Communities Change Over Time & Spelling List #11

We're starting a new Unit - Communities Change Over Time where we will be studying different elements of culture and learn how technology and progress have influenced changes in culture over time.

The vocabulary words for this unit are:

community - a group of people working and living in the same area or from the same cultural background

culture - the shared beliefs, behaviors, and way of life of a group of people, or a certain time period or place in the past

civilization - a culture from the past that reached an advanced level of culture, science, industry, and government compared to other cultures of that time period

timeline - a chart that shows important events that occurred over a given period of time

artifacts - objects found by scientists and were used by people a long time ago

myths - stories told in ancient civilizations to explain natural events and to teach lessons

plague - a contagious disease that kills many people because there is no known cure

coat of arms - a shield design symbolizing values and characteristics of an individual family

historian - a person who researches past events and writes and talks about why events occurred and what changed as a result

transportation - how people get from one place to another

The books we will be reading are: Weslandia, A Street Through Time, Adventures in the Middle Ages, and Adventures in Ancient Egypt.

Spelling List #11

graph
laugh
photograph
tough
rough
enough
telegraph
phonograph
trough
cough
glyph
classify
analyze
verify
answer
model

1. My mom had to laugh when she saw the photograph of the cat.2. He was rough and tough, but he still had a cough.

 

Spelling List #8

Spelling List #8 (list #3)

live
me
back
give
most
saw
law
raw
jar
straw
draw
country
ocean
title
motion
change

1.  Give me back the pencil so I can draw the ocean.
2.  Most kids like to drink with a straw.

Spelling City (List 8)
KidsSpell List 8

The goal for this week is to have our spelling test on Friday or Saturday...

Next Unit, we're beginning the book: Morning Girl by Michael Dorris. Today, we should be finishing up our Helen Keller and Sound Unit.  With Morning Girl, we will be studying the following topics: Christopher Columbus, Bahamas, Taino Indians, environment, archaeology...and more! Looks like another fun one.

The books we'll be reading:  Encounter by Jane Yolen, Morning Girl, and Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne.