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School will resume Tuesday January 5th.  Below are the spelling and 
vocabulary words for the week.

Spelling for Week of January 5th

1.  follow
2.  below
3.  own
4.  grown
5.  town
6.  ground
7.  around
8.  found
9.  about
10. house
11. group
12. would
13. should
14. country
15. cousin
16. because
17. they
18. plunged
19. gasped
20. adapt

Vocabulary "Stellaluna"

1.  crooned - sang something in a gentle way

2.  clutched - held tightly

3.  adapt - to change to fit in with something else

4.  sighed - let out a long loud breath

5.  gasped - breathe in quickly to express surprise

6.  plunged - fell quickly and hard

7.  roost - a place where bats or chickens sleep or rest

8.  colony - group of animals of the same kind living together

9.  nectar - sweet liquid in flowers

10.  echolocation - method of determining the location of objects by bouncing 
sound waves off objects.