Adelina's Whale

This week we are reading “Adelina’s Whales” by Richard Sobol It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these vocabulary words at home with your child.  Also, on this newsletter you will find our spelling words for the week.  Please practice these words at home as well.  The words in italics are our challenge spelling words.

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
biologist	scientist who studies living things, including their origins, structures, activities, and distribution
bluff	a high, steep slope or cliff
lagoon	a pond or small lake, especially one connected with a larger body of water
massive	big and heavy; bulk
rumbling	making a deep, heavy, continuous sound
tropical	of or like the regions 23.45 degrees north or south of the equator where the sun can shine directly overhead

Spelling Words: piece, peace, break, brake, threw, through, by, bye, beat, beet, thrown, throne, aloud, allowed, past, passed, weight, wait, there, their, principal, principle, symbol, cymbal, stationary, stationery