1. Morning Traffic/Review Games
Story Sort
Vocabulary Words:
Arcade Games
Study Stack
Spelling City: Vocabulary
Spelling City: Spelling Words

2. Spelling Words Homophones

3. heal symbol cymbal herd heard patients patience capitol capital
heel
heal
symbol
cymbal
herd
heard
patients
patience
capitol
capital
straight
strait
aisle
isle
stationery
stationary
sheer
shear
bread
bred
martial
marshall
discreet
discrete
adolescents
adolescence

4. Vocabulary Words

5. Vocabulary Words – Test on Friday, January 9th
pawn – lowest ranking piece in chess
remote – isolated
rummage – thoroughly search
reception – formal celebration
resume – begin again
rustling – to make the sound of going through papers

6. More Words to Know simultaneous – synchronized ceaseless – unstopping
completion – the state of being finished
impression – mark
penniless – without any money
effortless – without any hard work

7. Draw Conclusions
Logical conclusions are based on details or facts in a piece of writing and on what readers know about real life.
A logical conclusion you might draw about Elizabeth Blackwell based on your reading, is “Elizabeth Blackwell had a lot of courage.”
Be careful not to draw illogical conclusions.

8. Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing consists of hints or clues about what will happen later in a story.
It can either create suspense or make a story more predictable and so create a sense of order.

9. Antonyms
Sometimes an antonym—a word that means the opposite—can provide a clue to the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a passage.
Identify an antonym for each word in the chart. Then write sentences using each word and its antonym.

10. Antonyms
Word
Antonym
Sentence
submissive
humble
decline
practical

11. Print Sources/Media
Would you use an encyclopedia or a computer to conduct research on preventive medicine?
Both sources would be useful.

12. Print Sources/Media
Print sources include almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, magazines, newspapers, and other reference books such as the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature.

13. Print Sources/Media
Media consists of two main types: computer and non-computer.
Computer sources include CD-ROMs, the Internet, and software.
Non-computer sources include audiotapes, CDs, DVDs, films, and videotapes.