Spelling week 4

For my last week homework I had to write down the meaning of each word my teachers gave me, as well as doing that, I had to write a sentence of my understanding of each word.

Write the meaning of each word and then use it in a sentence to show your understanding of each word.

Brain; Soft mass of nervous tissue in the head. Intellectual ability. Hit (someone) hard on the head.

‘My brain is protected by my skull’

Write; Mark paper with symbols or words. Set down in words. Communicate by letter. Be the author or composer of.

‘For homework I have to write a sentence for each word given’

Hoped; Want (something) to happen or be true. (n) expectation of something desired. Thing that gives cause to desire.

‘I hoped that I would have a good week at school’

Worry; (caused to) be anxious or uneasy. Annoy or bother. (of dog) chase and try to bite.

‘I worry sometimes that I wont finish my homework on time’

Through; From one side to the other , between, by, past. Because of, by means of, by way of using via. During, in, throughout. Adj Completed, done, ended, finished.

‘I went through the forest’

Entered; Come or go. V join. Become involved in, take part in. Record (an item) in a journal. Begin.

‘I entered  the classroom through the door’

Daughter; Female child. Woman who comes from a certain place or is connected with a certain thing.

‘I am the only daughter of my mum and dad’

Edge; Border, boundary, brink, fringe, limit, outline, perimeter, rim, side, verge. Nervous.

‘I jumped off an edge of the Whangarei Waterfalls’

Domestic;  Native, indigenous, internal. Home, family, household, private.

‘If you travel via airplane in New Zealand you have to go to the Domestic Airport’

Topic; noun Subject, issue, matter, theme, point, question.

‘My favourite topic at school is Mathematics’

Method; noun manner, approach, mode, process, routine, system, way.

‘Miss Siale’s method of teaching is different to Ms Ly’s method of teaching’

Recent; late, new, current, fresh, modern, up-to-date.

‘These past recent couple of days have been really good weather’

Type; noun kind, category, class, genre, group, order, sort, species.

‘All animals that lay eggs are a type of reptile’

Readily; adj for immediate use for any customer or user.

‘I readily understood my teacher’s task’

Guess; verb estimate, conjecture, hypothesize, believe. Noun theory, speculation.

‘I guess i’m going to leave now since no one likes me’

Various; adj of several kinds.

‘My grand-dad has various types of orange trees.

Genuine; adj not fake, authentic. Sincere.

‘I have a lot of genuine friends.