Spelling Words: Students are tested on spelling words each Friday (or Thursday if there is no school on Friday) except during End of Unit weeks when spelling tests will be given Tuesday or Wednesday because these are review tests.
Pretest lists should come home each Monday in Homework Folders (on Tuesday if there is no school on Monday).
See Unit 1 words at the bottom of this list.
Unit 5: story 3 (4-27)
Spelling Words: gave, came, sang, drove, told, was, were, lived, looked, slid
Vocabulary Words:
1. gurgling: making a sound like a bubbling liquid
2. trickling: like a liquid that is falling or flowing drop by drop
3. gushing: pouring out suddenly and in large amounts
4. numb: having no feeling, as if asleep
5. rumbling: making a heavy, deep, rolling sound
6. hero: a person who is honored because of a brave or courageous acts
Unit 5: story 6 (5-4)
Spelling Words: aunts, tapped, met, whales, animals, rabbits, packed, uncles, dropping, bravest
Vocabulary Words:
1. tossed: moved up and down on a ship because of the waves
2. passengers: people who travel in a vehicle
3. inspectors: people who look at things closely
4. alley: a narrow street between buildings
5. vendor: a person who sells things
Unit 6: story 3 (5-11) Spelling Words: maybe, inside, bedroom, lunchroom, nobody, sunrise, himself, railroad, everyone
Vocabulary Words:
1. plantation- large farm worked by people who live there
2. fretted- to become worried
3. settlement- small village or group of houses
4. celebrate-to give a party
Unit 6: story 5 (5-18) Spelling Words: read, live, lead, dove, sow, does, tear, wind, close, presents
Vocabulary Words:
1. tossed- moved up and down on a ship because of waves
2. passengers- people who travel in a vehicle
3. inspectors- people who look at things closely
4. alley- narrow street between buildings
5. vendor-person who sells things
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Unit 4: week 1 (2-22)
Spelling Words: clash, flash, shine, shore, why, while, where, what, when, fresh
Vocabulary Words:
1. amber: a yellowish sap from plants that hardens and becomes a fossil
2. fossil: a plant, animal, or imprint that has turned to stone
3. extinct: not alive today; all members of the group or species have died out
4. peat: swampy forest soil
5. mammoth: a kind of elephant that lived millions of years ago
Unit 4: week 2 (3-1)
Spelling Words: chick, choke, thick, peach, teach, thin, there, they, hatched, mother
Vocabulary Words:
1. hatched: broke out of an egg
2. neighborhood: the area around your home
3. swamp: an area of wet land
4. rescue: to save someone who is in danger or harm
Unit 4: week 3 (3-8)
Spelling Words: cart, sharp, farm, smart, shark, yard, arm, part, are, harden
Vocabulary Words:
1. fossils: hardened remains of an animal or plant that lived long ago
2. hardened: became solid
3. scientists: people who study things in nature
4. difficult: not easy
5. extinct: no longer living
Week of 3-15 Poetry Performance practice
Unit 4: week 4 (3-29)
Spelling Words: girl, first, herd, turn, hurt, short, dinosaur, for, more, swirl
Vocabulary Words:
1. climate: the average, or normal weather conditions of a place
2. protection: the keeping of someone or something from harm
3. moisture: water or other liquid in the air or on a surface
4. erupt: to break out suddenly with force
5. discovery: something that is seen or found out for the first time
Unit 4: week 5 (4-5)
Spelling Words: brag, bread, brick, free, frog, friend, brush, bright, front, frisky
Vocabulary Words:
1. clues: hints that help solve a mystery or a problem
2. prehistoric: belonging to a time before people started writing history
3. imprint: to mark by applying pressure
4. mold: a hollow form that makes a shape; material can be poured into it
Unit 4: week 6 (4-12)
Spelling Words: shock, white, third, reach, fifth, bring, formed, ever, chase, fish
Vocabulary Words:
1. analyze: to look at very carefully
2. clue: hint
3. paleontologist: a scientist who studies fossils and the past
4. limestone: a rock that often contains fossil prints
Week of 4-20 Unit 4 review, no new spelling or vocabulary words
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Unit 3: week 1 (1-4) Spelling Words: trail, pail, wait, cane, say, fake, safe, stay, way, snake
Vocabulary Words:
1. natural: not learned or taught, but something one is born with
2. unaware: not watchful or mindful
3. camouflage: animal coloration; disguise
4. wariest: most cautious and alert
5. slithering: sliding, gliding, or creeping
6. invisible: not able to be seen
Unit 3: week 2 (1-11) Spelling Words: dream, eve, silly, happy, team, these, feet, leaves, green, sneak
Vocabulary Words:
1. glistened: sparkled
2. wakeful: restless, not able to sleep
3. gripped: held onto tightly
4. swooped: rushed down suddenly
5. ridge: the edge of something
Unit 3: week 3 (1-18) Spelling words: tie, cry, fly, light, night, pie, like, hide, right, find
Vocabulary Words:
1. disguise: something that changes or hides the way one looks
2. scent: a smell
3. disappear: not able to be seen
4. sneaky: moving or acting secretly or slyly
5. avoid: to keep away from
Unit 3: week 4 (1-25) Spelling Words: boat, coat, poke, soap, toe, blow, note, show, over, slowly
Vocabulary Words:
1. creatures: live people or animals
2. fade: to lose or cause to lose color or brightness
3. designed: planned or made, as in an arrangement of shapes, parts, or colors and patterns
4. enemies: things or creatures that are dangerous or harmful to another
5. drab: not cheerful or bright; dull
Unit 3: week 5 (2-1) Spelling Words: boot, food, moon, room, tune, rude, knew, too, do, who
Vocabulary Words:
1. glossy: bright and shiny
2. delicious: pleasing to the taste or smell
3. slinking: moving slowly or secretively
4. scrambled: moved or climbed quickly
5. cautiously: carefully
Unit 3: week 6 (2-8) Spelling Words: rake, plate, might, deep, meal, shy, snow, seals, costume, weak
Vocabulary Words:
1. costume: clothes you wear in order to look like someone or something else
2. surroundings: area or things that are around a person or thing
3. blends: fades into something else
4. mimicry: to imitate or pretend to be something
5. pretenders: those who make believe they are something else
6. marsh: swamp
Week of 2-16 Unit 3 review, no new spelling or vocabulary words
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Unit 2: week 1 (week of 10-12)
Spelling Words: dash, gas, jam, map, cash, path, sat, ran, ant, had
Vocabulary Words:
1. clearing: a spot in a forest where no trees are growing
2. barely: hardly, not quite able
3. drenched: soaked; very wet
4. huddled: crowded; close together
5. flicked: gave a quick, light snap
Unit 2: week 2 (week of 10-26)
Spelling Words: bell, fed, nest, send, test, yet, went, then, next, them
Vocabulary Words:
1. leather: material made from animal skin
2. polished: made smooth and shiny
3. handsome: good looking
4. cobbler: someone who makes and repairs shoes
Unit 2: week 3 (week of 11-02)
Spelling Words: win, fix, mix, pin, rip, zip, sit, his, this, lips
Vocabulary Words:
1. serve: help others
2. guests: people who are visiting in another house, restaurant, or hotel
3. stranger: someone you don’t know
4. manner: the way something is done
5. unusual: something that is different; not seen every day
6. overjoyed: really excited about something
Unit 2: week 4 (week of 11-9)
Spelling Words: fog, flop, jog, off, cot, spot, soft, tops, drops, long,
Vocabulary Words:
1. larva: the baby or young form of some insects (A caterpillar is the larva of a butterfly.)
2. nectar: the sweet liquid in flowers
3. chrysalis: the protective covering around the caterpillar when it is in a sleeping stage while changing into a butterfly
4. transformed: to change how something looks
5. drift: to move because of wind or water
Unit 2: week 5 (week of 11-16)
Spelling words: us, mud, rust, luck, rug, duck, must, hug, much, shut
Vocabulary Words:
1. department: section or part of a store that sells one kind of merchandise
2. escalator: moving stairs
3. toppled: fell over
4. enormous: gigantic; very big
5. fastened: closed; buttoned
Unit 2: week 6 (week of 11-30)
Spelling Words: robin, dragon, chicken, lemon, wagon, cabin, broken, seven, open, person;
Bonus Words-slavery, simple machine
Vocabulary Words:
1. lurk: to hide in or about a place
2. surface: to rise to the top of any liquid
3. trudged: walked or marched steadily with great effort
4. plight: a bad condition or situation
5. invincible: impossible to defeat
6. ordeal: something that is difficult to do
Unit 2: week 7 (week of 12-7)
Spelling words: have, has, west, bend, milk, log, got, rush, rags, love
Bonus Words: confederate,
Vocabulary Words:
1. beautiful: pleasant to look at
2. cellar: basement
3. diamonds: highly valued precious stones
4. kingdom: a country that is ruled by a king or a queen
5. shimmering: shining with a soft light
Week of 12-14 Unit 2 review week, no new spelling or vocabulary words
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Unit 1: week1 (week of 8-31)
Spelling Words: plus, glue, blink, plot, glad, blend, plan, block, plum, blast
Vocabulary Words:
1. figs: fruit that is shaped like a small pear and grows on a tree
2. quickly: with speed
3. finally: coming or happening at the end
4. chance: possibility of something happening
5. anytime: at any time
Unit 1:week 2 (9-8)
Spelling Words: drip, drum, gray, grin, tree, trip, grow, truck, try, dress
Vocabulary Words:
1. boring: not interesting
2. adventure: an experience that is interesting or dangerous
3. exciting: stirring up strong feelings; thrilling
4. searched: looked for
5. steep: having a very sharp slope or slant
6. nimble: moving quickly and lightly
Unit 1:week 3 (9-14)
Spelling Words: park, kick, bark, dark, stick, hook, track, book, took, stack
Vocabulary Words:
1. nearsighted: able to see things that are close by better than those things that are faraway
2. incredible: amazing; astonishing
3. manufactured: to have made something
4. tutoring: to teach privately
5. donations: gifts, contributions
6. library: a room or building that has a collection of books, magazines, and newspapers
Unit 1:week 4 (9-21)
Spelling Words: hand, land, pond, fast, lost, just, stand, stuck, story, spend
Vocabulary Words:
1. librarian: a person who works in a library
2. assistant: a person who helps
3. calm: to make quiet and still
4. patient: willing to wait
5. amazement: great surprise
6. mistake: something that is not done right
Unit 1:week 5 (9-28)
Spelling Words: trick, blind, sock, blue, pest, walk, drink, black, desk, check
Vocabulary Words:
1. midnight: twelve o’clock at night
2. howling: making a loud, wailing cry
3. chattered: clicked together quickly
4. thorny: covered with sharp points
5. glaring: staring angrily
6. eager: wanting very much to do something
Week of 10-5 Unit review week, no new spelling or vocabulary words.