05/16/2022

 Dear Parents,

Today in class we learned the sounds /j/, /k/, and /s/. We also learned vocabulary words 1 - 5 and read Seeing Stars.

Homework is to write vocabulary words 1 - 5 three times, definitions one time, and RWN Page 200.

I passed back the tests for Tops and Bottoms. Please not the the tests will not count towards your childs overall school score.

Have a great evening.

Regards,

Teacher Ari

 Week 15 Vocabulary – Seeing Stars


  1. telescope: an instrument that uses lenses and sometimes mirrors to make distant objects appear larger

  2. hurl: to throw with force

  3. gigantic: huge: very big

  4. scorch: to burn slightly

  5. stargaze: to look at or study the stars

  6. twinkling: to shine with a light that flickers

  7. pattern: an arrangement of shapes, lines, letters, numbers, or colors that can be repeated or used again and again

  8. constellation: a group of stars in the sky that is thought to look like, and is named after, an animal, object, or person

  9. glimpse: a quick look

  10. invisible: cannot be seen

  11. shine: to give off or reflect light

  12. glitter: sparkling reflected light

  13. distant: far away

  14. fiery: like fire: very hot or red

  15. gas: a form of matter that is neither liquid nor solid

  16. massive: having a lot of mass; very large

  17. whopping: very large; remarkable

  18. brilliant: very shiny and bright; can also mean very good

  19. suburb: an area or community located just outside a city or town

  20. familiar: having some knowledge of

  21. intense: having a great degree of something such as heat

  22. urban: having to do with a city or town

  23. smog: bad air caused by pollution

  24. galaxy: a very large group of stars 

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