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Week 5: Shutting Out the Sky - Vocabulary

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:59 — mrs.killebrew
  1. advice: an opinion about what should be done
  2. advised: gave advice to; offered an opinion
  3. circumstances: conditions that accompany an act or event
  4. elbow: to push with the elbow; make your way by pushing
  5. hustled: hurried along
  6. immigrants: people who come into a country or region to live
  7. luxury: something pleasant but not necessary
  8. newcomer: a person who has just come or who came not long ago
  9. peddler: a person who travels about selling things carried in a pack or in a truck, wagon, or cart

Week 4: Satchel Paige Vocabulary

Fri, 08/27/2010 - 19:44 — mrs.rose
  1. confidence: firm belief in yourself
  2. windup: a swinging movement of the arms while twisting the body just before pitching the ball
  3. fastball: pitch thrown at high speed with very little curve
  4. outfield: the part of a baseball field beyond the diamond or infield
  5. mocking: to laugh at; make fun of
  6. weakness: slight fault; a weak point
  7. unique: having no like or equal; being the only one of its kind

Week 3: Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocabulary

Fri, 08/20/2010 - 22:37 — mrs.killebrew
  1. gnawed: bitten at or worn away
  2. headland: a narrow ridge of high land jutting out into the water
  3. kelp: any of various large, tough, brown seaweeds
  4. lair: den or resting place of a wild animal
  5. ravine: a long, deep, narrow, valley eroded by running water
  6. shellfish: a water animal with a shell
  7. sinew: tendon

Week 2: Thunder Rose Vocabulary

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 14:22 — mrs.killebrew
  1. branded: marked by burning the skin with a hot iron
  2. constructed: put together; fitted together; built
  3. daintily: with delicate beauty; freshly and prettily
  4. devastation: the act of laying waste; destruction
  5. lullaby: song for singing to a child; soft song
  6. pitch: a thick, black, sticky substance made from tar or turpentine
  7. resourceful: good at thinking of ways to do things; quick witted
  8. thieving: stealing
  9. veins: membranous tubes forming part of the system of vessels that carry blood to the heart

Vocabulary Words - Frindle

Thu, 08/05/2010 - 08:26 — mrs.killebrew
  1. acquainted: made aware; informed
  2. assignment: something assigned, especially a piece of work to be done
  3. essential: absolutely necessary; very important
  4. expanded: made larger; increased in size; enlarged
  5. guaranteed: made certain that something would happen as a result
  6. procedures: ways of proceeding; methods of doing things
  7. reputation: what people think and say the character of someone or something is
  8. worshipped: paid great honor and reverence to

Comprehension: Author's Purpose

Sat, 01/09/2010 - 10:45 — mrs.killebrew
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Comprehension: Author's Purpose

Practice finding the Author's Purpose on this website.

Comprehension: Sequence of Events

Wed, 10/22/2008 - 21:08 — mrs.killebrew
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Comprehension: Sequence of Events

Put events in order the way they would happen if you were brushing your teeth.

Comprehension: Sequence of Events

Wed, 10/22/2008 - 21:08 — mrs.killebrew
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Comprehension: Sequence of Events

This website will help you remember "key time order words."

Story Elements

Mon, 02/25/2008 - 13:34 — mrs.killebrew
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Story Elements
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