Spelling Words and Vocabulary Words for 11/29-12/3

Spelling Words 11/29-12/3
Compound Words
1. watermelon     11. jellyfish
2. homemade      12. touchdown
3. understand      13. campfire
4. sometimes       14. skateboard
5. shoelace         15. anyway
6. highway          16. fireworks
7. upstairs           17. haircut
8. thunderstorm   18. loudspeaker
9. shortcut           19. laptop
10. doorbell         20. flashlight

Vocabulary Words
de-struc-tion great damage; ruin
ex-pect-ed thought something would probably come or happen
fore-casts statements of what is coming; predictions
in-land in or toward the interior of a country
shat-ter to break into pieces suddenly
surge a swelling motion; sweep or rush, especially of waves

Spelling Word 10 Word List
1. watermelon
2. homemade 
3. understand
4. sometimes 
5. shoelace
6. highway
7. upstairs
8. thunderstorm
9. shortcut   
10. doorbell

Writing: This week students will write expository nonfiction compositions about storms that they may have heard about in the news. Expository nonfiction is a type of expository writing that shares information with the reader about real people, places, things, or events. (Here is a writing example of what is expected for the students to write)