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Unit 6 (3 weeks)

Week 19: Final /el/

1. channel
2. pixel
3. chapel
4. flannel
5. panel
6. tunnel
7. vessel
8. snorkel
9. travel
10. unravel

Content Area Words:

1. divisor – the number in a division problem that divides the dividend. 
2. dividend – the number that will be divided in a division problem
3. quotient – the result or answer in division. The number of times one quantity goes into another.  
4. remainder – the number left over when one whole number is divided by another whole number. 
5. division – to break or split into equal parts. To determine how many times one number goes into another.

Show your eagle pride!  Students and Staff are encouraged to wear their Whitmore-Bolles spirit-wear (Whitmore Wear) or our school color, blue – every Friday!  Go Eagles!  

 PTA Popcorn Friday is tomorrow!  Bags are 3 for $1.00 or $0.50 each. Funds will go towards lowering the cost of the Kindergarten Field Trip.   Thanks for supporting this fun day! 

4th grade is going to hold a bake sale/ popcorn sale at the sock hop next Friday for 5th grade camp.

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Unit 6 (3 weeks)

1. docile
2. profile
3. gerbil
4. fragile
5. council
6. pupil
7. pencil
8. mobile
9. hostile
10. tonsil

Content Area Words:

1. solid – having a definite shape and a definite volume; one of the fundamental states of matter 
2. liquid – one of the fundamental states of matter with a definite volume but no definite shape 
3. gas – one of the fundamental states of matter in which the molecules do not have a fixed volume or shape 
4. matter – a solid, liquid, or gas that possesses inertia and is capable of occupying space 
5. heating – a form of energy resulting from the temperature difference between a system and its surroundings 
6. cooling –  when heat is removed or lost from an object

Week 17: Beginning and Final /al/

Word Bank: 

1. neutral
2. fatal
3. numeral
4. although
5. almonds
6. total
7. final
8. medal
9. vocal
10. royal

Content Area Words:

1. executive branch – Carries out  laws, signs bills into law, signs treaties, and makes appointments. Includes the President, Vice President, and cabinet members.  
2. legislative branch – Makes the law, ratifies treaties, and confirms presidential appointments. Includes Congress = the House of Representatives and the Senate.
3. judicial branch – Judges the law, declares a law unconstitutional. Includes the federal court system and Supreme Court.
4. separate – The separation of the power of government into different parts = the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. 
5. balance – The system by which each branch of government is given power over other branches.

Week 16: Irregular Plurals

1. scissors
2. cacti
3. oxen
4. children
5. fungi
6. people
7. geese
8. sheep
9. fruit
10. fish

Content Area Words & Definitions:

1. Earth – the planet on which we live; the world.
2. distance – an amount of space between two things.
3. cycle – the moon’s continuous orbit around the earth.
4. phases – The different shapes of the lit portion of the Moon that can be seen from Earth
5. seasons – a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology, and the amount of daylight.

Unit 5 (4 weeks)

Week 15: Words with  /on/ & /en/

1. apron
2. poison
3. sunken
4. shrunken
5. chosen
6. tighten
7. frighten
8. cannon
9. carbon
10. sharpen

Content Area Words & Definitions:

1. exponents – how many times to use that number in a multiplication. It is written as a small number to the right and above the base number. Ex. 8² = 8 × 8 = 64. Ex. 2⁴ = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 16
2. multiply – The operation of repeated addition of the same number. Ex. 5 x 3 = 5 + 5 + 5
3. factors – The whole numbers that are multiplied to get a product. Ex. 6 x 2 = 12 → 6 and 2 are factors, 12 is the product.
4.  estimation – A number close to an exact amount. An estimate tells about how much or about how many. 
5. product – The answer to a multiplication problem. Ex. 6 x 2 = 12 → 6 and 2 are factors, 12 is the product.

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4th Grade

Unit 5 (4 weeks)

Week 14: Words with /in/ & /ain/

1. muffin
2. bargain
3. certain
4. pumpkin
5. fountain
6. basin
7. again
8. captain
9. dolphin
10. curtain

Content Area Words & Definitions:

1. push factor – force that drives people away from a place.
2. pull factor – force that draws people to immigrate to a place.
3. migration – the movement of people from one place to another.
4. immigration – the process of moving to a new country or region with the intention of staying and living there.
5. movement – the way people travel from place to place, circulate information, trade goods and services, and share ideas.