This document provides vocabulary words that end in the sounds /j/ or /s/ along with their definitions. Some of the words included are: glance, judge, damage, package, twice, stage, carriage, since, practice, marriage, baggage, office, message, bridge, chance, notice, ridge, manage, palace, and bandage.
This document provides vocabulary words and definitions related to choosing and training the right dog for specific jobs or tasks. Key words include "reward", "graduate", "symbol", "foster", "disobey", "confidence", "patiently", "confessed", and "ceremony", with definitions for giving something earned, finishing school or training, standing for something else, being cared for by an adult, not following instructions, feeling sure of abilities, waiting calmly without annoyance, admitting something is true, and a special celebratory event.
Harlem is known for its rich musical history. This realistic fiction story is set in Harlem and likely focuses on characters who enjoy or are involved in the music scene there. In just a few sentences or less, the summary provides a sense of the setting, genre, and likely focus of the story while being concise.
This document provides definitions for 20 pairs of easily confused words, including quiet/quite, finely/finally, than/then, since/sense, affect/effect, from/form, later/latter, adapt/adopt, medal/metal, personal/personnel, proceeding/preceding, and immigrate/emigrate. It emphasizes the importance of studying these words to avoid confusion and misuse of their meanings.
The document discusses the Hindenburg. In 3 sentences or less:
The Hindenburg was a large German passenger airship that caught fire and crashed while attempting to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937, killing 35 of the 97 people on board and ending the airship era.
King Midas was a mythological king who was granted a wish by Dionysus to have everything he touched turn to gold. However, he soon regretted this gift when even his food and loved ones turned to gold instead of staying flesh. This myth warns of the dangers of greed and teaches that wealth does not equal happiness.
This document provides definitions for 20 words ending in -ant, -ent, -ance, or -ence. It notes that these endings are difficult to spell because it can be hard to hear the last syllable. The words defined include important, experience, ignorant, entrance, difference, and others with those endings.
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Saint Matthew Island is a mysterious place with an unknown past. The uninhabited island located in the Bering Sea has no recorded history but artifacts left behind suggest others lived there long ago. Archaeologists hope to one day uncover more of the island's secrets through further exploration and study of the clues remaining from earlier inhabitants.
This document discusses suffixes such as -ous, -sion, -ion, and -ation and how they can change words. Adding -ation, -ion, or -sion can change a verb into a noun. Adding -ous can change a noun into an adjective. When adding suffixes, the spelling of some base words may change by dropping or changing a final e or y. Examples are then given of words with different suffixes and their meanings.
Austin is home to over 1.5 million bats that live under bridges downtown. Each summer, the bats fly out at dusk to eat insects, helping control pests and save farmers millions in pest control costs. The bats are a key part of Austin's ecology and economy but their population has declined in recent years due threats like white-nose syndrome, so it is important to protect them.
This document provides definitions for various Greek word parts and the terms they form when combined. It lists and defines words relating to measurement, photography, telecommunication, writing and distance, formed from the Greek roots "meter", "photo", "tele", "graph" and others. Examples include terms like telephone, thermometer, photographer, diameter, photocopy, and more.
Ghost towns were abandoned towns in the American West that sprang up during the gold rush or when mining or agricultural opportunities dried up. Many towns became ghost towns when the gold or other resources were depleted or when railroads bypassed the towns. These ghost towns are remnants of America's westward expansion and no longer have permanent residents.
This document discusses Latin roots that are commonly used to form English words. It provides examples of words derived from Latin roots and their meanings. Some of the Latin roots discussed are "spec" meaning look, "scrib" or "scrip" meaning write, and "rupt" meaning break. Definitions are given for words like describe, interruption, inspection, and scribble that use these Latin roots.
This document provides a genre and reading level for the novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth". It states that the novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is a work of fiction that contains elements of plot and setting. The reading level for this novel is listed as 5th grade.
This document provides definitions for various Greek word parts and words derived from Greek. It defines suffixes like -ology meaning "study of" and -phobia meaning "fear of". It then defines words that incorporate these Greek word parts, including biology, hydrophobia, tourism, geology, cartoonist, technology, journalism, violinist, ecology, patriotism, vocalist, meteorology, zoology, claustrophobia, capitalism, novelist, technophobia, agoraphobia, anthropology, absenteeism, paleontology, and alarmist.
Astronauts are people who travel to space. They go through extensive training to learn how to live and work in space. Students can talk with real astronauts to learn about their experiences living in space and what it's like to see Earth from above.
This document lists related words and provides definitions for each word. Some examples of related word pairs include "music" and "musician", where one is the noun and one is the person who performs the noun. Other related word pairs involve words that are the action and words that are the result of the action, such as "select" and "selection", "sign" and "signal", "protect" and "protection", "resign" and "resignation", and "coordinate" and "coordination". Definitions are provided for each word to explain their meanings.
Multisyllabic Words
- Words with more than one syllable are called multisyllabic words. Spelling multisyllabic words correctly involves breaking them into syllables.
- The document lists and defines 20 multisyllabic vocabulary words from various subject areas, including "elementary," "probability," "opportunity," "literature," "Pennsylvania," and "stegosaurus."
- Understanding the meanings of these multisyllabic words can help with reading comprehension, spelling, and vocabulary development.
This short document discusses the genre of humorous fiction. Humorous fiction uses characters and situations meant to provoke laughter in readers. It is intended for a 5th grade reading level.
The document discusses negative prefixes such as il-, in-, im-, and ir- which mean "not". It provides examples of words that use these prefixes, such as invisible, illiterate, and irregular, and defines what each word means when the negative prefix is added. In total, 20 examples of words with negative prefixes are defined in the document.
The document discusses the genre of autobiography, which is a story about a person's life or major events in their life told from their own perspective. Autobiography is a genre that tells about a person's life experiences from their point of view as the person who lived through the events. The document provides a brief definition of autobiography for a 5th grade reading level.
The document describes a club called The Stormi Giovanni Club. It is a drama genre story meant to be performed for an audience. The document provides no other details about the story or club.
This document lists 18 sets of homophones (words that sound alike but have different meanings or spellings). Some examples included are: cent/sent, scent, threw/through, weather/whether, their/there/they're, chili/chilly, tide/tied, pale/pail, aloud/allowed, course/coarse, counsel/council, and bizarre/bazaar. The document provides the definition or context for the different meanings of the words in each homophone pair.
This document is about exploding ants and appears to be an excerpt from a longer expository text meant for 5th grade students. It will likely explain the unusual behavior of certain ant species that explode their abdomens to defend their colony from threats. The summary is intended to provide a high-level overview of the key details and purpose of the document in 3 sentences or less.
Tripping Over the Lunch Lady is a 3 paragraph short story that is realistic fiction. It is intended for 5th grade readers and involves imagined but realistic characters and events that are possibly humorous.
The document discusses prefixes that are added to words without changing the base word's spelling or pronunciation. Some of the prefixes discussed are over-, under-, sub-, super-, and out-. Examples are given of words using these prefixes and their meanings, such as overlook, underline, subway, and others. The prefixes can be added to words to indicate location, quantity, or position relative to something else.
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Saint Matthew Island is a mysterious place with an unknown past. The uninhabited island located in the Bering Sea has no recorded history but artifacts left behind suggest others lived there long ago. Archaeologists hope to one day uncover more of the island's secrets through further exploration and study of the clues remaining from earlier inhabitants.
This document discusses suffixes such as -ous, -sion, -ion, and -ation and how they can change words. Adding -ation, -ion, or -sion can change a verb into a noun. Adding -ous can change a noun into an adjective. When adding suffixes, the spelling of some base words may change by dropping or changing a final e or y. Examples are then given of words with different suffixes and their meanings.
Austin is home to over 1.5 million bats that live under bridges downtown. Each summer, the bats fly out at dusk to eat insects, helping control pests and save farmers millions in pest control costs. The bats are a key part of Austin's ecology and economy but their population has declined in recent years due threats like white-nose syndrome, so it is important to protect them.
This document provides definitions for various Greek word parts and the terms they form when combined. It lists and defines words relating to measurement, photography, telecommunication, writing and distance, formed from the Greek roots "meter", "photo", "tele", "graph" and others. Examples include terms like telephone, thermometer, photographer, diameter, photocopy, and more.
Ghost towns were abandoned towns in the American West that sprang up during the gold rush or when mining or agricultural opportunities dried up. Many towns became ghost towns when the gold or other resources were depleted or when railroads bypassed the towns. These ghost towns are remnants of America's westward expansion and no longer have permanent residents.
This document discusses Latin roots that are commonly used to form English words. It provides examples of words derived from Latin roots and their meanings. Some of the Latin roots discussed are "spec" meaning look, "scrib" or "scrip" meaning write, and "rupt" meaning break. Definitions are given for words like describe, interruption, inspection, and scribble that use these Latin roots.
This document provides a genre and reading level for the novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth". It states that the novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is a work of fiction that contains elements of plot and setting. The reading level for this novel is listed as 5th grade.
This document provides definitions for various Greek word parts and words derived from Greek. It defines suffixes like -ology meaning "study of" and -phobia meaning "fear of". It then defines words that incorporate these Greek word parts, including biology, hydrophobia, tourism, geology, cartoonist, technology, journalism, violinist, ecology, patriotism, vocalist, meteorology, zoology, claustrophobia, capitalism, novelist, technophobia, agoraphobia, anthropology, absenteeism, paleontology, and alarmist.
Astronauts are people who travel to space. They go through extensive training to learn how to live and work in space. Students can talk with real astronauts to learn about their experiences living in space and what it's like to see Earth from above.
This document lists related words and provides definitions for each word. Some examples of related word pairs include "music" and "musician", where one is the noun and one is the person who performs the noun. Other related word pairs involve words that are the action and words that are the result of the action, such as "select" and "selection", "sign" and "signal", "protect" and "protection", "resign" and "resignation", and "coordinate" and "coordination". Definitions are provided for each word to explain their meanings.
Multisyllabic Words
- Words with more than one syllable are called multisyllabic words. Spelling multisyllabic words correctly involves breaking them into syllables.
- The document lists and defines 20 multisyllabic vocabulary words from various subject areas, including "elementary," "probability," "opportunity," "literature," "Pennsylvania," and "stegosaurus."
- Understanding the meanings of these multisyllabic words can help with reading comprehension, spelling, and vocabulary development.
This short document discusses the genre of humorous fiction. Humorous fiction uses characters and situations meant to provoke laughter in readers. It is intended for a 5th grade reading level.
The document discusses negative prefixes such as il-, in-, im-, and ir- which mean "not". It provides examples of words that use these prefixes, such as invisible, illiterate, and irregular, and defines what each word means when the negative prefix is added. In total, 20 examples of words with negative prefixes are defined in the document.
The document discusses the genre of autobiography, which is a story about a person's life or major events in their life told from their own perspective. Autobiography is a genre that tells about a person's life experiences from their point of view as the person who lived through the events. The document provides a brief definition of autobiography for a 5th grade reading level.
The document describes a club called The Stormi Giovanni Club. It is a drama genre story meant to be performed for an audience. The document provides no other details about the story or club.
This document lists 18 sets of homophones (words that sound alike but have different meanings or spellings). Some examples included are: cent/sent, scent, threw/through, weather/whether, their/there/they're, chili/chilly, tide/tied, pale/pail, aloud/allowed, course/coarse, counsel/council, and bizarre/bazaar. The document provides the definition or context for the different meanings of the words in each homophone pair.
This document is about exploding ants and appears to be an excerpt from a longer expository text meant for 5th grade students. It will likely explain the unusual behavior of certain ant species that explode their abdomens to defend their colony from threats. The summary is intended to provide a high-level overview of the key details and purpose of the document in 3 sentences or less.
Tripping Over the Lunch Lady is a 3 paragraph short story that is realistic fiction. It is intended for 5th grade readers and involves imagined but realistic characters and events that are possibly humorous.
The document discusses prefixes that are added to words without changing the base word's spelling or pronunciation. Some of the prefixes discussed are over-, under-, sub-, super-, and out-. Examples are given of words using these prefixes and their meanings, such as overlook, underline, subway, and others. The prefixes can be added to words to indicate location, quantity, or position relative to something else.