Spelling and Vocabulary Words for 5/7/12

Spelling Words for 5/7-5/11 (Prefixes mis-, non-, re-)

1.   misplace       11. misbehavior        *Challenge Words:   

2.    nonsense     12. reunion                                           dormitory 

3.   reread           13. nonfiction                                       endurance

4.   repack           14. Rebound                                         manual 

5.   misfortune  15. mistreat                                           reservation

6.   remove         16. readjust                                           society  

7.   mishandle   17. misprint

8.   nonstop       18. nonprofit

9.   recover        19. nonstick
10. reseal    20. miquote

Vocabulary Words taken from the weekly story Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path

boarding school: school with buildings where the students live during the school term
dormitory: a building with many rooms in which people sleep. Many colleges have dormitories for students whose homes are elsewhere.
endurance: power to last and to withstand hard wear
manual: done with the hands
reservation: land set aside by the government for a special purpose
society: the people of any particular time or place

            This week, for language arts we are reading the story Jim Thorpes Bright Path, word analysis is “Latin Roots” dur/ject, grammer focus is capitalization, and our writing genre for the week is biography.
            For math, we are continuing in chapter 14. This was another chapter that the students had difficulty understanding when we went over it the first time earlier this year. You may refer to ca.gr4math.com to review this material with your child.