Spelling Words for January 4 - 6

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Spelling Words – January 4-6

freeze	scarf	icicle	mittens
snowflake	New Year	blizzard	snowman
ski	storm	sled	skate
January	snowball	boots	frosty
winter	white	hibernate	shoveling

Merry Christmas

Greek and Latin Roots December 12 - 16

Word List: Bio = life

antiobiotic               a medicine used to save lives because it destroys harmful bacteria and cures infections 

autobiography         a piece of writing written by a person about his or her own life

biography                a piece of writing about a person’s life written by someone else

biologist                   a person who studies living things

biology                    the study of living things

biopsy                      the removal of living tissue from the body for diagnostic examination

biosphere                 the zone of planet Earth where there is life (between the deep crust and the lower atmosphere)

macrobiotic diet      a diet thought to help people live longer because it focuses on natural foods

neurobiology           the study of the nervous system of living things and how it helps the living things learn and react

symbiosis                 how two different living organism live together and depend on each other

Spelling Words December 12 - 16

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Spelling Words – December 12-16

prerecorded	reappear	postscript	cooperate
prehistoric	posttest	coauthors	recharge
precaution	postwar	rejoin	coexist
prefix	coworker	reform	prepaid
refresh	postdate	reenter	reclaim

Lesson 8 The War Ends

blockade
Treaty of Paris


in 1779, the British thought that they could take over the Southern colonies. It got off to a bad start with the plan.  The Americans got support from Spain. So now the Patriots have the French and Spain. Bernardo de Galvez, governor of Spainl, closed the port at New Orleans to Great Britian and opened it to American ships.Between 1778 and 1781, the British army won the battles at Savannah, Georgia and at Charles Towen and Camden in South Carolina.  The British and Americans finally met. They met in March 1781 at Guilford Court House, North Carolina. The British won but lost one-fourth of the army. A British leader once said ''Another such victory would would destroy the British army. General Cornwallis led 7,000 soldiers to Yorktown, Virginia. Stopping at Yorktown was a decision that would cause Great Britian to lose the war. General Cornwallis did not guess that the Patriots and the French would not learn of his plans. One of Cornwallis's servants, James Armistead, was a spy for Lafayette. Armistead passed on the information that the British were waiting for supplies from New York. Lafayette sent this information to the French Navy. At the same time Washington army and a large French  force joined Lafayette. Cornwallis discovered too

Mal Male Greek and Latin for December 5

Mal, male = bad; abnormal; worse

dismal         depressing; causing gloom or misery; causing bad feelings

malady        bad health; illness; sickness

malaria        bad air; a disease usually spread by infected mosquitoes

malefactor  an evildoer; a person who does bad things

malevolent a word that describes a person or character who wishes bad things would happen to others

malfeasance wrongdoing or bad conduct by a public official

malice         mischief; evil intent; bad will

malignant   harmful; something bad enough that it could result in death when related to cancer

malnourished    having bad health or having poor nutrition

malodorous bad smell; stinky

Spelling Words December 5

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Spelling Words – December 5 – 9

moisture	voyage	employ	ounce
mountain	coward	allow	oyster
poise	pronounce	avoid	decoy
couch	tower	sour	destroy
bound	appoint	allowance	annoy

Lesson 7 American Victories pages 178 183

desert-to run away

Treaty of Alliance-agreement to work together


George Washington new BOLD plan was to march into New Jersey by going across the Delware River, to sneak upon the Hessians. Mr. Washington came up with the plan becausse the Americans needed a victory to give them hope.

Social Studies page170 to 176

Patriot- an American who supported the Revolution

mercenary-a soldier from another country

Loyalist-a colonist who supported Great Britain

profiteering-charging high priced for hoarded

inflation-a large and rapid rise in prices

By late August 1776 the colonists under General Washington were ready to fight in the Revolution with the most powerful army...Great Britian. In the first years of the Revolution the Americans were beat badly, because they were beat by Britain the British controlled New York City. The British thought that it would be a short and easy war because the British out numberd  the Patriots,had more trianing, more supplies, and food. They also didn't notice the Patriots strengths and thier own weaknesses. Some of the most important female Americans were Sybil Luddington, Deborah Sampson, and Mary Ludwig hays McCauley. Sybil Luddington was called the female Paul Revere, because she went around most of the towns and warned the colonists that the British was coming. Deborah Samson disguised herself as a man to join the army. Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley we know her as Molly Pitcher. She was the person who carried water to the soldiers.When her husband got hurt she took over her husbands cannon. When the war started, the African Americans joined becaues as soon as they won independance from Great Britian each person would be treated good. It even said in the Declaration.

Greek and Latin Roots for November 28 - December 2

Word List = Ben, Bene, Bon = Good, Well;

benediction    a good blessing in a religious service

benefactor     a good person who offers help or donate money

beneficial       having a good outcome; favorable  

beneficiary     a person who receive something good from someone else such as an inheritance.

benefit            to gain or receive good results from something

benevolent     kind; good-hearted

benigh            favorable; having a good effect; not harmful

bonafide         in good faith;  authentic; genuine real

bonus              anything good that is received over and beyond what was expected (usually money)

bon voyage   French for “having a good trip”  

Spelling Words November 28 - December 2

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Spelling Words – November 28 – December 2

inform	ornament	disappear	pioneer
important	warmth	serious	forever
reward	appear	perform	force
peer	weary	pier	fortune
career	pierce	formal	enormous

Social Studies pages 160 and 165 Test Review

Test on Monday
Militia-volunteer soldiers who fight only in time of emergency

Ammunition-musket balls and gunpowder

Continental Army-colonial force:one army instead of 13 separate fighting units

Declaration of Independence-document stating that the colonies were independent from Great Britain


At Fort Ticonderoga Allen's men sneaked in Fort Ticonderoga and captured it without firing one shot. Allen's men were also called the Green Mountain Boys. At Bunker Hill the colonists built a earthen shelter for protection. Even tho the colonists lost they realized that they could win the war. They were encouraged  because by working together they can win their freedom. When the first few British soliders were killed they colonists thought that there was no turning back. Some colonists wanted to avoid the war, but others wanted to be loyal to Great Birtain. The colonists were encouraged by three things. 1) Britain lost 1,000 soliders and because they thought this was going to be an easy fight. 2) British commander was killed. 3) The coloinsts believed that if they worked together they could win.

Social Studies pages 166 and 167

In social studies we are learning about the Declaration of Independence. The delegates of the Second Continental Congress disagreed upon whether they should be a part of Great Britain but govern themselves or not be with Great Britain. There were 5 main people in the Second Continental Congress. Their names were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence it took him two whole weeks. Then Franklin and Adams made some changes and showed it to the Congress on June 28. Then the delegates talked about the final changes. They made these changes. They took out the parts that they committed the king of doing. Also they took out the parts that involved slavery. They knew the king was mad and didn't want make him more mad. At last on July 4, 1776, the delegates signed the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. His name was the largest of then all so his name would be seen with-out using spectacles. Then the rest of the 56 delegates signed the piece of writing on August 2.

Science Learning about Lenses

How do you know if a lens magnifier?

• It must be convex
• Transparent
• More curves, the stronger the magnification

Which of these are magnifiers?

• cube
• cylinder
• sphere

Greek and Latin Root Word November 14 - 18

Jur, Jus, Jud = law, justice

adjure        to give up rights; to recant

judge          a person chosen to interpret law,

decide on a winner, or settle a controversy

jurisdiction the territory or land in which justice and laws are administered and followed

jurist            an expert in law

jury              a group of people sworn to abide by the laws to determine the truth

just              lawful; fair

justice         fairness; rightfulness

justification       the fact that is said to prove that something is true

justify          to prove; to offer

perjury       to break the law by lying; to break a formal promise; to break an oath

Spelling Words for November 14 - 18

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Spelling Words – November 14 - 18

armor	stern	linen	morsel
attach	shallow	ample	vigor
worse	aircraft	welfare	burglar
modern	penalty	fixture	butcher
peril	prison	earnest	scarlet