--to not worry
entertain--to do or provide something people will enjoy
except-all but the one
frail--very week and tired
horrendous-something horrible and frightening
journeyed--to travel on a long trip
melodious--pleasant musical sounds to hear
screeching--a loud high sound
sipped-to take a small drink
stomped--loud, pounding steps

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