Taos Charter School 4th Grade Class

1. compass rose 2. northeast 3. southeast 4. southwest 5. northwest  6. ancestor 7. folklore 8. heritage 9. indigenous 10. motivate 11. opponent 12. beautiful 13. Don’t bite off more than you can chew. For each word on the list, your weekly written assignment is to do the following:  (For now, you can do all this with pencil and paper in your Spelling and Vocabulary Journal. Keep your written work as neat and organized as possible.) 1. Practice writing each word on the list 3 times. Be sure to spell it correctly each time! 2. Look up the definition of each word in a dictionary or using your account at Vocabulary A-Z (look in the Vocabulary section, in the Flashcards activity) . Read the definitions you find there.   3. Use each word in a creative example sentence that shows you know what the word means. The sentences can be funny or fictional. Please make them interesting to read!

 1. homophone 2. clothes/ close 3. break/ brake 4. buy/ by 5. hear/ here 6. choose/ chews 7. right/ write 8. sum/ some 9. whole/ hole 10. would/ wood 11. peek/ peak 12. mail/ male 13. fair/ fare 14. (your own pair of homophones) _________ / ________ This is a different kind of list this week. Practice each word pair 3 times.  Example: "clothes, clothes, clothes/ close, close, close." Also, let's skip the definitions this week. Write good, clear example sentences that show you know the difference between each pair.  Use the Dictionary to help. Each pair can be combined into 1 sentence if you can. Example: "She came around the bend, and got her first peek at Wheeler Peak." Or they can be split into 2 sentences. Example: "Please close the door when you leave. He loved his new school clothes."  The list is up, and ready to practice at Vocabulary A-Z.

1. mammal   2. unanimous 3. capital 4. synonym 5. antonym 6. budget 7. catastrophe 8. elevation 9. there 10. their 11. they’re 12. spill the beans For each word on the list, your weekly written assignment is to do the following: (For now, you can do all this with pencil and paper in your Spelling and Vocabulary Journal. Keep your written work as neat and organized as possible.) 1. Practice writing each word on the list 3 times. Be sure to spell it correctly each time! 2. Look up the definition of each word in a dictionary or using your account at Vocabulary A-Z (look in the Vocabulary section, in the Flashcards activity) . Read the definitions you find there. 3. Use each word in a creative example sentence that shows you know what the word means. The sentences can be funny or fictional. Please make them interesting to read!