Unit 1: Dollars and Sense
Week 4
Mrs. Cranley
This week we are reading “If You Made a Million” by David M. Schwartz. We will focus on some vocabulary words in this story. It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child. Also, on this newsletter you will find our spelling words for the week. Please practice these words at home as well. Students are expected to practice the first 15, 20, or all 25 of the words. Be sure to refer to the spelling rule described below. Please listen to your child read the spelling words aloud.
Vocabulary Words: amount, worth, value, earned, interest, expensive, check, thousand, million
Spelling Rule: LONG VOWEL DIGRAPHS (two letters that make one long vowel sound)
Long a is sometimes spelled ai and ay: grain, display
Long e is sometimes spelled ee and ea: agree, clean
Long o is sometimes spelled oa and ow: coach, window
CHALLENGE WORDS
1. clean
2. agree
3. teeth
4. dream
5. grain
6. coach
7. display
8. window
9. shadow
10. cheese
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11. peach
12. braid
13. Sunday
14. float
15. thrown
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16. entertain
17. complain
18. bleachers
19. willow
20. wheat
EXTRA CHALLENGE
21. campaign
22. playwright
23. appease
24. engineer
25. approachable
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