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©duhighclew 2012 Working with Words Grade 3 Week 17 Unit 4.1 Wings Genre: Fantasy Vocabulary Words 1. attention - careful thinking, looking, or listening 2. complained – said that you are unhappy or annoyed or upset about something 3. drifting – being carried along by currents of air or water 4. giggle – to laugh in a silly or uncontrolled way 5. glaring – staring angrily 6. looping – forming a line, path, or motion shaped so that it crosses itself 7. struggled – tried hard, worked hard against difficulties 8. swooping – coming down fast on something More Words to Know 1. gawk – to stare in a rude way 2. snickered – laughed in a sly, silly way 3. audition – a hearing to test the ability of a singer, actor, or other performer 4. flail – to wave about wildly 5. potential – an ability or skill that may develop in the future Spelling Words 1. wolves 11. geese 2. knives 12. cuffs 3. feet 13. elves 4. men 14. banjos 5. children 15. halves 6. women 16. would 7. sheep 17. why 8. heroes 18. when 9. scarves 19. our 10. mice 20. yesterday Reading EOG Vocabulary 1. clarify – to explain so it becomes clear 2. hero – a person in a story that has great strength and courage (looked up to by others) 3. differentiate – to show a difference—to show how things are different 4. informative – information that you learn something from 5. according to the text – information basely solely on the selection Math EOG Vocabulary 1. equivalent fractions – fractions that are equal to the same amount (Ex. 2/4 = 1/2) 2. halves – divided into two equal parts 3. fourths – divided into four equal parts 4. thirds – divided into three equal parts 5. sixths – divided into six equal parts Learn to spell the Spelling Words. Learn the meanings of all the other words.

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©duhighclew 2012

Working with Words Grade 3 Week 17 Unit 4.1 Wings Genre: Fantasy Vocabulary Words

1. attention - careful thinking, looking, or listening 2. complained – said that you are unhappy or annoyed or upset about something 3. drifting – being carried along by currents of air or water 4. giggle – to laugh in a silly or uncontrolled way 5. glaring – staring angrily 6. looping – forming a line, path, or motion shaped so that it crosses itself 7. struggled – tried hard, worked hard against difficulties 8. swooping – coming down fast on something

More Words to Know

1. gawk – to stare in a rude way 2. snickered – laughed in a sly, silly way 3. audition – a hearing to test the ability of a singer, actor, or other performer 4. flail – to wave about wildly 5. potential – an ability or skill that may develop in the future

Spelling Words 1. wolves 11. geese 2. knives 12. cuffs 3. feet 13. elves 4. men 14. banjos 5. children 15. halves 6. women 16. would 7. sheep 17. why 8. heroes 18. when 9. scarves 19. our 10. mice 20. yesterday

Reading EOG Vocabulary 1. clarify – to explain so it becomes clear 2. hero – a person in a story that has great strength and courage

(looked up to by others) 3. differentiate – to show a difference—to show how things are

different 4. informative – information that you learn something from 5. according to the text – information basely solely on the

selection

Math EOG Vocabulary 1. equivalent fractions – fractions that are equal to

the same amount (Ex. 2/4 = 1/2) 2. halves – divided into two equal parts 3. fourths – divided into four equal parts 4. thirds – divided into three equal parts 5. sixths – divided into six equal parts

Learn to spell the Spelling Words. Learn the meanings of all the other words.

©duhighclew 2012

Working with Words Grade 3 Week 18 Unit 4.2 Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest Genre: Expository Nonfiction Vocabulary Words

1. average – the quantity found by dividing the sum of all the quantities by the number of quantities

2. depth – the distance from the top to the bottom 3. deserts - dry, sandy regions without water and trees 4. outrun – to run faster than someone or something else 5. peak – the pointed top of a mountain or hill 6. tides - the rise and fall of the ocean about every twelve hours 7. waterfalls – streams of water that fall from a high place

More Words to Know 1. extreme – much more than usual; very great 2. precipitation – the water that falls to the earth in the form of rain, snow,

sleet, or hail 3. temperature – how hot or cold something is 4. plunge – to fall or move suddenly downward 5. streamlined – shaped so as to cause the least possible resistance to motion

through air or water 6. weightlifters – people who train their bodies to lift heavy weights

Spelling Words 1. third 11. nerve 2. early 12. worm 3. world 13. thirsty 4. certain 14. workout 5. dirty 15. earn 6. herself 16. these 7. earth 17. choose 8. word 18. around 9. perfect 19. does 10. verb 20. getting

Reading EOG Vocabulary 1. glossary – A list of often difficult or specialized words with

their definitions, often placed at the back of a book 2. side bars – a short bit of information alongside a longer

story 3. maps – a visual representation of an area, usually flat 4. reasonableness – capable of sound thinking 5. eye witness account – narrative of a happening given by

the person who saw it

Math EOG Vocabulary 1. improper fractions – fractions that have a numerator that is

greater than the denominator (Ex. 5/2) 2. mixed numbers – numbers that have a whole number and a

fractional part (Ex. 1 ½) 3. fifths – divided into five equal parts 4. eights – divided into eight equal parts 5. tenths – divided into ten equal parts

Learn to spell the Spelling Words. Learn the meanings of all the other words.

©duhighclew 2012

Working with Words Grade 3 Week 19 Unit 4.3 Rocks in His Head Genre: Biology Vocabulary Words

1. attic – the space in a house just below the roof and above the other rooms 2. board – a group of people managing something 3. chores – small tasks or easy jobs that you have to do regularly 4. customer – someone who buys goods or services 5. labeled - put or wrote a label on something 6. spare - extra 7. stamps – small pieces of paper with glue on the back for mailing letters and

package More Words to Know

1. janitor – someone whose work is taking care of a building or offices 2. minerals – solid substances, usually dug from the earth 3. quarries – places where stone is dug, cut, or blasted out for use in putting up

buildings 4. forged - heated metal until it is very soft and then hammered it into shape 5. mentor – someone who advises and shows you how to do or be something 6. ornamental - as decoration

Spelling Words 1. prepaid 11. outgoing 2. midnight 12. overtime 3. overflow 13. overdue 4. outdoors 14. outside 5. outline 15. outfield 6. overgrown 16. house 7. prefix 17. build 8. Midwest 18. give 9. pretest 19. maybe 10. midpoint 20. wait

Reading EOG Vocabulary 1. summary – a shortened version of the passage that tells the

most important ideas 2. tone – author’s attitude toward the subject (friendly, sad) 3. related experience – connection with something or somebody

encountered 4. essential message – an extremely important communication 5. most helpful - more likely to be correct or to assist in solving

the problem

Math EOG Vocabulary 1. partitioned – divided into parts 2. interval – an intervening time or space 3. endpoint – the final stage of a process 4. simplest form – numerator and denominator only have a

common factor of 1 5. number line diagram – a line with numbers placed in

their correct position

Learn to spell the Spelling Words. Learn the meanings of all the other words.

©duhighclew 2012

Working with Words Grade 3 Week 20 Unit 4.4 America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle Genre: Biography Vocabulary Words

1. celebrate – to do something in special honor of a special person or day 2. continued - kept up; kept on going 3. current – a flow or stream of water 4. drowned – to die or cause to die under water or other liquid because of lack of

air to breathe 5. medals – pieces of metal, like coins, that are given as prizes or rewards 6. stirred – mixed something by moving it around with a spoon or stick 7. strokes – single, complete movements made over and over again

More Words to Know

1. attempted – tried 2. courageous – fearless, brave 3. determined – with your mind made up 4. magnificent – something wonderful; grand; splendid 5. propellers – metal blades that turn rapidly on a shaft, making boats and

aircraft move 6. suspended – hanging

Spelling Words 1. dentist 11. lioness 2. editor 12. shipper 3. artist 13. chemist 4. hostess 14. investor 5. actress 15. conductor 6. swimmer 16. always 7. seller 17. clothes 8. tutor 18. coming 9. tourist 19. knew 10. organist 20. where

Reading EOG Vocabulary 1. current – the present—up to date—happening now 2. process – the way something operates or works (method) 3. legend – an untrue story that exaggerates origins or people in a

factual way 4. biography – written history of someone’s life written by someone else 5. greatest benefit – the best profit gained from something

Math EOG Vocabulary 1. perimeter – the outer limits of an area 2. area – a region or a space 3. volume - amount of space occupied by a three-

dimensional object; capacity 4. square unit - a unit or a system of units for

measuring areas 5. cubic unit - measurement of objects using

length, width and height

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©duhighclew 2012

Working with Words Grade 3 Week 21 Unit 4.5 Fly, Eagle, Fly Genre: Folk Tale Vocabulary Words

1. clutched – grasped something tightly 2. echoed – heard again 3. gully- a ditch made by heavy rains or running water 4. reeds - tall grasses that grow in wet places 5. scrambled – to make your way, especially by climbing or crawling quickly 6. valley – a region of low land that lies between hills or mountains

More Words to Know

1. clambered – climbed something using your hands and feet 2. crevices – narrow splits or cracks 3. reluctantly- not really wanting to do something 4. coaxed – talked into doing something by using gentle words and kindness 5. frightening – scary 6. nudged – pushed gently or lightly

Spelling Words 1. monster 11. explode 2. surprise 12. district 3. hundred 13. address 4. complete 14. substance 5. control 15. children 6. sample 16. those 7. instant 17. were 8. inspect 18. early 9. pilgrim 19. anything 10. contrast 20. people

Reading EOG Vocabulary 1. order of events – what happens first, second, third, etc. 2. most similar – more like something --resemblance 3. probably happen – will most likely occur (take place) 4. main problem – the big conflict 5. moral – lesson to be learned from a story

Math EOG Vocabulary 1. picture graph – a graph to show relationships using

pictures 2. bar graph – A diagram where numerical values are

represented by the height or length of lines 3. key – tells what all of the symbols mean on a graph 4. data set – a collection of related sets of information 5. line plot - a display of data where each separate piece

of data is shown as a mark above a number line

Learn to spell the Spelling Words. Learn the meanings of all the other words.