Weekly+Vocabulary



Week of November 18th http://lsmall.edublogs.org/storytown-theme-1-vocabulary/ __**adjust**__ __**residents**__ __**specimens**__ __**recoil**__ __**pesky**__ __**debris**__ __**internal**__

Week of October 28th __**scholars**__-noun - __**envisioned**__-verb - __**proportion**__-adjective - __**resisted**__-verb - __**specialized**__-adjective - __**gesture**__-noun -

(Click the date to try out our powerpoint) __**startled**__-verb -to surprise or frighten (someone) suddenly and usually not seriously i

__**reclining**__-verb -sit in a relaxed manner or lean back

__**makeshift**__-noun -a temporary replacement

__**prune**__-noun -to shape a plant by removing pieces

__**glided**__-verb -to move in a smooth way

__**buoy**__-noun -a floating object anchored in a body of water to mark a channel or warn of danger

__**unraveling**__-verb -to cause something to fall part

__**desperate**__-adjective -very sad and upset because of having little or no hope

__**preceded**__-verb -to be, go, or come before (as in rank, position or time)

__**immigrated**__-verb -to come to a country to live there

Week of October 14th __**specialized**__-adjective -trained or fitted for one particular purpose or occupation __** gesture **__ - noun - movement of your body that shows an idea or feeling something said or done to show a particular feeling or attitude __**envisioned**__-transitive verb - to think of or picture in your mind __**proportion**__-noun - amount that is part of a whole, relationship between size, number or amount of 2 things __**resisted**__-verb - fight against something, prevent something, remain strong against something __**protected**__-verb - keep from harm, save from a loss, try to keep opponents from scoring __**bundled**__-noun - group of things held together __**accustomed**__-adjective- familiar with something so it seems usual __**accompanied**__-verb - go somewhere with someone __**despondent**__- adjective-very sad and without hope __**reassembled**__- noun-put together again, get together again __**evidence**__-noun - proof that something exists or is true __**remnants**__-noun - part of something that is left or a piece of cloth that is left after the rest has been sold __**recognize**__ - transitive verb -to remember something from previous knowledge, to be aware or accept that something is true or exists ___-**choose your own word from Esperanza Rising**__

__ Week of September 30th __ __*Next week's video to be authored by a 5th grader (after obtaining parental permission).__ __ steady (adj.) __ __ undulating (adj.) __ __ squawked (v.) __ __ monotonous (adj.) __ __ complexion __ __ privileged (adj.) __ __ stubborn (adj.) __ __ silhouette __ __ influence __ __ fierce (adj.) __ __ crouch (v.) __ __ drift (n.) __ __ Challenge: Words from our book but not necessarily words from our list. __ __ Practice challenge words [|here]. __

__ Week 6 (Novel Study): (beginning September 22, 2013) __ __*Next week's video to be authored by a 5th grader (after obtaining parental permission)__ __ dwindled (verb) __ __ tormented (verb) __ __ tendril __ __ arbors __ __ grasp (verb) __ __ stem __ __ swipe (verb) __ __ cluster __ __ bloomed (verb __ __ harvest __ __ capricious (adjective) __ __ resounding __

__ I found practice cards online for Story Town words at...Vocabulary Flash Cards __ __ Dates for our words are listed below __ __ Week 1: (beginning August 21, 2013 __ __ coaxed __ __ humiliation __ __ hesitating __ __ fringes __ __ expectations __ __ sincere __

__ Week 2: (beginning August 26, 2013) __ __ maven __ __ reigned __ __ smirk __ __ conceited __ __ mortified __ __ designated __ __ exhilarated __

__ Week 3: (beginning September 3, 2013) __ __ desperately __ __ sneered __ __ urgently __ __ indignantly __ __ pried __ __ grudgingly __

__ Week 4: (beginning September 9, 2013) __ media type="custom" key="23809520" __ relented __ __ faze __ __ eccentric __ __ infuriated __ __ disheartened __ __ impassable __ __ crusaded __

__ Week 5: (beginning September 16, 2013) __ __*Next week's video to be authored by a 5th grader after obtaining parental permission.__ __ genial __ __ prognostication __ __ stricken __ __ dramatically __ __ restrain __ __ protest __ __ feverishly __ __ overcome __ __ flop __ __ spectacular __

__ Week of November 11, 2013 (Play games HERE) __


 * eminent**


 * charity**


 * modest**


 * disgruntled**


 * inadequate**


 * aghast**


 * dismayed**


 * amends**


 * absentminded**


 * concoction**

__ Week of November 4, 2013 __


 * inflammable**


 * dignified**


 * rowdy**


 * seldom**


 * conducted**


 * shatter**


 * broached**__