Spelling and Vocabulary Words for 12/5-12/9

Spelling and Vocabulary Words for 12/5-12/9
(Possessives)

1.     its                  11. hers

2.     ours              12. theirs

3.     mine             13. brother’s

4.     yours            14. brothers’

5.     family’s       15. teacher’s

6.     families’       16. teachers’

7.     man’s           17. aunt’s

8.     men’s           18. aunts’

9.     girl’s             19. boy’s

10.    girls’    20. boys’

Vocabulary Words (This week’s words taken from the story, Paul Bunyan.)

announcement: A public or formal notice.
feature: Part of the face.
harness: the leather straps, bands, and other pieces used to hitch a horse or other animal to a carriage, wagon, plow, etc.
lumberjacks: People whose work is cutting down trees and sending logs to a sawmill; woodsmen; loggers.
requirements: demands; things demanded.
thaw: To make or become less cold.
unnatural: Not natural; not normal.
untamed: Wild; not domesticated.

In math, we are continuing in Chapter 9, “Long Division”. This concept is brand new to many students. Please be sure to assist your child at home with this concept if needed be.
      In language arts, we are reading the story Paul Bunyan, and we are learning about Tall Tales. This week, we are also learning about related words, generalization, story structure, word choice, and irregular verbs. Out of eight questions on this week’s comprehension test, five of them are on “generalizations.” Please take the time to review with your child what a generalization is.