Weekly Vocabulary Words
Vocabulary List for the Week of January 11th
These words will be taken for a quiz grade in both Social Studies AND Reading. Please study these vocabulary cards at home and send them back to school so they can be practiced here as well. The quiz will take place on Friday, January 15th
appoint: to choose someone for a job (the person is chosen by the person or people who are in charge)
elect: to choose someone for a job by having citizens vote
administrator: the person who is appointed to be in charge of or manage something
common welfare: something that belongs to and benefits (is good for) all citizens
public works: structures such as roads, dams, bridges that are paid for and taken care of by the government
planning & zoning: deciding how to use land in an area - deciding where roads, buildings and other structures should be placed
rural area: a farming or forest area
urban area: a big city
suburbs: communities/neighborhoods close to a city
Vocabulary List for the Week of January 18th
These words will be taken for a quiz grade in both Language Arts AND Reading. Please study these vocabulary cards at home and send them back to school so they can be practiced here as well. The quiz will take place on
Friday, January 22nd
recount: (verb) to retell in detail
summarize: (verb) to retell a story but with only the main idea and the most important events
literature: (noun) fictional writing - includes stories, poems and plays
folktale: (noun) a traditional story that is passed down from generation to generation and includes something fantastic or magical
fantastic: (adjective) describes something that could not happen in real life
fable: (noun) a specific type of folktale - a short story that teaches a useful lesson called a moral, and has animals who speak and act like humans
moral: (noun) a lesson that people can learn from a story or from an experience that might help them make smart choices in the future
myth: (noun) an old story that has been handed down through time that tells about gods and heroes, or explains events in nature