Ms. Grimshaw’s Language Arts
Newsletter
September 14, 2013
Webpage: http://www.haverford.k12.pa.us/Page/9376
Theme 1
Title and Author: Volcanoes
by Seymour Simon
Genre: Non-fiction
Vocabulary Words
You can practice your vocabulary words on my
SpellingCity website at:
http://www.spellingcity.com/kgrimshaw/
Molten- made liquid by heat
Lava- hot, melted rock that flows from a volcano
Century- one hundred years
Comprehension Strategy:
Monitor and Clarify
 Does this make sense?
 Have I learned what I
needed to learn?
 If I don’t understand I
can reread, look at the
pictures, or read ahead
Comprehension Skill:
Categorize and Classify-sort
things or ideas into like
groups
Eruption- a volcanic explosion or large flow of lava
Crater- a bowl-shaped depression
Crust- the solid outer layer of earth
Magma- hot, melted rock underneath the earth’s
surface
Norse- having to do with the ancient Scandinavians
Advancing- moving forward
Weathered- changed because of being exposed to the
weather
Billowy- rising in a great wave
Composite- made up of different substances
Summit- the op of a mountain
Extinct- no longer active; extinguished
Collapsed- suddenly fell inward
Caldera- a crater formed by a collapsed volcano
Theme Skills:
1. Root Words: -struct, -rupt
 -struct means to “build”
 -rupt means to “break” or
“burst”
2. Long vowel sounds
3. Singular and Plural nouns
Upcoming Dates:
Monday-Thursday- Typing final
drafts of Admire Paper
Friday-First half of Volcano Theme
Test
Friday- Reading Logs due
Spelling Words:
Thrown
Stole
Clue
Dew
Choose
Rule
Boast
Cruise
Stroll
Route
Mood
Loaf
Growth
Youth
Slope
Bruise
Loose
Rude
Flow
Flute