CHALLENGE LIST
Spelling List 2.3
Tornado Alert
Genre: Expository Nonfiction: Designed to give information or
explain what is difficult to understand
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through
powerful
hole
their
week
6. threw
7. funnel
8. whole
9. they’re
10. knows
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clouds
twisters
there
weak
tornado
Homophones are words that sound alike but have different spellings
and meanings, such as tail and tale.
Vocabulary Words
1. damage - a loss or harm caused by injury to one's person or property
2. detect - to discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
3. funnel - something shaped like a funnel
4. satellites - a man-made object or vehicle intended to orbit the earth, the
moon, or another heavenly body
5. tornado - a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnelshaped cloud that moves in a narrow path over the land
Homework:
Monday: Night #1 of Tic-Tac-Toe
Tuesday: Night #2 of Tic-Tac-Toe
Wednesday: Night #3 of Tic-Tac-Toe
Thursday: Study for your spelling test and read Tornado Alert to an
adult.
Target Skill for the Week: Context Clues are used to figure out the
meaning of a word. Often a context clue defines or explains the
meaning of the word. You can sometimes figure out the meaning of a
word from the other words in the sentence or paragraph.