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Here are this week's words for the Spelling test on Monday:

5th and 6th Grades:

Words for this week are words containing the final /n/ (en, on, in)  and controlled r (or, ir, er, ur) sounds:

eaten
motor
copper
mirror
dozen
solar
bargain
captain
another
citizen
section
mission
solution
remember
million
moccasin
fountain
skeleton
kindergarten
nurture

Challenge Words:
Wittenberg, reformation

7th and 8th Grades:

Words for this week are now using roots from the Greek. Pay close attention to the roots and meanings in order to better understand the words and how to spell them. The roots are as follows: hydr= water; metr, meter= device for measuring; pyr, pyro=fire, heat, fever.

hydrofoil
chronic
speedometer
hydroplane
kilometer
synchronous
chronicles
dehydrated
pyromania
hydrographic
 barometer
trigonometry
chronological
decimeter
hydrochloric
metronome
hydrometer
pyrotechnics
chronoscope
geometry

Challenge Words:

Huguenot
mademoiselle

This theme's board words are as follows:

Huguenots
Pierre
La Brun
Grand-pere
Henri
Pastor Foudray
La Rochelle
Edict of Nantes
dragonnade

Use your theme books : Strangers in the Land  to find the words (list the page number), find the meaning from the context, and tell whether the word is a  person, place, or thing.


All Grades:
This week's Spelling test will be Monday, February 24, 2014. All word work is to  be completed and turned in by Monday for all grades.