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(4/12/10 - 4/16/10) Science Vocabulary terms
These vocabulary terms will be present on the Kansas State science assessment and will be reviewed in class. Each student will have a set of science notecards with terms to study that they will be bringing home. 1. solid 2. liquid 3. gas 4. push 5. pull 6. scientific 7. method 8. cycle 9. erosion 10. weather 11. circuit 12. pole 13. magnet 14. attract 15. repel 16. calories 17. energy 18. variable 19. vibration 20. sound CHALLENGE 21. evaporation 22. condensation 23. precipitation 24. adaptation 25. investigation

(2/15/10 - 2/19/10) "Gluskabe & the Snowbird"
These words explore the different /ar/ letter combinations that create long a and short a sounds. 1. apart 2. hardly 3. yarn 4. army 5. marbles 6. repair 7. careful 8. scare 9. somewhere 10. wear 11. starve 12. barber 13. carnival 14. carpet 15. unfair 16. therefore 17. dairy 18. hare 19. prepare 20. pear CHALLENGE WORDS 21. confusion 22. hilltop 23. lodge 24. messenger 25. praised

CHAPTER 9: People of the Midwest (1/25/10 - 1/29/10)
//These words are also vocabulary terms for our upcoming social studies test. Can your student tell you what each word means?// 1. sod 2. interstate 3. highway 4. system 5. trade 6. fur 7. steamboat 8. railroad 9. mission 10. hub 11. trading 12. post 13. mound 14. traditional 15. cargo 16. canoe 17. gathering 18. settle 19. plow 20. route CHALLENGE WORDS 21. transcontinental 22. reservations 23. settlement 24. ceremonies 25. movement