Marvin and the Great North Woods

This week we are reading "Marven of the Great North Woods" by Kathryn Lasky. We will focus on some vocabulary words in this story. It would be helpful if you will reinforce the meaning of these words at home with your child. Also, listed below are this weeks spelling words. Please practice these words at home as well. The words in italics are our challenge spelling words. Let’s have a great week!



Spelling Words

Vocabulary Word	Meaning
cord	measure of quantity for cut wood
dismay	sudden helpless fear of what is about to happen or what has happened
grizzly	a large, gray or brownish bear of western North America
immense	very large; huge; vast
payroll	list of persons to be paid and the amount that each one is to receive

: Thanksgiving, among, think, blank, graph, young, wheel, nephew, belong, whiskers, whispers, elephant, white, shrink, wharf, trunk, strong, blink, chunk, skunk, strengthen, bankrupt, phantom, whimsical, whatever