Word Masters

The fourth and fifth graders are participating in the Word Masters competition.  More information about this contest can be found at http://www.wordmasterschallenge.com/elem.htm.  The students should be practicing solving analogies (they have a packet they can work on) and should also be studying their Word Masters vocabulary words.  The 50 words are:

1. hull
2. concoct
3. mellow
4. bungalow
5. deplete
6. torrid
7. contraption
8. exhaust
9. tentative
10. dinghy
11. summon
12. feverish
13. brew
14. clench
15. lackadaisical
16. hamlet
17. mull
18. lethargic
19. cleft
20. muster
21. defunct
22. rupture
23. grit
24. makeshift
25. resource
26. husk
27. repel
28. tactile
29. stress
30. devour
31. murky
32. framework
33. decline
34. audible
35. chassis
36. sever
37. extinct
38. dell
39. percolate
40. abrupt
41. rift
42. plummet
43. burdensome
44. manor
45. deflect
46. loyal
47. allegiance
48. consume
49. durable
50. schooner

In the coming two weeks, students will complete activities (including the "Not Necessarily the News" project described below) involving these words.  The contest will be held the week of February 8th during the regular school day.