Spelling/Vocab and Tests

Tests this week:

• Wednesday
• Vocab Quiz (words are difficult this week for both groups-please spend time studying!)
• Social Studies Test
• Thursday
• Math Test (on multiplication and division)
• Friday
• Story test
• Spelling test
• Multiplication Timing (the 36 basic facts in 2 min. pink group, 3 min. green group) - we will be testing every Friday for the rest of the year.  Please continue to have your child study and learn the facts with speed and fluency.

Pink group spelling: 

Time for Kids #1 - Week 11 (Q2 – Week 2)

Spelling Words                 

ground

frown

downtown

bounced

council

about

scout

counter

background

amount

bound

shower

mountain

county

thousand

allowance

counselor

discount

countless

rebound

Vocabulary Words

proposal - a plan offered for consideration

amendment - a change or addition for improvement

activist - a person who believes and takes direct action to bring changes in government, environmental, or social conditions

reconciliation - the act of settling a dispute by agreement

core - the central or most important part

velocity - the rate of motion; speed

mischievous - causing or tending to cause minor harm

rambunctious - not under control; disorderly

Green group:

Visitors From Space

Spelling Words

blooming

settled

stamping

leaving

liked

taking

getting

filled

swimming

rolled

hoping

used

hurrying

buying

worried

Vocabulary Words

fluorescent – bright and glowing

force – power that causes motion or change

loops – moves in a circling way

nucleus – center of a comet

particles – tiny pieces

solar wind – continuous flow of gases from the sun