Unit 1: Dollars and Sense
Week 5
Mrs. Cranley
This week we are reading “My Rows and Piles of Coins” by Tololwa M. Mollel. 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: errands, bundles, steady, wobbled, dangerously, arranged, unwrapped, excitedly
Spelling Rule: VOWEL SOUNDS
The vowel sound in out can be spelled ou and ow: proud, shower
The vowel sound in toy can be spelled oi and oy: voyage, choice
CHALLENGE WORDS
1. proud
2. shower
3. hour
4. amount
5. voyage
6. choice
7. avoid
8. thousand
9. prowl
10. employ
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11. bounce
12. poison
13. annoy
14. appoint
15. broil
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16. however
17. mountain
18. coward
19. turmoil
20. chowder
EXTRA CHALLENGE
21. buoyant
22. empowerment
23. boisterous
24. accountable
25. allowance
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