IT'S OUR LAST FULL WEEK!

Vocabulary Unit 15 - test on Friday before Fun Day!

1. absorb - to soak up or take; to keep the attention of
2. amateur - someone who does something for pleasure and not for money; someone who does not have much experience
3. channel - the deepest part of the river; a body of water that links two large ones;a long narrow groove; a band of radio waves ; a course of action / to make a long narrow groove; to direct or focus
4. elegant - showing beauty , high quality, and good taste
5. grace - ease and beauty of movement; a charming or pleasing quality; a short prayer before meals / to add beauty or honor to
6. inspect - to look over closely
7. lame - stiff, sore, or not able to move properly; weak, not satisfactory
8. suspend - to hang in order to allow free movement; to stop for a time, interrupt; to bar from a position or privilege
9. tiresome - annoyingly dull or exhausting; unexciting
10. tranquil - free from trouble or disturbance, peaceful and quiet

MASS UNIFORMS ON THURSDAY!

FRIDAY FUN DAY!!!!!

THIS WEEK'S CHANGES!

We are finished with our reader, speller, and language arts books. We are going to use our Vocab book and follow what 4th grade does with vocab for the next two weeks. Hopefully, it will prepare them for next year.
The student will be responsible for spelling the word, knowing its definition, and filling in a sentence with the word.
We have reviewed the process in class, the test will be Friday, May 14th.
The words and their definitions are:

1. advantage - something that puts someone in a better position.
2. ambition - a strong desire for importance or success
3. defiant - showing strong resistance; willing to challenge or confront
4. fearsome - frightening or alarming
5. imply - to suggest something without saying it directly
6. merit - a quality that deserves praise / to be worthy of deserve
7. negotiate - to discuss in order to arrive at an agreement
8. purify - to make clean and free of dirt or pollutants
9. revoke - to cancel by withdrawing or reversing
10. wretched very unhappy or unfortunate, miserable, very poor in quality

It is a busy, busy, week.

Wednesday is the Spanish festival. Please help your child stay on task with his or her schoolwork. I know we only have a few days left. Sixteen if I am counting right. But we still have a lot to do and we will be busy until the end of school. We will work until our very last day.
The story for this week is "Elena's Serenade". The words are:

1. cloth
2. clothes
3. nature
4. natural
5. able
6. ability
7. mean
8. meant
9. deal
10. dealt
11. please
12. pleasant
13. sign
14. signal
15. signature
16. equal
17. equation
18. equator
19. major
20. majority

Have a great week!

Vocabulary test on Tuesday, May 3

Vocabulary

1. abundant- large or more than enough; plentiful
2. barrier- something that blocks or bars movement or passage
3. conceive- to start something; to think up or begin to understand
4. formal- following strict rules or customs; requiring fancy clothing and fine manners
5. inquire- to ask about
6. penalize- to punish
7. picturesque charming quaint
8. predator - one that destroy or devours others; an animal that stalks and eats other animals
9. privilege - a special right, benefit, or permission
10. slumber- to sleep lightly; a sleep or light sleep

This week we are reading "Two Bad Ants". The words are difficult and the students will probably need a little extra practice. The words are:

1. leadership
2. gracefully
3. refreshment
4. uncomfortable
5. overdoing
6. remarkable
7. carefully
8. unbearably
9. ownership
10. unacceptable
11. impossibly
12. reappeared
13. unprepared
14. oncoming
15. misbehaving
16. outrageous
17. incomprehensible
18. undoubtedly
19. independence
20. disadvantage

Field trip Wednesday!

Don't forget our field trip to the airport is Wednesday. Please help your children remember that is it a place of business and the airport is a very serious place. The tour will be stopped for misbehavior. I am sure we will do fine, but preparing won't hurt.
Our class will be the prayer leaders on Friday at Mass. Please try to attend.
Spelling words for the week are:

1. question
2. creature
3. furniture
4. division
5. collision
6. action
7. direction
8. culture
9. vacation
10. mansion
11. fiction
12. feature
13. sculpture
14. vision
15. celebration
16. fascination
17. legislature
18. manufacture
19. possession
20. declaration

Busy, Busy, week!

Tuesday- PTO Meeting, bookfair and Art show - 7:00
Thursday is the Psalty play. I can't wait to see what the book is up to now.
Next week is our field trip to the Airport and mass.
The spelling words for Happy Birthday, Mr. Kang are:

1. above
2. another
3. upon
4. animal
5. paper
6. open
7. family
8. travel
9. afraid
10. nickel
11. sugar
12. circus
13. item
14. gallon
15. melon
16. character
17. cardinal
18. Oregon
19. particular
20. dinosaur