February 9-13

Spelling List:

1. shark
2. check
3. queen
4. circus
5. flake
6. crack
7. second
8. squeeze
9. quart
10. squeak
11. quick
12. coldest
13. Africa
14. Mexico
15. Black
16. thank

Challenge Words:

1. correct
2.question

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Vocabulary:

1. passages – narrow paths or channels

2. spines – sharp, pointy growths

3. tropical – having to do with the warm areas of the Earth near the equator

4. store – to put away for later use

5. throughout – all the way through

6. absorb – take in or soak up

7. dissolve – to seem to disappear when mixed with liquid

8. clumps – groups or bunches of things, especially plants and dirt

9. coverings – the outside of things, usually serving as protection

10. pollen – tiny yellow grains made by flowering plants