Highlights From This Issue

December 4, 2023

Words-to-Know Slideshow

inundated

verb, past tense

overwhelmed with a large amount of something

The mall was inundated with customers shopping for holiday gifts.

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excessive

adjective

more than is necessary, usual, or normal

When their parents aren’t home, Derek and April watch an excessive amount of television.

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taxes

noun, plural

money that people and businesses pay to support a government

The government announced that it would cut taxes, so people will keep more of their money.

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boycott

noun

a protest in which people refuse to buy a product or use a service

During the Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama in the mid-1950s, Black Americans stopped riding city buses and instead walked to work.

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extraterrestrial

adjective

coming from or existing beyond Earth

People have drawn what they imagine extraterrestial life-forms could look like.

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ARTICLES
TEACHING RESOURCES

Image of an animated phone yelling through a megaphone Ding! Ping! Buzz! & kid covering ears

Ding! Buzz! Ping!

Science

2 Lexile® measure

Experts share some smart ways to deal with phone notifications.

Illustration of colonists throwing tea off British ships during Boston Revolution

Social Studies

Tea. Taxes. Revolution.

Social Studies

Explore how the Boston Tea Party helped spark the American Revolution.

Science

Special Delivery

Science

Scientists study pebbles and dust collected from an asteroid.

Image of a kid eating their school lunch

Debate

Should Lunchtime Be Longer?

Debate

What’s your opinion? Cast your vote in this debate.

Preview the vocabulary words for this issue.

inundated

verb, past tense

overwhelmed with a large amount of something

The mall was inundated with customers shopping for holiday gifts.

rblfmr/Shutterstock.com

excessive

adjective

more than is necessary, usual, or normal

When their parents aren’t home, Derek and April watch an excessive amount of television.

iStockPhoto/Getty Images

taxes

noun, plural

money that people and businesses pay to support a government

The government announced that it would cut taxes, so people will keep more of their money.

iStockPhoto/Getty Images

boycott

noun

a protest in which people refuse to buy a product or use a service

During the Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama in the mid-1950s, Black Americans stopped riding city buses and instead walked to work.

Don Cravens/Getty Images

extraterrestrial

adjective

coming from or existing beyond Earth

People have drawn what they imagine extraterrestial life-forms could look like.

iStockPhoto/Getty Images