Cliff Hanger Vocabulary: belay – being tied to a person or a rock with a rope for safety descent – a trip down into or from something, such as a mountain harness – a set of straps that can attach to a safety rope ledge – a shelf rock rappel – to come down a cliff by sliding down a rope trekked – made a slow and difficult journey on foot Spelling Words (Short Vowels): mix milk smell head friend class thick send thin last left stick belay descent harness ledge rappel trekked empty glance The Ballad of Mulan Vocabulary: armor – body covering, often of metal, worn for protection in battle comrades – companions who share one’s activities endured – put up with or lasted through farewell - goodbye triumphant - successful troops - soldiers victorious – having won by defeating another Spelling Words (More Short Vowels): pond luck drop lot rub does drum sock hunt crop shut won armor comrades endured farewell triumphant troops victorious dodge Lost and Found Vocabulary: directions – lines or paths along which someone or something goes, lies, or points rumpled – wrinkled or creased situations – sets of conditions at certain moments in time unusual – not usual, common, or ordinary visible – able to be seen worried – concerned or anxious Spelling Words (Vowel-Consonant-e Pattern): smoke huge save life wide come mine grade smile note cube love rumpled situations worried visible unusual directions escape slope Unit 1 Review Vocabulary: Radio Rescue: ferocious – fierce powerful hurricane – an ocean-born storm with violent winds and heavy rains distress – serious danger or trouble transmitting – sending signals by radio or wire raise – to contact by radio acknowledged – received and made a reply to relaying – passing or sending along Sybil Ludington’s Midnight Ride: route – way or path trot – movement that is faster than a walk and slower than a run urged – pushed onward reins – straps a rider uses to guide an animal Spelling Words: last mix stick lot sock hunt wide grade thick send class pond luck drum save cube smile left smell thin drop shut huge note life Focus on Poetry Vocabulary: beats – pulses that are the basic units of rhythm, used in both poetry and music lines – rows of words printed or written across a page or column pattern – a combination of features, actions, or events that are repeated in a recognizable arrangement rhyme – to agree or correspond in sound rhythm – a series of pulses that repeat in a regular order stanzas – groups of lines that make up divisions of a poem Spelling Words (More Short and Long Vowels): stand rest plate clock white stuff spoke bend frame twist June mile beats lines pattern rhyme rhythm stanzas liquid decide The Keeping Quilt Vocabulary: border – a part that forms the outside edge of something gathering – a coming together of people needles – small, thin tools used for sewing scraps – leftover bits of cloth sewn – fastened with stitches, using a needle and thread threaded – passed tread through the eye of a needle Spelling Words (More Long Vowel Spellings): paint clay feel leave neighbor eight seem speak paid lay need weigh border gathering needles scraps sewn threaded needle crayon Grandma’s Records Vocabulary: conga – a tall, narrow drum with one head that is played by beating with the hands percussion – the striking together of two things to create sound; a family of musical instruments played by being struck or shaken performing – presenting something, such as music or acting, before an audience record – a grooved disc that can be played on a phonograph salsa – a style of Latin American dance music that mixes African, Cuban, jazz, and rock music theater – a building where plays, movies, or concerts are presented Spelling Words (Long “O” Sound): coach blow float hold sew though sold soap row own both most conga percussion salsa performing record theater tomorrow program The Talking Cloth Vocabulary: collector – a person who gathers things or has a collection collection – a group of objects with something in common flourish – a dramatic waving motion; a showy way of doing something royalty – members of a royal family, such as kings, queens, princesses, or princes embroidered – decorated by sewing designs with thread or yarn symbols – designs that stand for other things or ideas wealth – plenty of money or other valuable things Spelling Words (Three Letter Clusters): spring knee throw patch strong wrap three watch street know spread write collector collection flourish royalty embroidered symbols wealth strength Dancing Rainbows Vocabulary: ancestors – people one’s family comes from elders – people who are older and often wise, respected leaders in a group honor – to show special respect for imitating – copying what someone does respect – admiration or consideration Spelling Words (Long “i” Sound): wild bright die sight child pie fight lie tight tie might mind ancestors elders honor imitating respect design delight high Unit 2 Review Vocabulary: Miss Rumphius: bloomed – had flowers that open up; blossomed lupines – flowers of a certain type that grow in cone-shaped clusters bushels – amounts that each equal 32 quarts headlands – points of high land that stick out into a body of water hollows – small valleys Celebrating Chinese New Year: unity – togetherness hosts – people who hold a party elaborate – complicated and carefully planned feast – a large, fancy meal chef – a cook Spelling Words (Long Vowel Sounds): speak feel seem most both know street lie need paint hold float three spread mind might lay leave own row wrap patch tie wild bright Focus on Genre – Trickster Tales Vocabulary: boastfulness – being full of praise for oneself, one’s belongings, or one’s actions clever - smart culture – the customs, beliefs, and ways of living that belong to a people folktale – a traditional story handed down from one generation to the next greediness – being filled with selfish desire for more than what one needs mischief – bad behavior qualities – features that make a person or thing special trickster – a character who plays tricks or pranks on others Spelling Words (/oi/ Sound): join joy boil noise spoil choice soil point foil voice coil broil boastfulness clever culture folktale greediness mischief qualities trickster Dogzilla Vocabulary: colossal – very big; enormous creature – a living being; especially an animal heroic – very brave or daring horrifying – causing much fear monstrous – extremely large; enormous terrifying – causing much fear tremendous – very great, large, or powerful Spelling Words (/ou/ and /ô/ Sounds): clown lawn talk sound cloth would also mouth crown soft count law colossal creature heroic horrifying monstrous terrifying tremendous bounce The Mysterious Giant of Barletta Vocabulary: giant – a huge, strong, imaginary creature that looks like a human being mysterious – very hard to explain or understand pedestal – a base or support for a column or a statue square – a rectangle having four equal sides; an open area where two or more streets come together, often in the center of a town statue – an image, often of a person or an animal, usually made of stone, metal, or wood weakling – a person lacking strength or character Spelling Words (Vowel + /r/): girl clear her turn dark work smart word hurt serve north third giant mysterious pedestal square statue weakling tornado scurried Raising Dragons Vocabulary: appetite – the desire for food; hunger chores – small jobs usually done on a regular schedule harvested – picked or gathered hitched – tied on or fastened by a knot, ring, or hook plow – to break up and turn over dirt so that seeds can be planted sown – scattered or planted tended – looked after; took care of Spelling Words (/j/, /k/, and /kw/ Sounds): Large gym skin quick picnic Judge park jeans crack orange Second squeeze appetite chores harvested hitched plow sown tended courage The Garden of Abdul Gasazi Vocabulary: awesome – causing a feeling of wonder, fear, and respect convinced – made to do, believe, or feel certain about something disappeared – passed out of sight; vanished discovered – found; learned incredible – too unlikely to be believed; astonishing or amazing impossible – not able to happen or exist Spelling Words (Homophones): hear here new knew its it’s our hour there their they’re awesome convinced disappeared incredible discovered impossible to too two Unit 3 Review Vocabulary: Fugitives on Four Legs: fleeing – running away escapade – an adventurous escape sanctuary – a safe place set aside for animals to live in wallow – roll around happily in something, enjoy something a lot Dinosaur Bob and His Adventure with the Family Lazardo: safari – a trip to see wild animals rendition – a performance of a song liner – a large passenger ship berth – a place to sleep on a ship serenade – a musical performance that honors someone menace – a danger Spelling Words (Review Words): sound crown word her crack orange hear our also girl dark clear squeeze second here new soft turn north skin gym jeans hour knew lawn Nights of the Pufflings Vocabulary: ashore: on or to the shore (from the water) burrows: holes or tunnels dug in the ground by small animals instinctively: acting on an inner feeling: doing without thinking launching: throwing; sending forcefully upward stranded: left in a helpless or difficult position uninhabited: having no people living there venture: to set out to do something even though it might be dangerous Spelling Words (Vowel + r sound in hair): hair care chair pair bear where scare air pear bare fair share ashore burrows venture instinctively launching stranded uninhabited farewell Seal Surfer Vocabulary: basked: rested in pleasant warmth buffeted: struck powerfully, blown about horizon: the line where the sky seems to meet the sea or Earth quay: a dock where ships are loaded and unloaded surf: to ride on waves, often on a surfboard swell: a long wave that moves without breaking swooped: moved with a sudden, sweeping motion Spelling Words (Added Endings): cared babies chopped saving carried fixing hurried joking grinning smiled wrapped parties basked buffeted horizon quay surf swell swooped moving Two Days in May Vocabulary: appreciate: to enjoy and understand grazing: eating growing plants population: relating to the number of people or animals living in a certain place starve: to suffer or die from not having enough food surrounding: on all sides of territory: an area of land wander: to move from place to place without having a special destination Spelling Words (Prefixes and Suffixes): helper unfair friendly unhappy remake careful hopeful unlike retell sadly farmer unhurt appreciate grazing population starve surrounding territory wander silently Unit 4 Review Vocabulary: Alejandro’s Gift: companion: friend refresh: to make like new again cherished: well loved furrows: long, narrow grooves cut in the ground dwellers: people or animals who live in a place drudgery; hard, boring, or unpleasant work shunned: avoided on purpose The Living Desert: saguaro: a kind of tall cactus environment: the place where animals, plants, or people live moisture: wetness tenants: people or animals who live in a place behavior: the way a person or animal acts cope: deal with Spelling Words (Review words): pair unhurt grinning air smiled sadly care retell babies bear unlike cared scare hopeful parties pear remake chopped bare unhappy joking chair friendly carried helper Focus on Biography Vocabulary: biography: a person’s life story facts: things that are true events: things that happen sequence: one thing following after another research: careful study of a subject Spelling Words (Changing Final y): puppies flies stories skies driest candies pennies cried ponies bunnies happier funniest biography facts sequence events research easier busiest libraries Across the Wide Dark Sea Vocabulary: anchor: a heavy metal hook attached to a ship and dropped overboard to hold the ship in place cramped: crowded; not enough room to move about journey: a trip from one place to another seeping: slowly leaking; oozing settlement: a small community in a new place survive: to stay alive; to hold up or withstand weary: tired; needing rest Spelling Words (Vowel Sounds in tooth/cook): tooth chew grew cook shoe blue boot flew shook balloon drew spoon anchor cramped journey seeping settlement survive weary loose Yummi and Halmoni’s Trip Vocabulary: bustling: full of activity; busy custom: a tradition; a way of doing something that many people follow foreigners: people who come from another country or place passport: a government document that allows a person to travel in foreign countries sightseeing: visiting interesting places; touring skyscrapers: very tall buildings vendor: someone who sells something Spelling Words (Vowel Sound in bought): caught thought bought laugh through enough fought daughter taught brought ought cough bustling custom foreigners passport sightseeing skyscrapers vendor sought Trapped by the Ice! Vocabulary: barren: having little plant or animal life crevasse: deep hole or crack deserted: empty; not lived in, or having few or no people floes: large sheets of floating ice grueling: very tiring impassable: not able to be crossed or traveled through perilous: very dangerous terrain: land, ground, or earth Spelling Words (VCCV Pattern): Monday sudden until forget happen follow dollar window hello market pretty order barren crevasse deserted floes grueling impassable perilous terrain Unit 5 Review Vocabulary: The Island-below-the-Star harpoons: spears used to hunt seaworthy: safe for sailing in calabashes: large, round bowls made from a gourd awe: a feeling of wonder and respect hull: the body of a boat roiling: moving roughly in many directions A Wild Ride territory: 1. land controlled by a certain group; 2. a part of the United States that is not a state slogging: moving slowly newsreel: a short movie about recent news Spelling Words (Review words): grew daughter until cook ought forget balloon caught dollar boot window taught flew brought hello tooth Monday pretty chew sudden order spoon thought happen bought Focus on Fairy Tales Vocabulary: folktale: a traditional story handed down by the people of a country or region from one generation to the next fairy: a tiny imaginary being in human form who has magical powers hero: the main male character in a story, poem, or play heroine: the main female character in a story, poem, or play culture: the customs, beliefs, and ways of living that belong to a people Spelling Words (The / s / Sound in face): face city pencil place center dance race circle nice once princess circus folktale fairy hero heroine culture silence excitement chase Pepita Talks Twice Vocabulary: language: spoken or written human speech Spanish: a language enchiladas: tortillas rolled around a filling, then covered with spicy sauce salsa: a spice sauce usually made with tomatoes, onions, and peppers tortilla: a round, flat bread made of corn, from Mexico and Central America tamales: cornmeal dough wrapped in a corn husk or leaf around a filling and steamed tacos: tortillas folded around a filling such as ground meat or cheese Spelling Words (Words Ending with /er/ & /le/): summer winter little October travel color apple able November ever later purple language Spanish salsa enchiladas tortilla tamales tacos mumble Poppa’s New Pants Vocabulary: draped: hung loosely in folds fabric: cloth hem: to fold back and sew down the edges mended: repaired by sewing pattern: a repeated design or decoration plaid: a pattern of stripes that cross each other rustling: quick, soft, fluttering sound Spelling Words (Words Beginning with a & be): begin again around before away about alive because ahead between behind ago draped fabric hem mended pattern plaid rustling awhile Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Vocabulary: ceaseless: not stopping; constant companionable: friendly discouraged: having little hope or enthusiasm dismal: gloomy; miserable dreary: gloomy; bleak; dull exhausted: very tired pelting: beating against again and again sullenly: in a bad-humored way; not happily; gloomily Spelling Words ( Contractions): I’m he’s aren’t couldn’t won’t o’clock wouldn’t weren’t she’s wasn’t I’d shouldn’t ceaseless companionable dismal discouraged dreary exhausted pelting sullenly Unit 6 Review Vocabulary: Helen Keller: miraculously: amazingly condemned: doomed frustrated: discouraged and upset communicate: exchange ideas by talking, writing, or other methods restored: brought back Prairie School: sod: mixture of grass and soil fetch: bring fidgeted: moved around restlessly prairie: flat, grassy land with few trees hauling: carrying trunks: sturdy boxes for storing things Spelling Words (Review words): little again summer alive purple around I’m able wouldn’t ago ever before aren’t I’d because he’s away couldn’t November shouldn’t apple about behind wasn’t later