Spelling

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Spelling this week!
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Pattern study

• /s/
• ce

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• twice

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• surface

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• distance

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• spruce

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• spice

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• prance

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• office

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• notice

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• faucet

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• price

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• device

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• chance

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• brace

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• advice

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• recess

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• existence

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• conceive

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• balance

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• process

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• slice

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Vocabulary this week!
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controversial

• Caused arguments and discussions

• When the Packers and the Vikings play, there
  usually seems to be some sort of controversy.

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Part of Speech?

• When the Packers and the Vikings play, there
  usually seems to be some sort of controversy.

Noun - it is the object of the preposition.
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practitioner

• A person who uses a certain skill

• Joe made an appointment with the practitioner .

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Part of Speech?

• Joe made an appointment with the practitioner .

Noun - it is the object of the preposition.
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asthma

• A disease that makes it difficult to breathe

• Asthma is a fairly common disease, and
  fortunately, few deaths occur from it.

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Part of Speech?

• Asthma is a fairly common disease, and
  fortunately, few deaths occur from it.

Noun - it is the subject of the sentence.
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Do you see doubt in these looks?
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skeptics

• Those having doubts

• This little guy is very skeptical about sitting
  with his dads friend, Steve.

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Part of Speech?

• This little guy is very skeptical about sitting
  with his dads friend, Steve.

Adjective - it is linked to the subject and
describing it.
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George Washington (1st president) is
significant because he had vision and courage.
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significant

• important

• Why are these faces considered significant?

From left to right Washington, Jefferson,
Roosevelt and Lincoln
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Thomas Jefferson (3rd president) is significant
because of the Declaration of Independence and
later in the expansion of our nation through the
Louisiana Purchase.
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Of significance to Abraham Lincoln (16th
president) was a nation where all men were free
and equal.
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Theodore Roosevelt (26th president) envisioned a
great nation, a leader on the world stage, our
nation was changing to a world power.
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persuade

• to win over to a belief

• He is trying to persuade his boss that he made
  the right decision.

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• Persuasive texts
• A persuasive text is a text that really wants you
  to do somethingPersuasive texts might use
• repeated words
• text in capital letters
• exclamation marks
• rhetorical questions (questions where no answer
  is needed)
• an emotional one-sided argument
• humor

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