Vocabulary Resources
Vocabulary Tests will take place on Friday. Please ensure your child is prepared. Below is a suggested routine. Find a routine that works best for you and your child.
Monday : Define each vocabulary word.
Tuesday : Rewrite the example sentences.
Wednesday : Answer the vocabulary questions.
Thursday : Write your own detailed sentence with each vocabulary word.
Friday : Vocabulary Test - Student must use the word correctly in a detailed sentence.
Unit 1 Vocabulary Test Guide
Unit 1 Week 1
1. learn- to gain knowledge or a new skill
2. subjects- things you study at school, like reading or science
3. common- normal or ordinary
4. object- a thing or an item
5. recognize – to remember something because you have seen it before
Unit 1 Week 2
1. city- a large town with tall buildings and many people
2. country- the land outside a town or city, where there are farms and not many buildings or people
3. bored- feeling that you have nothing to do or that nothing is interesting
4. feast- a big, fancy meal with many different foods
5. scurried – moving very quickly
Unit 1 Week 3
1. care- to give someone or something what it needs to stay healthy and happy
2. train- to teach someone or something to do things
3. companion- an animal or person that keeps you company
4. groom- to wash or brush
5. popular- enjoyed by many people
Unit 1 Week 4
1. cooperate- work together to get something done
2. relationship- a connection with a person
3. chore- a small job you must do
4. collect- gather things together
5. deliver- take something to the person it belongs to
Unit 1 Week 5
1. exercise- activities you do with your body to stay healthy and become stronger
2. physical- about the body
3. agree- have the same idea about something
4. difficult- hard to do or full of problems
5. exhausted- very, very tired
Unit 2 Vocabulary Test Guide
Unit 2 Week 1
1. community- a place and the people who live in it
2. occupation- a job someone does
3. astonishing- amazing or surprising
4. equipment- the things you need to do something
5. fortunately- luckily
Unit 2 Week 2
1. shelter- a building that protects you
2. materials- things used to make something else
3. collapsed- fell down
4. furious- very angry
5. refused- to say or show you will not do something
Unit 2 Week 3
1. habitat- place where an animal lives in nature
2. depend- rely on for things you need
3. hibernate- spend the winter sleeping in a shelter
4. tranquil- calm and peaceful
5. tolerate- put up with something unpleasant
Unit 2 Week 4
1. leadership- ability to guide a group of people
2. admire- approve of and like
3. connections- links between two or more things
4. enjoy- like
5. rely- trust someone or something to help
Unit 2 Week 5
1. locate- to find
2. route- road or way to take to get somewhere
3. height- how tall something is
4. model- small copy of something large
5. separate- keep apart
Unit 3 Vocabulary Test Guide
Unit 3 Week 1
1. calendar- a chart that shows the days, weeks, and months of the year
2. occasion- a special time or event
3. weekend- Saturday or Sunday
4. immediately- right away, without waiting
5. schedule- timetable showing when things happen
Unit 3 Week 2
1. bloom- when flower buds open
2. sprout- begin to grow
3. assist- to help
4. grasped- held tightly
5. spied- noticed or saw
Unit 3 Week 3
1. hero- the main character who is brave and good
2. tale- a story about exciting imaginary events
3. eventually- finally or "after a while"
4. foolish- very silly or unwise
5. timid- shy and a little bit afraid
Unit 3 Week 4
1. century- 100 years
2. past- time that has already happened
3. entertainment- things people do to have fun
4. future- time that hasn't happened yet
5. present- time that is happening right now
Unit 3 Week 5
1. delicious- very tasty
2. nutritious- gives us things our body needs
3. delighted- full of joy and happiness
4. enormous- very big
5. responsibility- something you are expected to do
Unit 4 Vocabulary Test Guide
Unit 4 Week 1
1. feature- a part of something that is important or interesting
2. appearance- the way somebody or something looks
3. determined- when you work very hard to do something
4. predicament- a difficult situation
5. relief- what people feel when their troubles are gone and they don't need to worry anymore
6. special- if something is special, it is important.
7. splendid- something that is splendid is wonderful or very good
Unit 4 Week 2
1. behavior- a way of acting
2. beneficial- something that is helpful or useful
3. dominant- an animal that has power over the other animals it lives with
4. endangered- when a group of animals is at risk of disappearing forever
5. instinct- a natural behavior that animals are born with
6. danger- if there is danger, there is a risk of being hurt or harmed
7. partner- a person who works with you to do something is your partner
Unit 4 Week 3
1. communicate- to talk or exchange messages
2. superior- much better than
3. survive- to continue to live
4. provide- to give what is needed
5. wilderness- a wild, natural area
6. search- to try to find something by looking for it
7. seek- to hunt or look for something
Unit 4 Week 4
1. imitate- to act like something or someone else
2. protect- to keep someone or something safe
3. resemble- to look like something else
4. flutter- to move or fly with quick movements
5. different- not the same
6. beautiful- something that is very pleasing to see or hear
7. fancy- if something is fancy, it is not plain
Unit 4 Week 5
1. career- the kind of work or job a person does
2. soothe- something that makes you feel better when you are upset or hurt
3. advice- when you want to know someone’s opinion about what should be done
4. remarkable- when someone is unusual and special in some way
5. trust- when you believe that a person will do the right thing; you depend on that person
6. clever- to be quick to think of good ideas or solve problems
7. signal- a gesture, action, or sound that tells you to do something
Unit 5 Vocabulary Test Guide
Unit 5 Week 1
1. distinguish- to understand the difference between two or more people, animals, or things
2. classify- to sort or decide what group something belongs in
3. entire- whole or complete
4. organize- when you arrange things in a certain way
5. startled- when something suddenly surprises you
6. trouble- problems or difficulty
7. whole- complete, nothing is missing
Unit 5 Week 2
1. observe- to watch carefully
2. vast- something that is very large
3. certain- when you are sure it is true
4. remained- when something “stayed the same” or “stayed in place”
5. thoughtful- a person who is kind and thinks about how others feel
6. leaped- jumped a long way
7. stretched- extended a body part
Unit 5 Week 3
1. curious- when you are interested in something and want to know more about it
2. improve- to make something better
3. complicated- something that has many parts and is difficult to understand
4. device- an object made to do a certain job, such as a can opener
5. imagine- to form a mental image
6. idea- a picture or thought you get in your mind
7. unusual- not common
Unit 5 Week 4
1. volume- level of sound
2. senses- faculties by which we experience the world
3. distract- to draw away someone's attention
4. nervous- characteristically excited or anxious
5. squeaky- a high-pitch sound
6. scrambled- climbed or walked quickly
7. suddenly- quickly, without notice
Unit 5 Week 5
1. project- something you work on
2. structure- something that has been built
3. content- pleased or happy
4. intend- to plan to do something
5. marvelous- wonderful or excellent
6. balance- stay in place without falling
7. section- small part of something bigger
Unit 6 Vocabulary Test Guide
Unit 6 Week 1
1. conflict– a disagreement or problem between two or more people
2. fair– something that is reasonable and follows the rules
3. argument– a fight that uses words
4. risk– a danger or the possibility that something bad may happen
5. shift– to move something from one place to another
6. demand– to forcefully or strongly ask someone to do something
7. emergency– something that you do not expect and need to take care of right away
Unit 6 Week 2
1. inspire– to make someone want to do something
2. respect– when you admire and look up to someone
3. decision– to make a choice
4. distance– how far one thing is from another or the space between two things
5. swiftly– when something moves fast
6. accept– to take something or agree with it
7. often– to do something a lot
Unit 6 Week 3
1. cycle– a series of events that repeats in the same order
2. predict– when you use clues to guess what will happen in the future
3. creative– when you use your imagination to make something new and different
4. frigid– very, very cold
5. scorching– very, very hot
6. country– land where a group of people live
7. gathers– brings or comes together in one place
Unit 6 Week 4
1. effort– when you try very hard to do something
2. tradition– a custom or holiday that is passed down from the past to the present
3. ancient– very, very old
4. drama– emotional event, often in theater or film
5. movement– a way that someone or something moves
6. difficult– not easy
7. nobody– no one, no person
Unit 6 Week 5
1. display– when you set something out so people can see it
2. pride– a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction with something you have or something you did well
3. design– the plan for how something will look
4. purpose– when something has a reason to be there
5. represent– when something takes the place or stand for something else
6. nation– a group of people living in one country
7. unite– to join together
