Vocabulary: Winn-Dixie Unit 1-1

excellent;

very good

helping people to

remember a person,

thing, or event

strange;

unusual

without doubt;

sure

overly proud of

oneself

calls back to

mind;

remembers

picking out;

choosing

was made

up of

Vocabulary: Lewis & Clark & Me Unit 1-2

platforms built on the

shore or out from the

shore; wharves; piers

going from one region to

another with the change

in seasons

to glance at;

look over hastily

a smell

platform built on the shore

or out from the shore

beside which ships can load

or unload

felt a longing

or desire

to seek information

or advice from

without hurry;

taking plenty of time

Vocabulary: Grandfather’s Journey Unit 1-3

surprised greatly; struck

with sudden wonder;

astounded

completely confused;

puzzled

country that is your

home; your native land

wished very much;

desired greatly

works of art created

by carving, modeling,

casting, etc.

to make or become

calm or quiet

very high

land along the

sea; seaboard

Vocabulary: The Horned Toad Prince Unit 1-4

an agreement to trade or

exchange; deal

act of kindness

roped; caught with a long rope

with a loop on the end

hurt the feelings of someone;

made angry

large area of level or rolling

land with grass but few or no

trees

channel in which a river flows

or used to flow

made a loud, sharp, shrill sound

rude; lively, spirited

Vocabulary: Letters Home from Yosemite Unit 1-5

a great mass of ice that moves very

slowly down a mountain or along a

valley, or spreading very slowly

over a land area

able to impress the mind, feelings,

conscience

a person who studies living things

to keep from harm or change;

protect

land that goes up or down at an

angle

a set of related living things that

share certain characteristics and that

can interbreed

a wild region with few or no people

living in it

heights above Earth's surface

Vocabulary: What Jo Did 2-1

in sports, made an unfair play

against

a ring or round, flat band

a shirt that is pulled over the head,

made of a soft, knitted cloth

was filled with wonder; was

astonished

an edge, border, or margin on or

around anything

not able to talk

hit sharply or violently

incredible; hard to think of as true

or real

Vocabulary: Coyote School News 2-2

crying out in a noisy way

a small, wolflike mammal living in many

parts of North America

people raised in the city, especially

easterners who vacation on a ranch

the act of driving or bringing cattle together

from long distances

metal points or pointed wheels, worn on a

rider’s boot heels for urging a horse on

to make someone feel sure; cause to

believe; persuade by argument or proof

any of several trees or bushes common in

southwestern United States and Mexico,

which often grow in dense clumps or

thickets

raised in rank

Vocabulary: Grace and the Time Machine 2-3

aboard

atlas

awkward

capable

vehicle

mechanical

miracle

reseats

Vocabulary: Marven of the Great North Woods 2-4

cord

dismay

grizzly

immense

payroll

lumberjack

silhouettes

resourceful

Vocabulary: So You Want to Be President? 2-5

Constitution

howling

humble

politics

responsibility

solemnly

vain

execute

Vocabulary: The Stranger 3-1

draft

etched

fascinated

frost

parlor

terror

timid

drab

Vocabulary: Adelina’s Whales 3-2

biologist

bluff

lagoon

massive

rumbling

tropical

encounter

exhaling

Vocabulary: How Night Came From the Sea 3-3

brilliant

chorus

coward

gleamed

shimmering

dwells

reigns

prowl

Vocabulary: Eye of the Storm 3-4

destruction

expected

forecasts

inland

shatter

surge

potential

wreckage

Vocabulary: The Great Kapok Tree 3-5

canopy

dangle

dappled

fragrant

pollen

slithered

wondrous

lulled

Vocabulary: The Houdini Box 4-1

appeared

bustling

crumbled

escape

magician

monument

vanished

engraved

Vocabulary: Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon 4-2

aquarium

dolphins

enchanted

flexible

glimpses

pulses

surface

destination

Vocabulary: The King in the Kitchen 4-3

duke

dungeon

furiously

genius

majesty

noble

peasant

porridge

Vocabulary: Seeker of Knowledge 4-4

ancient

link

scholars

seeker

temple

translate

triumph

uncover

Vocabulary: Encyclopedia Brown 4-5

amphibians

crime

exhibit

lizards

reference

reptiles

salamanders

stumped

Vocabulary: Sailing Home 5-1

bow

cargo

celestial

conducted

dignified

navigation

quivered

stern

Vocabulary: Lost City 5-2

curiosity

glorious

granite

ruins

terraced

thickets

torrents

remote

Vocabulary: Amelia & Eleanor 5-3

aviator

brisk

cockpit

daring

elegant

outspoken

solo

escorting

Vocabulary: Antarctic Journal 5-4

anticipation

continent

convergence

depart

forbidding

heaves

icebergs

abundance

Vocabulary: Moonwalk 5-5

loomed

rille

runt

staggered

summoning

taunted

trench

trudged

Vocabulary: My Brother Martin 6-1

ancestors

avoided

generations

minister

numerous

pulpit

shielding

injustice

Vocabulary: Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path 6-2

boarding

school

dormitory

endurance

manual

reservation

society

inconsolable

recruiter

Vocabulary: How Tia Lola Came to Visit Stay 6-3

affords

colonel

glint

lurking

palettes

quaint

resemblance

landlord

Vocabulary: To Fly 6-4

cradle

drag

flex

glider

hangars

rudder

stalled

aviation

Vocabulary: The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon 6-5

astronauts

capsule

hatch

horizon

lunar

module

quarantine

impact