Download Contract Dec. 2 - fourthgradeteam2012-2013

Name ______________________________________Week of December 2, 2013
SPELLING and Vocabulary CONTRACT
Complete 3 activity boxes that you choose in addition to definitions so that you will have a total
of 4 assignments to turn in on Friday. Your spelling contract is due on Friday with a “Parent
Signature.” Please do not turn in early because you need to study your words for the test on
Friday!
Write a story using at least 5
spelling words.
Use a Thesaurus to write a
synonym or antonym for each
spelling word.
Cut out letters from a newspaper Write definitions for each word.
or magazine (with permission
*****Everyone must do this
first). Tape or glue the letters to
assignment. Do this on
spell your spelling words.
Monday.***
Create mystery sentences for 6
Use each spelling word in a
words.
sentence. Underline the spelling
Ex. I am an animal that lives in
word.
the desert. I have a long neck
with brown spots. Who am I?
Giraffe
Using a computer type your
words in a different font and
size.
Telephone words- Write words.
Then transfer the letters into
numbers using a telephone
keypad
Ex. Math 6-2-8-4
Create 3 tongue twister
sentences using alliteration with
the beginning sounds of the
spelling words.
Ex. Dizzy Daisy dished desserts
daily at the local diner.
Draw a picture and camouflage
the words in the picture.
Classify/categorize all words into
parts of speech Ex. Nouns,
verbs, adjectives, adverbs
Write all of the words in cursive.
Based on the following code, add
the letters for each word. Be sure
to write the spelling word, the
equation and the total.
A=3 B=8 C=11 D=7 E= 4 F=20
G=17 H=0 I=1 J=14 K=12 L=13
M=5 N=10 O=26 P=21 Q=15 R=9
S=6 T=22 U=25 V=2 W=16 X=19
Y=24 Z=100
Ex. Spelling
6+21+4+13+13+1+10+17=85
Create a comic strip with at least
6 words. The pictures/words
should be cohesive/related to
the same topic.
Write each word in a word
pyramid.
Ex. Majority
M
Ma
Maj
Majo
Major
Majori
Majorit
majority
Parent Signature_____________________________________________________
(Please sign to verify that you are aware of your child’s weekly spelling/vocabulary HW,
he/she completed the above definitions and 3 additional assignments and is prepared for the
test on Friday.
This week’s word list:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
friendlier
luckiest
largest
smallest
jolliest
6. heavier
7. louder
8. quieter
9. wisest
10. adaptation