Holiday Vocabulary

1. reindeer 2. St. Nicholas
3. Hanukkah/Chanukah 4. Kwanzaa
5. Winter Solstice 6. Saturnalia
7. Christmas 8. manger
9. Jesus 10. Yule log
11. mistletoe 12. menorah
13. Festival of Lights 14. angels
15. shepherds 16. seven principles
17. unity 18. creativity
19. faith 20. karamu
21. Christmas tree-Sharhazad 22. Nowruz-Kourosh
23. shamus-Rachel 24. dreidel-Logan
25. presents-Elliot 26. Consumeranity-Mr. Sweet
27. ornaments-McKenna 28. Noel-Faith
29. carols-Emily 30. wreaths-Kira

Week of December 13th-17th

Paul Revere Words/Water Cycle Vocabulary
1. aqueduct
2. condensation
3. reclamation
4. pollution
5. reservoir
6. dam
7. watershed
8. glacier
9. evaporation
10. aquifer
11. artesian well
12. chlorine
13. pollutants
14. conservation
15. pesticide
16. sentries
17. oppose
18. taxes
19. colonies
20. Patriot
21. cargo
22. revolution
23. express
24. liberty
25. traitor

WEEK 15

Mae Jamison:Space Scientist/Colony/Latin Root Words
1. astronaut.....16. chemical engineering
2. embassy......17. weightlessness
3. applicants....18. mission specialist
4. satellites.....19. meditation
5. imagination..20. artificial
6. reusable.......21. orbit
7. space shuttle....22. launches
8. solar system...23. triangular trade routes
9. exports....24. import
10.free-market25.astronomer
11.foretelling ...26.distracted
12. donated.....27. abyss
13. ambidextrous...28. biologist
14. contradict 29. prescription
15. compel ....30. industry

WEEK 13

CRISPIN FINAL VOCABULARY+Spelling Page
1. caterwauling 16. prowl
2. agitated 17. loyal
3. infatuated 18. pause
4. claimant 19. moist
5. omen 20. ounce
6. succumb 21. launch
7. voracious 22. royal
8. vexed 23. scowl
9. brandished 24. haunt
10. impaled 25. noisy
11. hawk 26. coward
12. bald 27. fawn
13. claw 28. thousand
14. tower 29. drown
15. halt 30. tenacity

WEEK 11

Homophones/Crispin Vocabulary
1. reverence 16. enough
2. illegitimate 17. caught
3. disconsolate 18. brought
4. tumultuous 19. thought
5. sumptuous 20. every
6. beguiled 21. ninety
7. abacus 22. their
8. laggards 23. they're
9. celestial 24. there
10. vestibule 25. there's
11. fervor 26. know
12. palfrey 27. o'clock
13. buffeting 28. we're
14. heirs 29. people
15. trustworthy 30. knew

WEEK 10

HALLOWEEN + CRIPSIN VOCABULARY
1. would
2. wouldn’t
3. clothes
4. happened
5. someone
6. sometimes
7. different
8. another
9. weird
10. eighth
11. coming
12. getting
13. going
14. stopped
15. here
16. trick-or-treat
17. jack o’ lantern
18. Halloween
19. Druid
20. Samhain
21. grotesquely
22. pillaged
23. sustenance
24. trepidation
25. raucously
26. evasively
27. tyranny
28. surname
29. solemnity
30. malevolence

WEEK 9

Page 411 in orange workbook (#1-20) + Crispin Vocabulary
21. shroud
22. poaching
23. curfew
24. pinnacle
25. scrutinized
26. transgression
27. transfixed
28. mercenary
29. treason
30. foreboding
31. courteousness

WEEK 8

Michelle Kwan Story/#1-25 (p. 409 in orange Language Arts Workbook) + Science Vocabulary
26. periodic table of elements
27. physical properties
28. malleable
29. metalloid
*30.* assertiveness

WEEK 7

Sign of the Beaver Vocab-Chapter 16-End
1. boisterous-noisy energetic, rowdy
2. flaunting- show something off, parade yourself
3. gourd- skinned fruit
4. nimbly-fast and agile
5. ramshackle-badly built or run-down
6. floundered-be in serious difficulty/struggle
7. persisted-keep carrying on/believed wrongly
8. prowess-superior skill
9. soberly-not drunk/intoxicated
10. spunky-energetic and courageous
11. contortions-twisted shape or position
12. gaunt-skinny/thin
13. medley-mixture
14. relenting-become less rigid/strict/less intense
15. comradeship-friendship
16. intricately-with many parts/artfully designed
17. typhus- infectious fever
18. unhampered-clear/no constrictions/unrestricted
19. poised-ready to act and composed
20. sensitivity-consideration/responsiveness to feelings

Week 6

Sign of the Beaver Ch. 10-14
1. contemptuous
2. defiance
3. dumfounded
4. finicky
5. heathen
6. incomprehensible
7. nonchalantly
8. spliced
9. cascades
10. chagrined
11. ordeal
12. pesky
13. stalked
14. goaded
15. disgruntled
16. improvise
17. disposition
18. indifference
19. indignant
20. *preparation*
1. contemptuous- adjective. showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful.
2. defiance- a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
3. dumfounded- as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
4. finicky- excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy
5. heathen- an irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person.
6. incomprehensible- Difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible
7. nonchalantly-Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent
8. spliced- to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands
9. cascades- a waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface.
10. Chagrined- a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.b
11. Ordeal-any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.c
12. Pesky- annoyingly troublesome
13. Stalked- to follow slowly or sneak up on
14. Goaded- something that encourages, urges, or drives; a stimulus.
15. Disgruntled- displeased and discontented; sulky
16. Improvise- to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize:
17. Disposition- state of mind
18. Indifference- lack of interest or concern
19. Indignant-anger or displeasure
20. Preparation- an act of preparing.

WEEK 5

Sign of the Beaver Spelling Vocabulary

1. Massachusetts (p. 2) 11. molasses (p. 13)
2. surveyor (p. 2) 12. pewter (p. 13)
3. notches (p. 3) 13. ruefully (p. 14)
4. coaxed (p. 8) 14. Jesuit (p.16)
5. venturing (p. 8) 15. frisked (p. 19)
6. proprietors (p. 9) 16. deprived (p. 19)
7. solitary (p. 9) 17. salvage (p. 20)
8. porcupine (p. 10) 18. glinted (p. 26)
9. heavyset (p. 11) 19. moccasins (p. 29)
10. deacon (p. 12) 20. *industriousness*

Week 3

21. composite 26. Norse Mythology
22. cinders 27. atmosphere
23. caldera 28. meteorologist
24. weathered 29. mutiny
25. billowy 30. discernment

SPELLING WEEK 3

#1-20-p.407 in orange wkbk. "Eye of the Storm"

21. torrential
22. typhoon
23. vortices
24. multivortex
25. tornadoes
26. funnel clouds
27. saguaros
28. ka-boom
29. tsunami
30. conscientiousness

SPELLING WEEK 2

5TH GRADE-Spelling List 1-p. Vocabulary + p. 407
Earthquake Terror Yellow Lang. Arts Workbook
21. jolt
22. shuddered
23. debris
24. undulating
25. fault
26. preparation
27. tectonic plates
28. navigation
29. expeditions
30. self-discipline

WEEK 36

STUDENT WORD WEEK! EACH CHILD CHOSE A STUMPER TO GIVE THE CLASS
1. quat
2. tipi
3. California
3.explosive
4. antidisestablishmentarianism
5. grenadiers
chaos
discipline
6. aqueduct
7.tranquility
8. isosceles
9. obstreperous
10.rhododendron
11.grotesque
12. Swahili
13. Cinquain
17. extemporaneous
18. intuitive
19.Arkansas
20. Haiku
21. onomatopoeia
22. absentmindedly
23. Weinersnitchel
24. intern
25. psychic
26.interjection
27.receipt
28.cleavage
29.ginormous
30.sitar

WEEK 34

4th
1. cheerful 16. delightfully
2. cheerfully 17. peaceful
3. fairly 18. peacefully
4. unfairly 19. tireless
5. needless 20. tirelessly
6. needlessly *21. levee
7. hopeful *22. tenant farmer
8. hopefully *23. commercial farmer
9. hopeless *24. bulk freight
10. hopelessly *25. self-discipline
11. playful *26. conductor
12. playfully *27. coupler
13. faithful *28. circuitous route
14. faithfully *29. terminal
15. delightful *30. automatic air brake

5th
1.commerce
2. convention
3.arsenal
4.currency
5.articles of confederation
6.republic
7.federal system
8.executive branch
9.separation of powers
10.judicial branch
11.legislative branch
12.veto
13.impeach
14.electoral college
15.preamble
16.principle
17.justice
18.amendment
19.ratify
20.due process of law
21.abruptly
22.morons
23.canopy
24.espresso
25. self-discipline

WEEK 32

4th Grade-Lit. Book + Social Studies
1. beauty
2. ugly
3. lazy
4. marry
5. ready
6. sorry
7. empty
8. honey
9. valley
10. movie
11. duty
12. hungry
13. alley
14. body
15. twenty
16. lonely
17. turkey
18. hockey
19. fifty
20. monkey
21. influenza-p.420
22. telegraph-p.282
23. transcontinental railroad-p. 287
24. bonjour p. 419
25. latke p. 421
26. silhouettes p. 422
27. kerosene -p. 424
28. flapjacks-p. 430
29. bookkeeper p. 438
30. derrere p. 422
1.cigarettes
2.orphanages
3. extinguished
4. canal
5. cufflinks p.185
6. anguished p. 186
7. incredulous p. 190
8. horrendous
9. receptionist
10. mustache
11. interrupted
12. moorings p. 196
13. coincidence
14. punctual
15. parcel p. 201
16. binoculars
17. lagoon
18. interjected p. 203
19. capsize
20. tarpaulin p. 206
21. unintelligible
22. monasteries p. 208
23. lulled p. 208
24. estate
25. mastiff p. 210

WEEK 31

Spelling List #31– /Irregular Verbs/ Vocab from Incredible Journey

1. forget 16. drawn
2. forgot 17. known
3. forgotten 18. threw
4. forgive 19. thrown
5. forgave 20. drew
6. forgiven *21 reassuringly
7. broke *22. subsided
8. spoken *23. camouflaged
9. broken *24. travesty
10. spoke *25. balefully
11. wrote *26. incisor
12. written *27. tarnished
13. drove *28. replete
14. driven *29. ravenously
15. knew *30. honesty

Thief Lord Vocabulary
1. *infrared
2. *chiming
3. detour
4. auditorium
5. *sniveling
6. baffled
7. receiver
8. *intertwined
9. corridors
10. *renovation
11. slumped
12. *scrawny
13. gingerly
14. *parched
15. sympathetically
16. stilts
17. absentmindedly
18. *embroidered
19. tortoise
20. restaurants
21. nighttime
22. collided
23. *sauntering
24. *downtrodden
25. SS VOCAB
26. ordinance
27. negotiate
28. abolitionist
29. traitor
30. territory
31. honesty

WEEK 30

4th Grade Words
disposition – (p.51) famished, skitter, nomadic, compensate, flourished, marauding, bracken, chided, debris, frugal, heralded, frail, dishevelled, vivid

Social Studies Words-
Monterey
convention
delegate
constitution
legislature
ratify
Congress
compromise
zealous

cooperativeness


5th Grade
THIEF LORD VOCAB.
1. allotted
2. arrogant
3. ballistic
4. balustrade
5. boisterous
6. compartment
7. compensation
8. concierge
9. condescending
10. conspiratorial
11. conspiratorially
12. contemptuous
13. coy
14. custody
15. dappled
16. decrepit
17. deftly
18. despicable
19. detached
20. diabolical
21. dilapidated
22. discreet
23. disdain
24. dismantled
25. cooperativeness

WEEK 29

4th Grade-Use Language Arts Wkbk + Social Studies-(Pre-Test-Already corrected)
5th Grade-Use Language Arts Wkbk + Social Studies-(Pre-Test-Already corrected)

WEEK 28

WEEK 28-Island of the Blue Dolphins

1. unable
2. unbeaten
3. uncommon
4. unfinished
5. unhappy
6. unkind
7. unknown
8. unlucky
9. unusual
10. unwrap
11. disagree
12. disappear
13. disappoint
14. disconnect
15. discourage
16. discover
17. dishonest
18. dislike
19. disobey
20. nonsense
21. anchor
22. scarcely
23. fledgling
24. teetering
25. frisked
26. leeches
27. pierced
28. lapped
29. smelt
30. benevolence

WEEK 27

4th Grade
Spelling List #27
Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocabulary
Ch. 17-23

1. sandspit 16. fetch
2. sinew 17. basin
3. utensils 18. gnawed
4. forbade 19. wound
5. slash 20. crevice
6. stalking 21. glossier
7. ancestors 22. lessened
8. herbs 23. fortunately
9. labored 24. oblong
10. devilfish 25. resilience
11. brackish
12. legend
13. reed
14. rival
15. scatter

WEEK 26

Island/Science Vocabulary Ch. 6-10
scan shrouded
spring ponder
flee stout
fiber dune
vain stern
pitched scurrying
snarl lair
thrust mussel
uneasy headland
current stunted
decomposer predator
scavenger habitat
fungus resources
microorganism competition
food chain generosity

devoured cadence
disarray callousness
elusively camaraderie
fatigue conspired
gaped conviction
immobile meager
impassive mirage
agape accusation
averted silhouettes
brutality generosity

WEEK 26

Island/Science Vocabulary Ch. 6-10
scan shrouded
spring ponder
flee stout
fiber dune
vain stern
pitched scurrying
snarl lair
thrust mussel
uneasy headland
current stunted
decomposer predator
scavenger habitat
fungus resources
microorganism competition
food chain generosity

WEEK 25

Island of the Blue Dolphins Spelling Vocabulary
1. gulls
2. otter
3. Russian
4. *leagues
5. dolphin
6. *skimming
7. retreat
8. *intruder
9. glistening
10. dusk
11. *ravine
12. *pelts
13. *bale
14. *cormorants
15. kelp
16. *mesa
17. carcasses
18. *surged
19. *abalones
20. *humility


1. * fife
2. spellbound
3. * grenadiers
4. cantered
5. percussion
6. * hefted
7. suffocating
8. priming pan
9. lurched
10. transfixed
11. *linchpin
12. pursued
13. * fragmentary
14. * buckled
15. *riveted
16. *salvation
17. *corporal
18. *monotonously
19. grotesque
20. * Hessian
21. * affixed
22. * bleated
23. quizzically
24. * impulsively
25. *humility

WEEK 24

4th Grade Words-Gloria Estefan Story/Science
1. sunnier 2. cloudier
3. windier 4. cities
5. heaviest 6. prettiest
7. studied 8. easiest
9. noisier 10. families
11. ferries 12. crazier
13. funnier 14. earlier
15. copied 16. hobbies
17. angriest 18. emptied
19. worried 20. happiest
21. specializes 22. demonstrates
23. predator 24. scavenger
25. microorganism 26. competition
27. food web 28. consumer
29. omnivore 30. fortitude

5th Grade Spelling Words/Science Vocab-Week 24
1. jewel 16. label
2. sparkle 17. pedal
3. angle 18. ankle
4. shovel 19. needle
5. single 20. devil
6. normal 21. abolitionists
7. angel 22. influential
8. legal 23. enslavement
9. whistle 24. organ system
10. fossil 25. multicellular organisms
11. puzzle 26. cell membrane
12. bushel 27. nucleus
13. mortal 28. circulatory system
14. gentle 29. respiratory system
15. level 30. fortitude-WORD OF THE WEEK

WEEK 23

Spelling Words-4th Grade-p.423 Happy Bday Dr. King + Rock Vocabulary
21. sedimentary
22. igneous
23. metamorphic
24. luster
25. cleavage
26. fracture
27. texture
28. erosion
29. deposition
30. enthusiasm

5th Grade-Katie's Trunk p. 415 in Language Arts Wkbk + Weather Vocabulary
21.atmosphere
22.convection currents
23. prevailing wind
24. precipitation
25. humidity
26. meteorology
27. barometer
28. hygrometer
29. anemometer
30. enthusiasm

WEEK 22

BY THE GREAT HORN SPOON
1. imposter
2. ambled
3. peering
4. bedrock
5. interfere
6. exaggerated
7. notoriety
8. fisticuffs
9. emerged
10. heinous
11. exuberance
12. invincible
13. reprieve
14. vigilant
15. cantankerous
MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD
1. unscrupulous
2. heifer
3. forage
4. endure
5. flogged
6. mutiny
7. badgering
8. adjunct
9. curt
10. court-martial
11. clemency
12. stockade
13. staggering
14. shrugged
15. brute

WEEK 21

4th Grade
Spelling List #21 By The Great Horn Spoon
Vocab.Ch. 7-11
1. busier 16. simplest
2. busiest 17. wetter
3. earlier 18. wettest
4. earliest 19. sadder
5. funnier 20. saddest
6. funniest *21. frigate
7. sillier *22. languished
8. silliest *23. undertaker
9. warmer *24. dilemma
10. warmest *25. obliged
11. colder *26. exasperated
12. coldest *27. lunatic
13. stranger *28. stalwart
14. strangest *29. extractor
15. simpler *30. petrified


5th Grade
MY BROTHER SAM IS DEAD Chapter 7-11
1. Continentals 11. shilling
2. apprentice 12. deserter
3. surveyor 13. regiment
4. sedition 14. decency
5. plundering 15. raiders
6. lawlessness 16. sturgeon
7. livestock 17. enlistment
8. mortar 18. gesturing
9. pondering 19. epidemic
10. ideals 20. swaggering

WEEK 20

Spelling List #20– By The Great Horn Spoon Vocab +Social Studies
1/25/10
1. slake 16. clamor
2. imperative 17. scoundrel
3. suspicion 18. rogue
4. undaunted 19. oozed
5. dire 20. supply
6. cholera *21. manifest destiny
7. anxious *22. trailblazer
8. dispirited *23. immigrant
9. lurch *24. frontier
10. baffled *25. pioneer
11. fierce *26. republic
12. molting *27. demand
13. penetrate *28. rebel
14. despicable *29. treaty
15. balance *30. squatter

My Brother Sam is Dead Vocabulary Quiz
Vocabulary Ch. 1-3 (American Revolution)

1. Patriots 21. agitators
2. Rebels 22. pride
3. Loyalists 23. lasciviousness
4. Lobsterbacks 24. bayonet
5. Tories 25. commission
6. rebellion 26. injustices
7. Parliament 27. envied
8. subversion 28. principles
9. treason 29. musket
10. swill 30. scornful
11. parish
12. cordial
13. colonel
14. hunkered
15. idling
16. almanacs
17. livestock
18. shingles
19. arithmetic
20. tavern

WEEK 19

Bridge to Terabithia+MLK VOCAB

1. cagey 16. consolation
2. crouched 17. conspicuous
3. despised 18. distribution
4. endure 19. exhilaration
5. grit 20. intoxicated
6. grits 21. deliberately-p.31
7. hypocritical 22. consolidated-p.32
8. muddled 23. composition-p.33
9. pandemonium 24. upheaval-p.35
10. plunked 25. vigorously-p.39
11. primly 26. boycott
12. proverbial 27. segregation
13. pudgy 28. discrimination
14. thrashed 29. equality
15. abruptly 30. civil rights