Mr. Hauptmann’s Class Newsletter
Unit 5, Week 2- May 13, 2013
We will be going to the Cape Cod Visitor’s Center on Friday to learn
more about the history and work that is done on the canal. Please bring a lunch
from home as we will be eating at the canal (students who receive free lunch
will have a lunch provided from the cafeteria). This week we are reading “Lost
City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu” by Ted Lewin. 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 (spelling test will be on Thursday). Please practice these words at home as
well. The words in italics are our
challenge spelling words. Let’s have a
great week!
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Vocabulary
Word
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Meaning
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curiosity
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an eager desire to know or learn
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glorious
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magnificent; splendid
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granite
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a very hard gray or pink rock that is formed when lava
cools slowly underground
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ruins
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what
is left after a building, wall, etc., has fallen to pieces
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terraced
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formed into a flat, level land with steep sides; terraces
are often made in hilly areas to create more space for farming
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thickets
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bushes or small trees growing close together
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torrent
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a violent, rushing stream of water
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Spelling Words:
basic, vacant, secret, honor, local, novel, spinach, second, donate, beware,
emotion, tripod, diameter, congruent,
perimeter, equilateral, isosceles
Important Upcoming Dates:
Friday, May 17- Field Trip to Cape Cod Canal (no bikes)
Friday, May 24- EFES Bike-to-School Day
Monday, May 27- Memorial Day, No School
Friday, May 31- Bike trip on the Cape Cod (you may drop your bike off
Thursday afternoon)
Please sign, cut on
the dotted line, and return on Tuesday:
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Mr. Hauptmann’s Class Newsletter
Unit 5, Week 2- May 13, 2013
Student’s Name:
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Parent Signature:
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