Antarctic Journal

This week, first, we will be finishing up with the story “Amelia and Eleanor.” 

Then we will be reading “Antarctic Journal” by Jennifer Owings Dewey. The vocabulary words we will focus on from this story follow.   It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child.

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
anticipation	act of anticipating; looking forward to; expectation
continent	one of the seven great masses of land on Earth.  The continents are North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica
convergence	act or process of meeting at a point
depart	to go away; leave
forbidding	causing fear or dislike; looking dangerous or unpleasant
heaves	rises and falls alternatively
icebergs	large masses of ice detached from glaciers and floating in the sea.  About 90 percent of an iceberg’s mass is below the surface of the water

Here you will find our spelling words for the week.  Please practice these words at home.  The words in italics are our challenge spelling words. 

Spelling Words: dictionary, abrupt, predict, import, locally, verdict, locate, portable, transport, bankrupt, dictate, location, erupt, passport, export, contradict, rupture, interrupt, disrupt, dislocate, vindictive, portfolio, jurisdiction, corruption, interruption