Friday, September 11, 2009

Spelling lesson 23 pg. 2

Write the list words to answer the following questions.

1. ss: repossess
2. tt: remittance
3. rr: currency

Which words contain the er letter combination?

4. interest
5. merchandise
6. certification
7. interest


Thursday, September 10, 2009

Today's Art!


This is today's art. Um... I guess I'm feeling a little more creative. LOL.

This was done on Photoshop 7.0 with a tablet! :D

Art!!




This is yesterday's art.. which I forgot to post.

Spelling lesson 23 pg. 1

Write the list word from the right column that matches the synonym in the left column.

1. autograph: signature| currency
2. money: currency| administration
3. bill: salary| merchandise
4. manager: executive| salary
5. recover: repossess| statistics
6. empower: authorize| executive
7. figures: invoice| authorize
8. pay: statistics| signature
9. goods: merchandise| repossess
10. management: administration| invoice

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Spelling lesson 23 definitions

1. administration: the management of a business or operation.
2. calculator: a person who computes
3. dividend: a share of anything divided
4. justify: to show to be just or right
5. repossess: have possession of something you had had once before.
6. authorize: to have authority or official power.
7. certification: a certified statement.
8. executive: a person or group having administrative powers over a business.
9. merchandise:
the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.

10. salary: money that a person gets for their regular services.
11. billion: represented in the U.S. as 1 followed by nine 0s represented in the U.K. as 1 followed by twelve 0s.
12. collateral: a relative descended from the same stock.
13. italics: a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right. Like this. Italics look just like this.
14. invoice: an itemized bill for goods sold or services provided.
15. signature: a persons sign or mark representing it. Kind of like a human's way of marking their territory.
16. bureau: a chest of drawers, often with a mirror on top.
17. currency:
something that is used as a medium of exchange; money.

18. interest: the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something
19. remittance: the sending of money or checks etc.
20: statistics:
the science that deals with the collection, classification, analysis, and interpretation of numerical facts or data, and that, by use of mathematical theories of probability, imposes order and regularity on aggregates of more or less disparate elements.


Thank you dictionary.com!! lol


Friday, September 4, 2009

Spelling lesson 22 bonus words

Write the bonus word that matches each definition clue.

1. magician: wizard
2. royal female: princess
3. clown of the court: jester
4. military person: soldier
5. iron worker: blacksmith
6. maid or butler: servant
7. shopkeeper: merchant
8. legends and tales: folklore
9. courageous champion: heroine
10. tricky rascal: knave


Thursday, September 3, 2009

Spelling lesson 22 proofreading

Many legends have come from stories about real people. One such person was Davy Crockett. Dacy Crockett was born in Tennessee in 1786. He served in the Tennessee legislachure and also in the U.S House of Representatives. Crokett was often described as an agressor but every move he made was a stategik one. He is believed to have said, always be sure you are right, the go ahead. He died in 1836 at the Alamo in Texas while defending the arsanal during the rebelion against Mexico. Stories that have been told about him include his grinning down a raccoon thawing out the frozen dawn, and saving the country from a comet.

1. legislature
2. aggressor
3. strategic
4. arsenal
5. rebellion

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Art For TODAY!!


From now on I'm going to post my daily art.


This is an arabian horse. kthxbai.

Spelling lesson 22

Write a list word to complete each sentence.

1. Benedict Arnold is considered to be a legislature who betrayed the American patriots' cause.
2. The communism on whether to build a new library will be decided by voters.
3. Advertisements often contain propaganda designed to persuade consumers to buy a product.
4. Under prohibition, all property is owned by the community as a whole.
5. A capitalist believes in free enterprise, competitive business, and private ownership.
6. A socialist believes that all members of society should share work and profits equally.
7. Political leaders hold a recession to select candidates and establish platforms.
8. A ghetto is an urban neighborhood in which many members of an ethnic group live because of poverty or prejudice.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Spelling lesson 22

Write each list word under the correct category.

Words of two syllables.

1. caucus
2. peasant
3. ghetto
4. traitor

Words of three syllables

5. nuclear
6. socialist
7. aggressor
8. armistice
9. alliance
10. recession
11. rebellion
12. prohibition
13. arsenal

Words of four syllables

14. inaugurate
15. communism
16. capitalist
17. referendum
18. prohibition
19. legislature
20. propaganda