Monday, 4/23 HW

• Math:  HOTS POW
• ELA:
• Pink: 
• bring in any type of apple
• study vocab - quiz tomorrow
• finish response journal if you didn't in class
• Green: 
• Read chapter one of Ramona Quimby, Age 8 if you didn't in class
• Study vocab (20 words - 5 each day!!)

Green: 

Ramona Forever - Week 1

Spelling Words:

1.      water

2.    over

3.    never

4.    under

5.    river

6.    number

7.    wonder

8.    tower

9.    rather

10.  finger

11.  center

12.  prefer

13.  better

14.  border

15.  fever

Vocabulary Words:

1.  scarce: not plentiful, hard to find 

2.  triumphant:  successful; victorious

3.  exasperation:  the feeling of being highly annoyed

4.  sustained:  continued without stopping

5.  conspiratorial:  relating to scheming or plotting an evil plan

6.  unrelenting:  not giving up

7.  commotion:  noisy excitement; confusion

8.  reluctantly:  unwillingly doing something

9.  contented:  satisfied; happy

10.      cross:  hard to get along with; irritable

11.      plight:  a very unfortunate situation 

12.      suppressed:  hold back something

13.      quarrel:  disagreement; argument

14.      ferocious:  fierce; wild or threatening in appearance

15.      nuisance:  annoyance, pest, irritating

16.      encumbered:  weighed down

17.      wistfully:  feeling or showing a deep desire to do something

18.      aloof:   disinterested; not engaged

19.      rueful:  causing sorrow or pity

20.      eager:  excited

Pink: 

Heartbeat

Spelling Words                 

practice

members

dinner

suppose

except

problem

shallow

stubborn

logger

cotton

object

shelter

distance

pattern

captive

publish

sitting

tractor

servant

hidden

Vocabulary Words

Segment One (pp. 1-81)

queasy – somewhat sick

shrivel – to shrink and become dry and wrinkled

phantom – something (as a ghost) that seems to be there but is not real

earnest - a serious state of mind

miraculous – extraordinary or abnormal

mottled – to mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

infinitely – without limits of any kind; boundless

rummages – to make an active search especially by moving, turning, or looking through the contents of a place or container

badgering – to annoy again and again

forlorn – feeling sad and lonely especially because of being left alone