5th and 6th grades, please pay close attention to the ar, air, and are parts of your spelling words. remember that ar uses the controlled r sound (says 'r') as in bargain or margin and are (e is silent) says /air/ as in compare, while air says /air/ as in hair, despair, etc.
Here are this week's words for 5th and 6th:
army
flair
argue
area
declare
partly
carton
garment
cougar
variety
prepare
garbage
parched
stairway
Arkansas
compared
temporary
department
carefully
unfairly
Bonus words:
synchronized
translucent
luminescent
maneuverability
distinguished
7th and 8th Grade your words are still dealing with Latin roots. Pay special attention to the prefixes (front part of words that change the meaning of the root, suffixes (end part of the word that may change the meaning of the root) and the root. Remember what each root means and use it to help you remember the words meanings which may help with remembering how to spell them. Latin roots are: ject=throw, rupt=break, pend=hang, duc or duct=lead, flu=flow, tract=pull or draw.
Here are this week's words for 7th and 8th Grade:
injection
appendixes
pendant
deductive
fluorescent*
distracting
objective
induction
rupturing
corruptible
nondeductible
abstract
disruptive
projection
fluctuate
contraction
interrupting
suspended
retraction
rejection
*fluorescent is misspelled in the teacher's book so the correct word is listed above.
Bonus words:
creosote,
reconnaissance,
descend,
orchestra,
knoll
ART Education Notes 1/8/14:
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