Grade 4-A2

 Hello everyone, I hope that everyone had an excellent Moon Festival (AKA Mid-Autumn Festival) this year with lots of moon cakes, BBQ, and Tang Dynasty poems. We are coming back to school to learn about the biography of one of America's most famous men-Milton Hershey, his hometown in the state of Pennsylvania, as well as lots of other interesting and useful knowledge which leads us into skills building. Anyways, let's start off with this week's vocabulary and then get into the story's overview. Week 5 Vocabulary 1 anticipation (n.): the feeling of expecting something to happen   2 civilization (n.): a culture in an advanced state of development   3 convertible (n.): a car with a roof that can be folded down   4 dependable (adj.): able to be trusted to do what is needed   5 flexible (adj.): able to change to suit new conditions   6 likable (adj.): pleasant and easy to like   7 movable (adj.): able to be moved from one place...

 Hello, we will be getting into the meat of the story of Little House on the Prairie and By the Shores of Silver Lake today, and our story test will be on this Thursday. Also, we can this Friday and next Monday off school for Teacher's Day and the Moon Festival so have a great weekend, but don't forget about the vocabulary test next week. Week 4 Vocabulary 1 blaze (v.): to burn with bright flames  2 tremble (v.): to shake because of fear or cold   3 stagger (v.): to walk unsteadily   4 quiver (v.): to shake slightly   5 shanty (n.): a small, simple house   6 dizzy (adj.): feeling that everything is spinning   7 bound (v.): to jump high and run fast   8 acre (n.): a unit of land measurement   9 slope (n.): a piece of land that slopes downward   10 bank (n.): the side of a river or lake; a slope   11 violet (n.): a small purple flower   12 blossom (n.): a flower on a tree or plant...

 Hello, this week's (and next week's) story is about the Little House series which was authored by Laura Ingalls Wilder about a fictionalized version of her childhood on the open prairies of western America in the 1800s. It was a set of stories that is quite similar to the experiences that she (and also her husband) experienced, but it is different enough to be considered a work of fiction with characters from the imagination of the author. Week 3 Vocabulary  1 readiness (n.): the state of being prepared for something   2 cloudy (adj.): covered with clouds   3 stormy (adj.): having strong wind, rain, thunder and lightning   4 peaceful (adj.): calm and quiet; free from disturbance   5 eagerness (n.): strong desire or enthusiasm   6 illness (n.): the state of being unwell; disease   7 freshness (n.): the quality of being new and clean   8 happiness (n.): the feeling of being glad or content   9 grace...

 Hello, please remember that our tests will be on Thursdays this semesters with Fridays being used for writing the drafts for our writing projects. (and swimming classes on some Fridays) Week 2 Vocabulary 1 iceberg (n.): a large mass of ice floating in the sea   2 eerie (adj.): strange, frightening, and unsettling   3 terrified (adj.): extremely afraid   4 desperately (adv.): in a way that shows you are willing to do anything to change a bad situation   5 tailored (adj.): made to fit a particular person   6 fortune (n.): a large amount of money   7 chaos (n.): a situation in which everything is in disorder   8 jostle (v.): to push roughly against someone in a crowd   9 tilt (v.): to lean or slope to one side   10 bob (v.): to move quickly up and down   11 exhausted (adj.): very tired   12 flicker (v.): to burn or shine unsteadily   13 steer (v.): to control the d...