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March 14-18
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Words with
open
syllables

Wonders Unit 5 Week 2

Vocabulary

1. famous
Important Dates &
Reminders

2. radar
3. razor
4. vacancy
5. beside
6. beyond
7. defend

8. delay

9. demand

10
prevent
.

11
secret
.
12
veto
.
13
bison
.
14
diver
.
15
cider
.
16

silence

March 11 Report Cards

March 18- M&M Club
Celebration
March 21-25 SPRING
BREAK!
April 4 Water Festival
April 6 Day for
students dismissal @

Communication:
Yearbooks are still on
sale for $30 each.
All 4-H Camp money is
due April 8! Only one
chaperone spot left!
Please make sure your
child is present and
prompt each day as we
are preparing HARD for
our upcoming state
tests.

Any snack donations for

Fun Friday (Capri Sun,
juice, popcorn, etc.) would
be
greatly
appreciated.
Test
Schedule:

W: Multiplication Test
Th: AL History Ch. 11 Test
F: Spelling Test
Reading Test
Language Quiz
Parent Signature

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1. Shrivel- to shrink, wrinkle, or

wither.
2. Prospector a person who looks
for gold, silver, or other minerals
in the ground.
3. Scoffed- to express ridicule or
contempt toward it.
4. Settlement- a place where
people live when they first arrive
in an area that is new to them.
5. Territories- large areas of land
where people start living in a
region new to them.
6. Topple- to collapse or fall.
7. Withered- dried up from heat or
lack of moisture.
8. Plunging falling or moving

Wonders Unit 5 Week 2 Skills

Genre: Tall Tales are a type of folk

tale that feature a larger-than-life
hero.
Skill: Cause and Effect. The
cause is an event or action that
makes something happen. An
effect is what happens because of
the event or action.
Strategy: Visualizing is a strategy
you use when you read that
involves picturing the characters,
events, and setting of the story.
Visualizing the events helps you
better understand the story.
Vocabulary Strategy:
Homographs-are spelled the
same but have different meanings
and different origins.