Unit 3: People and Nature                            

                                                               

                                                               

This week we are reading “Pushing Up the Sky” by Joseph Bruchac.  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:  antlers, imagined, languages, narrator, poked, overhead

Spelling Rule:  PREFIXES:  UN-, RE-, MIS-, DIS-                                                        

When the prefixes un-, re-, mis-, dis-, are added to words, no change is made to the base word: unhappy, recall, mistake, dislike.  Adding certain prefixes to base words does not usually change how the base word is pronounced.

                                                     

1.  unhappy    2.   recall    3.   disappear    4.   unload    5.   mistake    6.   misspell    7.   dislike    8.   replace    9.   mislead    10.  disagree

11.   rewrite        12.   unroll     13.   unknown     14.   dishonest  15.   react

       CHALLENGE WORDS

16.  unfortunate      17.  discourage      18.  uncomfortable      19.  recycle      20.  mispronounce                         EXTRA CHALLENGE  21.   unbelievable 22.   reassurance       23.   miscalculate       24.   disgraceful       25.   disintegrate