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Reading logs have been given to the students. Please make sure they read for 30 minutes in addition to their homework, and log the minutes read by completing the activity on the paper. Thank you.

UNIT 1, LESSON 1:   "HENRY MUDGE"

​1. Straight:
Not curling, curving, or bending.
2. Collars: Bands that animals wear around their necks.
3. Row: A number of things arranged or put in a line.
4. Floppy: Hanging or moving in a loose or droopy way.
5. Stood: Was in an upright position on one’s feet.
6. Drooled: Let saliva drip from the mouth.
7. Curly: Having a twisted, ring, or spiral shape.
8. Weighed: Had a certain heaviness.
9. Almost: Not complete, not 100 percent.
10. Licked: Using a tongue to wet something.
11. Children: Little kids
12. Searched: Looked for

Spelling test for 10 of these words will be on 9-14-18
Unit 1, Lesson 2: "My Family" 

1. guitar: a musical instrument with strings
2. cousin: the son or daughter of an aunt and uncle
3. piano: a musical instrument with white keys
4. remembered: did not forget
5. porch: an outside place that leads to a door (with a roof)
6. crown: something special worn on the head
7. together: with another person
8.Spanish: a language spoken mainly in Spain and Mexico
9. hopscotch: a game in which you jump in boxes
10. clarinet: a musical instrument played from the mouth
11. backyard: an open area behind the house
12. dominoes: a game in which you match dots

Spelling test for 10 of these words will be on 9-24-18

Unit 1, Lesson 3: "Dogs" 

​Spelling Test for 10 of these words will be on 9-28-18

​1. coyote: an animal that looks like a dog
2. mammals: Animals that give birth to live babies
3. fetch: run and grab
4. bicycle: it has 2 wheels and you ride it
5. canned: Food stored (saved) in a can
6. babies: little kids or animals
7. clipped: Attached, stuck to something.
8. animal: a living thing that is not a person
9. special: Very good, very important
10. exercise: Physical activity
11. sugar: white, sweet powder you put in a drink
12. nametag: a metal thing that has your name on it
Unit 1, Lesson 4: "Diary of a Spider"

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Spelling Test for 10 of these words will be on 10-5-18

1. screaming: yelling or crying
2. judge: think about someone in a way
3. dangerous: not safe or harmful
4. seesaw: a slide on which 2 people sit to ride
5. fountain: a place where you can drink water
6. rotten: dead and not good to eat/bad
7. butterflies: caterpillars that turn into flies
8. spiderweb: a web made by a spider
9. barbecue: a type of food made on grill with sauce
10. vacuums: a machine that cleans carpets
11. enough: more than needed
12. molted: shed or get rid of old skin


Unit 1, Lesson 5: "Teacher's Pets"

1. wonderful: great
2. sprinkled: spread or shook small amount of something
3. noticed: saw
4. suddenly: very quickly
5. bursting: full of
6. quiet: calm; not noisy
7. share: give to others too
8. neighbors: people who live or sit next to you
9. tarantula: a large hairy spider
10. somersault: complete turn on the head, landing on feet
11. noises: sounds
12. slippers: shoes you wear at home
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Spelling Test for 10 of these words will be : 10-12-18
Unit 2, Lesson 6: "Animals Building Homes"

 1. beaver: a dark brown animal that lives on land and water
2. winding: not straight; curvy
3. deepest: most hidden or inside parts
4. branches: limbs (arms) of trees
5. lodge: a small home
6. predator: an animal that preys (attacks) other animals
7. saliva: water in a human or animal’s mouth
8. offspring: somebody’s child
9. hummingbird: a bird whose nest looks like a cup
10. survive: to stay alive and safe
11. building: making something
12. burrows: holes in the ground that animals dig

Spelling Test for 10 of these words  -->  10-15-18

Unit 2, Lesson 7: "The Ugly Vegetables"

1. shovels: garden tools used for digging and lifting dirt and soil
2. blooming: having flowers; showing flowers everywhere
3. scent: a smell
4. nodded: moved the head up and down when agreed to something
5. wrinkled: folded up in a messy way; crumpled
6. vegetables: food that grows in the ground. We cook and eat it
7. muscles: parts of the body used to help you move and do things
8. tough: hard, thick on the outside
9. wriggle: twist and turn
10. sprinkling: drops of water spreading everywhere
11. wheelbarrow: a small cart with one wheel and two handles
12. digging: making a whole in the ground for flowers and vegetables

Spelling Test for 10 of these words  -->  10-26-18
Unit 2, Lesson 8: "Super Storms"

1. pounding: crashing with force
2. deadliest: causing to die
3. thunderstorm: a storm with lightning, thunder, and heavy rain.
4. damage: harm
5. prevent: stop from happening
6. beware: be careful
7. hailstones: balls of ice falling from the sky
8. blizzard: a bad snowstorm with high winds
9. violent: harmful; strong
10. lightning: flash of light in the sky during a thunderstorm
11. television: T.V.
12. hundreds: many

Spelling Test for 10 of these words  -->  11-2-18

Unit 2, Lesson 9: "How Chipmunk Got His Stripes"

1. direction: the way of something
2. height: something being tall
3. tunnel: an underground passage
4. scratched: made a mark
5. toward: in the direction of
6. healed: got well
7. autumn: a season in which leaves fall from trees
8. squirrel: an animal that lives underground and eats nuts and seeds
9. disappear: something you can’t see
10. porcupine: a large animal with spikes or quills on its body
11. apologize: say sorry
12. chanted: repeated again and again

Spelling Test for 10 words will be on 11-10-18
Unit 2, Lesson 10: "Jellies"

1. unforgettable: not easy to forget
2. millions: a very large number
3. elegant: stylish
4. protection: save yourself
5. wrapped: covered
6. disgusting: really bad
7. choices: decisions
8. decide: make up your mind about something
9. jellyfish: an ocean animal with tentacles
10. tentacle: flexible body part of a jellyfish
11. mechanical: an action without thinking

Spelling Test for 10 words will be on 11-17-18

Unit 3, Lesson 11: "Click, Clack, Moo"

1. problem: something that needs to be solved or fixed
2. impossible: cannot be done
3. believe: to think that something is true or real
4. understand: to know something
5. impatient: not wanting to wait; wanting to do something right away
6. furious: very angry and mad
7. gathered: picked or collected something
8. demand: to insist on something; to ask for something again and again
9. background: behind; in the back
10. typewriter: a machine that types
11. emergency: something very important; to be done right away

Spelling Test for 10 words is on 12 - 7 - 19
​Unit 3, Lesson 12: "Ah, Music"

1. vibration: a movement made by sound
2. tune: a melody; music
3. volume: how loud or quiet the sound is
4. expression: showing feelings
5. creative: original; not copied
6. performance: music played for an audience
7. relieved: free from worry
8. concentrate: pay attention
9. rhythm: repeating pattern of sound, like heartbeat
10. composer: person who makes music
11. notations: symbols of music that show how low or high the sound is

Spelling Test for 10 words is on 12 - 14 - 19 

Unit 3, Lesson 13: "Schools Around the World"

1. transportation: ways of getting from place to place
2. community: all the people living in one town or place
3. lesson: something that is taught
4. subjects: different things to study in school
5. culture: clothes, celebrations, and food shared by a group of people
6. languages: what people speak
7. special: a way that is not like every day
8. practicing: doing something again and again
9. climate: weather
10. resources: things available
11. Braille: a paper with raised dots for the blind people to read

Spelling Test for 10 words is on  12 - 21 - 19
Unit 3, Lesson 14: "Helen Keller"

​1. behavior: the way someone or something acts; what they do
2. curious: wanting to know something
3. imitated: copied or did the same thing as someone else
4. motion: moving around
5. illness: being sick or not feeling well for some or long time
6. silence: totally quiet, no noise
7. darkness: no light
8. knowledge: information or facts
9. coarse: rough, not smooth
10. laughter: the action of laughing
11. miracle: something that happens when you don’t expect it

Spelling Test for 10 words is on 1 - 11 - 19

Unit 3, Lesson 15: "Officer Buckle and Gloria"

1. attention: focus, notice
2. speech: a talk that somebody gives to a group of people about a topic
3. safety: ways to not get hurt
4. obeys: does what someone says
5. enormous: really big or huge
6. shocked: surprised, upset
7. station: a workplace, office space, or base
8. thumbtacked: stuck on the wall with a pin
9. discovered: found out
10. expression: showing feelings on the face
11. imagination: being creative or having new ideas

Spelling Test for 10 words is on ​1 - 18 - 19
​Unit 4, Lesson 16: "Mr. Tanen's Tie Trouble"

1. staring: looking hard at something
2. disappointed: filled with a sad feeling
3. repeated: did something again
4. received: got, was given
5. fund: an amount of money saved for a special purpose
6. account: something people keep their money in at the bank
7. chuckled: laughed gently
8. budget: a list of ways you plan to spend money
9. gazed: looked
10. auction: an event where a person sells something for the highest price
11. tinge: feeling

Spelling Test for 10 words is on 1 - 25 - 19

Unit 4, Lesson 17: "Luke Goes to Bat"

1. Brooklyn: a place in New York
2. practice: to do an activity to become better at it
3. position: the place where something or someone is supposed to be
4. hurried: did something quickly
5. cheered: shouted to show happiness
6. roared: shouted in a powerful voice
7. squirt: somebody who does not matter
8. curb: the edge of a road
9. ablaze: very bright
10. scoreboard: a large board with scores on it
11. dugout: a place in a stadium where team members rest

Spelling Test for 10 words is on 2 - 1 - 19
Unit 4, Lesson 18: "My Name is Gabriela"

1. wonder: to think about something you are not sure about
2. taught: helped someone learn something
3. accepted: agreed with something
4. fluttering: waving or moving rapidly (fastly)
5. express: to show or describe something
6. pretend: not real
7. grand: big or great
8. tongue: a muscle in your mouth that helps you sound words
9. recess: break time in school
10. literature: written text
11. peacocks: a beautiful animal with large feathers

Spelling Test for 10 words is on 2 - 7 - 19

Unit 4, Lesson 19: "The Signmaker's Assistant"

1. naturally: without any effort; by itself
2. trouble: problems
3. cleared: taken things away from somewhere
4. downcast: lower
5. polite: respectful, kind
6. assistant: someone who helps another person
7. tearing: damaging something by pulling it apart, like a paper
8. wisdom: good sense of being smart, intelligent
9. ordinary: normal
10. sensible: smart
11. feverishly: with a lot of energy
 
Spelling Test for 10 words is on  2 - 15 - 19
Unit 4, Lesson 20: "Dex, The Heart of a Hero"

1. sheepishly: full of shame; embarrassed
2. parachuted: drop down from a height
3. exercise: activity that moves the body
4. depended: counted on; relied on
5. overlooked: didn’t see; not noticed
6. sausage: long piece of meat
7. ruffle: mess up
8. trotting: walking really fast; almost jogging
9. flexed: bent a body part
10. vaulted: a roof with an arch or bend in the middle
11. catapulting: moving suddenly; starting something new

Spelling Test for 10 words is on  3 - 1 - 19

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