"Poppy" Vocabulary and Spelling List #13

We're starting the novel "Poppy" this week. Included in this Unit, we will examine the lifecycles of plants, insects and animals.

Vocabulary (Life cycles)
life cycle
circular pattern
chrysalis
pupa
photosynthesis
decomposers
producers
carnivores
herbivores
omnivores
proboscis

Spelling List #13
boy
follow
came
want
show
nurse
curve
turn
burn
curl
purse
growth
affect
gravity
stress
fruit

1. The boy wants to follow the nurse.
2. Will gravity affect the growth of the plant?

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Vocabulary for Poppy
fantasy
protagonist
antagonist
setting
conjunction
owl pellets
paragraphs
quotation marks
synonyms
antonyms
diamante
alliteration
summary
prefix
suffix
epitaph
astonished
attempt
carcass
slumber
resemblance
cautiously
varieties
luscious
delicate
permission
feint

Spelling List #12

List #12 (Week #20)

still
learn
should
America
world
hush
slush
dash
wash
wish
dish
money
coin
bill
cent
dollar

1. You should learn where America is in the world.
2.  I wish I had some money to buy a new dish.

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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 #7

Spelling List #7 (Week 14)

ask
went
men
read
need
short
core
sport
report
port
escort
solid
liquid
gas
size
texture

1. The men put on shorts and went to play sports.
2.  She will ask you if you need to read the book.

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Helen Keller Vocabulary Words

mishap
specialist
disappointment
passion
trial
accomplishment

Spelling List #6

Spelling List #6 (List 2)

little
work
know
place
years
rain
mail
wait
paint
chant
paid
history
goods
services
pitch
volume

Dictation Sentences:

1. With a little work and a little paint, the place will look new.
2. I had to wait in the rain, so the mail got wet.

Web practice:

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Farming Today & Yesterday

Farming today and yesterday are certainly different!  Here's a great site to explore Pioneer Farming and more:  http://www.campsilos.org/index.htm

Another great site for exploring: Virtual Farm Walk

Math Stuff  here

And of course, there's always Spelling & Vocabulary work to be done!  Spelling City

Spelling List #5 (List 6)

say
great
where
help
through
gold
colt
fold
mold
sold
told
limited
resource
offspring
parent
stages

1. Gold is a limited resource.2. Where can a parent get help?

Sarah, Plain & Tall

We are starting the next unit: Sarah, Plain and Tall and Maps and Mapping.  (Kind of nice to have a surveyor in the house for that one...)

Additional Sarah, Plain and Tall lesson plans:

Literature Learning Ladders
Student Study Guide
Easy Fun School

Spelling and vocabulary words:

journal
classified ad
dusk
familiar
murmur
pungent
eerie
collapse
horrid
stern

Practice here:  SpellingCity

I think this is going to be a fun unit!  Ironically, they are studying the Oregon Trail and other pioneer/frontier lessons at the charter school.

Here is one site for Pioneer Days - Thinkquest & Kid Info

Reading, Spelling, Dictation - Spelling List #3

We found a great site for spelling words: k12reader.com

I'm bouncing around, however, because the spelling words and dictation sentences also have reading comprehension worksheets for some cross-categorical work that, ironically, seem to coincide with what we're working on in Moving Beyond the Page's language arts/science/social studies.

Week 3 Spelling Words (actually list 7)

much
before
line
right
too
loud
sound
found
shout
count
mouth
urban
suburban
rural
magnet
touch

Dictation Sentences:

1. It can be too loud in an urban area.
2. When you shout your mouth is open wide.

List 7 Reading Comprehension

Spelling Practice Sites

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Spelling List #2

Spelling List #2 (actually, Spelling List #10 because of the vocabulary words and activities that coincide with our Tornado Science/Social Studies lessons)

Links to spelling sites:

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Words:

also
around
form
three
small
mean
clean
peak
dream
beach
team
length
weight
height
temperature
distance

Dictation Sentences:

1. In my dream, the beach was clean.

2. The team is small, but they have big dreams.

Spelling List #1

Spelling List #1

over
new
sound
take
only
car
park
hard
barn
card
shark
family
compare
contrast
timeline
map

Spelling Games:

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Dictation Sentences:

1. Park the new car over by the barn.
2. The family saw a shark at the water park.