Animals Come Home to Our National Parks

MacMillan/McGraw-Hill Treasures

4th Grade – Unit 1 – Week 3Created by Teresa Wilson – Desert Palms Elem. – June

2010

Vocabulary

Something that roamed moved around with no purpose.

Roamed

Large herds of buffalo once roamed the prairies.

How is “He roamed” different from “He

ran a race”?

Something is completed when it is finished.

Completed

I completed the puzzle quickly.

What is a synonym for completed

?

A journey is a long trip.

Journey

She went on a journey to Alaska.

Tell about a journey

that you or someone you know

took.

Something that is made by nature or is not artificial is natural.

Natural

Natural can also mean having qualities that are

inborn.

Do you have any natural

talents?

Animals living in their natural environment are

called wildlife.

Wildlife

The growth of cities puts wildlife in

danger.

How might building

more houses affect

wildlife?

An ecosystem is a community of living things that interact in

a particular place.

Ecosystem

The park rangers are working to restore the balance of the park

ecosystem.

What kind of wildlife

might you find in a

pond ecosystem

?

To restore something is

to fix it or bring it back.

Restore

The park rangers are working to

restore the balance of the park

ecosystem.

What might be done to restore the

park wildlife?

Animals that graze feed on

plants throughout

the day.

Graze

People built towns and

roads where the elk used

to graze.

What other animals do you know of that graze?

My plants seemed to flourish when I started playing classical music for them.

Flourish

To flourish is to do well; to live and grow.