REMEMBER: Conferences begin this week. Be sure to ask your child about conference confirmation letters and check to see what time you are scheduled to conference. If your currently scheduled time is a problem, please contact the conferencing teacher so that they may reschedule with you.
Most teacher are available to meet before and after school on the days leading up to conferences this Thursday.
REMEMBER: There are half days of school on Thursday and Friday of this week - please plan accordingly.
We began class today with a Daily Language Practice followed by a verbal review of the vocabulary words. I verbally modeled the words in sentences and addressed questions about meaning and usage. Students were encouraged to change definitions in their notebooks as we reviewed the words.
However, I am providing a full list of the correct definitions here on my blog. REMEMBER - there is a vocabulary quiz at the end of the week. Encourage your child to review the words each night leading up to the quiz.
Hoot Vocabulary
Week 3
Chapters 10-14
Truss(ed) – to tie, bind, or fasten.
Beaker – a large drinking cup or glass with a wide mouth.
Recurring – occurring or appearing again.
Ballistic – to become overwrought or irrational, to have motion determined by ballistics
Exasperate (d) –to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely
Cowling – a streamlined metal housing or removable covering for an engine, esp. an aircraft engine, often part of or forming a continuous line with the fuselage or wing.
Gravitate – to have a natural tendency or be strongly attracted toward
Fugitive – a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway
Subterranean –existing, situated, or operating below the surface of the earth; underground.
Commode – a low cabinet or similar piece of furniture, often highly ornamental, containing drawers or shelves, or a portable toilet, esp. one on a chair like frame with wheels, as for an invalid.
Terse (ly) –abruptly concise; rudely brief
Interrogate –to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
Turbulence – violent disorder or commotion.
Inquire – to seek information by questioning; ask
Rebuke – to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
Emblem –a sign, design, or figure that identifies or represents something.
Reconnaissance –a search made for useful information in the field, esp. by examining the ground and surrounding areas.
Salvage – property that is saved from danger.
Dilapidated –reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
Derelict – left behind or abandoned by its owner, a person without a permanent home.
Anticipate – to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee.
After reviewing vocabulary we talked of the 'setting' and what the various settings for Hoot were. We followed this up by working on a setting worksheet. Students were given 10 mins to work on the sheet in class - whatever was not finished in class is homework tonight and will be reviewed tomorrow in class.
We finished class by reading Hoot. Students were given the option of reading aloud in a reading circle or silent reading.
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