1. Week One Early Release on Wednesday! March 16 th -20 th Warm-ups

2. Monday, March 16 th Warm-up These men’s names are given to help you identify the words defined below. The first one has been done for you. 1. ADAM ant: unyielding 2. BEN _ _ _ _ _ _ _ : kind and charitable 3. JACK _ _ : a short coat 4. BILL _ _ _ _ _ : a game similar to pool 5. _ LUKE : a type of fish 6. ED _ _ : a whirlpool 7. _ _ _ _ _ ROY : heavy cotton fabric 8. SAL _ _ _ _ _ _ : a saving from destruction 9. _ _ BO _ : a joint in the arm 10. SEAN _ _ : a meeting to communicate with the dead

3. Tuesday, March 17 th Warm-up The words below having something in common: all end with the letter X. Fill in the letters of the words that match the definitions. 1. _ _ x : to polish 2. _ x : a chopping tool 3. _ _ x: baseball team from Boston 4. _ _ _ _ _ x : letter or letters added to a word’s ending 5. _ _ _ _ _ x : letter or letters joined to the beginning of the word 6. _ _ _ x : the highest point 7. _ _ _ x : a wildcat 8. _ _ _ _ _ x : whirlpool 9. _ _ _ _ x : a spiral 10. _ _ x : a curse placed by a witch

4. Wednesday, March 18 th Warm-up

5. Thursday, March 15 th Warm-ups How many words can you make from the word SHAKESPEARE? Remember—you cannot double up on letters, and the word must be at least three letters long.

6. Friday, March 16 th Warm-ups 1. On a city map, what color usually indicates a park or a public garden? 2. Was Genghis Khan a Mongol conqueror or a Muslim chieftain? 3. “What big eyes you have!” What kind of sentence is this? 4. In “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” who scared Ichabod Crane out of town? 5. Why are the numbers +10 and -10 considered opposites? 6. What kind of oven operates on short electromagnetic waves? 7. Are the Adirondacks in Maine, New York or Pennsylvania? 8. What ancient people held the first Olympic Games? 9. Correct the error: “Adam cut up a onion.” 10. What do we call people who go to foreign countries to spread their religion?