Unit 3 Week 1 Vocabulary for How Do You Raise a Raisin?
1. Area- amount of surface or a level, open space
2. Artificial- made by a person or machine, not natural
3. Grapevine- a vine that grapes grow on
4. Preservative- any substance that will prevent decay or injury
5. Proof- a way or means of showing that something is true
6. Raise- breed or grow
7. Raisin- small, sweet, dried grape
Unit 3 Week 2 Vocabulary for Pushing Up the Sky
1. Antlers- bony, branching growths on heads of male deer, elk, or moose
2. Imagined- made a picture or idea of something in your mind
3. Languages- different kinds of human speech, spoken or written
4. Narrator- a narrator is the person who narrates, or tells, the story or tale
5. Overhead- over the head, above
6. Poked- pushed with force against someone or something, jabbed
Unit 3 Week 3 Vocabulary for Seeing Stars
1. Dim- somewhat dark, not bright
2. Gas- a substance, such as air, that is neither a solid or a liquid
3. Gigantic- huge or enormous
4. Ladle- a large spoon with a large handle and a deep bowl
5. Patterns- arrangements or designs
6. Shine- to give off light or reflect light, glow
7. Temperature- degree of heat or cold in something, usually measured by a thermometer
Unit 3 Week 4 Vocabulary for A Symphony of Whales
1. Anxiously- uneasily, with fear of what might happen
2. Bay- part of a sea or lake partly surrounded by land
3. Blizzard- blinding snowstorms with very strong, cold winds
4. Channel- a body of water joining two larger bodies of water
5. Chipped- cut or broken off a small, thin piece of something
6. Melody- a tune, or a pleasing or easily remembered series of musical notes
7. Supplies- food and equipment necessary for an army exercise, camping trip, and so on
8. Surrounded- shut in on all sides, encircled, enclosed
9. Symphony- a long, complicated musical composition for an orchestra
Unit 3 Week 5 Vocabulary Around One Cactus: Owls, Bats, and Leaping Rats
1. Incredible- impossible to believe, unbelievable
2. Lofty- very high
3. Noble- excellent, fine, splendid, or magnificent
4. Search- to look through, examine, or try to find something by looking for it
5. Stinging- describes something that can pierce or wound with a sharp point
6. Survivors- people or things that survive
7. Topic- subject that people think, talk, or write about
8. Unseen- not seen or unnoticed
9. Waterless- containing little or no water
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