Author: Morgan Silva

Morgan Silva

Spelling Words This Week

Presentation, adaptation, petition, dictionary, direction, collection, reaction, communication, confrontation, disruption, character, conflict, plot

Presentation: a speech or talk in which a new product, idea, or piece of work is shown and explained to an audience.

Adaptation: a change in a plant or animal that makes it better able to live in a particular place or situation

Petition:  a formal written request made to an official person or organization; a written document that people sign to show that they want a person or organization to do or change something

Dictionary: the course or path on which something is moving or pointing

Direction: a statement that tells a person what to do and how to do it :an order or instruction; the course or path on which something is moving or pointing

Collection:  the way someone acts or feels in response to something that happens, is said, etc.

Reaction:  the way someone acts or feels in response to something that happens, is said, etc.

Communication: the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else

Confrontation: to cause (something) to be unable to continue in the normal way :to interrupt the normal progress or activity of (something)

Disruption: to cause (something) to be unable to continue in the normal way :to interrupt the normal progress or activity of (something)

Character: a person in a story, play, or movie.; all those things that make a person, place, or thing different from others.

Conflict: the problem in a story; to disagree strongly; differ.

Plot:  a series of events that form the story in a novel, movie, etc.

3-15/Weekend Homework

Math: Zearn + find an example of parallel and perpendicular lines at home
Reading: iReady + finish the rest of the reading packet
Writing: finish informational writing on Google Slides
*Readworks articles can be accessed on a computer at home

 

Reminder: Bring money for ice cream for Monday + Music FieldTrip on Tuesday next week

3-13 Homework

Math: pages 319-320, #1-#4 + Zearn

Reading: Day 4 of Reading Packet + iReady

Writing: Continue to finish up informational writing (google slides in Google Classroom) + finish RACES

Spelling/Vocab: sailboats for each word

Spelling Words this Week

adjective, antonym, synonym, inference, conclusion, dialogue, evidence, explain, line, ray, angle, line segment, point

 

Adjective:  a word that describes a noun or a pronoun; example: a brown dog

Antonym: a word with a meaning that is opposite to the meaning of another word; example: hot and cold

Synonym: a word that has the same meaning as another word; example: cold and chilly

Inference: a conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence; example: What inference can we draw from these facts?

Conclusion: (1)a final decision or judgment : an opinion or decision that is formed after a period of thought or research; (2)the last part of something

Dialogue: the things that are said by the characters in a story, movie, play, etc.

Evidence: something which shows that something else exists or is true

Explain: (1)to make (something) clear or easy to understand; (2) to tell, show, or be the reason for or cause of something

Line: a straight one-dimensional figure that extends infinitely in both directions

Ray: A part of a line with a start point but no end point (it goes to infinity)

Angle: The amount of turn between two lines around their common point (the vertex).

Line segment: The part of a line that connects two points; It is the shortest distance between the two points.

Point: (MATH) An exact location. It has no size, only position.; Points usually have a name, often a letter like “A” or “B” etc