Spelling this week!

Pattern study /s/: ce

 twice

 surface

 distance

 spruce

 spice

 prance

 office

 notice

 faucet

 price

 device

 chance

 brace

 advice

 recess

 existence

 conceive

 balance

 process

 slice

Vocabulary this week!

controversial When the Packers and the Vikings play, there usually seems to be some sort of controversy.  Caused arguments and discussions

Part of Speech? When the Packers and the Vikings play, there usually seems to be some sort of controversy.

practitioner Joe made an appointment with the practitioner.  A person who uses a certain skill

Part of Speech? Joe made an appointment with the practitioner.

asthma Asthma is a fairly common disease, and fortunately, few deaths occur from it.  A disease that makes it difficult to breathe

Part of Speech? Asthma is a fairly common disease, and fortunately, few deaths occur from it.

skeptics This little guy is very skeptical about sitting with his dad’s friend, Steve.  Those having doubts

Part of Speech? This little guy is very skeptical about sitting with his dad’s friend, Steve.

vision and courage. George Washington (1 st president) is significant because he had vision and courage.

significant Why are these faces considered significant?  important From left to right: Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln

Thomas Jefferson (3 rd president) is significant because Declaration of Independence of the Declaration of Independence and later in the expansion of our nation through the Louisiana Purchase.

Thomas Jefferson always had dreams of a greater, more perfect nation, first in the words of the Declaration of Independence and later in the expansion of our nation through the Louisiana Purchase. Of significance to Abraham Lincoln (16 th president) all men were free and equal. was a nation where all men were free and equal.

world power Theodore Roosevelt (26 th president) envisioned a great nation, a leader on the world stage, our nation was changing to a world power.

persuade He is trying to persuade his boss that he made the right decision.  to win over to a belief

Persuasive texts A persuasive text is a text that really wants you to do something Persuasive texts might use: repeated words text in capital letters exclamation marks rhetorical questions (questions where no answer is needed) an emotional one-sided argument humor