02/25/2025

 Dear Parents,

Today in class we did the following:

□ 1. Vocabulary words 16 – 30, RWN page 362_

□ 2. RS pages 287, 289

□ 3. Homework: Vocabulary words 16 – 30 x 4, defs x 1, 5 sentences using 2 vocabulary words.

16. telephone  n. -  a device for speaking to someone in another place by means of electrical signals

17. millimeter  n. – a unit of measurement of length equal to 0.001 meter

18. pedometer  n. - a device that measures how far one has walked by counting the number of times the feet are raised and put down again

19. thermometer  n. – a device used for measuring temperature especially of the air or in a person’s body 

20. diameter  n.- a (the length of) a straight line that reaches from one point on the edge of a round shape or object, through its center, to a point on the opposite edge

21. autograph  n. – a signature, especially of a famous person

22. phonograph  n. – old use for record player

23. photographer  n. – a person who takes photographs, either as a job or hobby

24. photocopy  n./v. – a photographic copy of a document on a photocopier

25. television  n. –a device shaped like a box with a screen that receives electrical signals and changes the m into moving images and sounds

26. kilometer  n. – a unit measurement equal to 1,000 meters

27. centimeter  n. – a unit of length equal to 0.01 meter

28. speedometer  n. – a device in a vehicle that shows how fast the vehicle is moving

29. barometer  n. – a device that measures air pressure and shows when the weather is likely to change

30. telephoto n. – a camera lens that makes objects faraway look nearer and larger when they are photographed