Language/Spelling

Spelling List:

• nation
• creation
• tradition
• official
• special
• vacation
• gracious
• solution
• lotion
• tension
• extension
• suspension
• mansion
• especially
• addition
• politician
• precious
• motion
• caution
• portion

Reading Skills:  

Reading Vocabulary:

• alert - (adj) paying attention and ready to act; (noun) an alarm; (verb) to warn or make aware of
• ancestor -  (noun) a family member who lived at an earlier time
• arrest - (verb) to take someone and hold them for breaking the law
• ascend - (verb) to move upward
• descend - (verb) to go or come down
• destructive -  (adj) causing harm or damage
• frontier - (noun) the outer edge of something, in which whatever is beyond that edge is wild or unknown
• proceed - (verb) to start or continue in an orderly way
• surface - (noun) the outside layer; the top
• tradition - (noun) a belief, custom, or usual way of doing things, handed down within families or other groups

Math

Math Skills:  

Homework:  Homework Sheet Homework Sheet

Math Vocabulary 

Mrs. Walters's Class: 

• convert - to write an equivalent measurement using a different unit
• customary system - the measurement system commonly used in the United States that measures length in inches, feet, yards, and miles; liquid volume in cups, pints, quarts, and gallons; and weight in ounces and pounds
• metric system - the measurement system that measures length based on meters, liquid volume based on liters, and mass based on grams
• length - a measure of how long an object is
• liquid volume - the amount of space occupied by a liquid at rest or their containers
• weight - the measure of how heavy an object is in standard customary units
• mass - a measure of how much matter is in an object in the metric system

Mrs. Rhodes's Class - (Lessons 17 and 18)

• denominator - the number below the line in a fraction that tells the number of equal parts in the whole
• equivalent fraction - two or more different fractions that name the same part of a whole or the same point on a number line
• fraction - a number that names equal parts of a whole or a point on a number line
• numerator - the number above the line in a fraction that tells the number of equal parts that are being dscribed
• unit fraction - a fraction with a numerator of 1. Other fractions are built from these fractions
• benchmark fraction - a common fraction that you might compare other fractions to
• common denominator - a number that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions
• compare - to decide if numbers, amounts, or sizes are greater than, less than, or equal to each other
• greater than symbol (>) - a symbol used to compare two numbers when the first is greater than the second
• less than symbol (<) - a symbol used to compare two numbers when the first is less than the second 

Science

Skills: Energy Sources

Vocabulary:  

• coal - a solid fossil fuel that is formed from the concentrated remains of plants over very long periods of time
• compare - to consider the similarities and differences among things
• energy - what is needed to do work or cause change
• impact - to directly affect or change
• needs - requirements for the well-being of an organism
• nonrenewable resource - materials from Earth that cannot be replaced within a reasonable amount of time; for example: oil, coal, and natural gas

Health

• Taste Buds