Book Title

Spelling Words

Vocabulary Words

Officer Buckle and Gloria

sat

felt

last

send

next

best

went

hand

stand

past

grand

stamp

belt

lend

checked

else

guest

attention

heard

listen

department a separate part of a large organization, such

as government or business

audience a group of people who gather to see or hear

a performance, such as a play

obeys carries out wishes, orders, or instructions

commands directions or orders

expression a way of speaking that shows feeling

accident something bad that happens without being planned

noticed became aware of; saw for the first time

Pepita Talks Twice

slip   

fish

pick

rocks 

lunch 

gift

thing

inch   

truck

pond

from  

jump

socks        dish   

thump

frown   expression

surprised    emotion

smirk

stubborn headstrong or unyielding

grumble  a muttered complaint

mumbled said in a low, unclear way

exploded burst apart

darted moved swiftly

streak a quick flash of movement

languages systems of sounds and symbols uses to communicate ideas

Allie’s Basketball Dream

tight

while

show

stone

bright

whole

window

time

follow

close

flight

tide

grow

broke

below

basketball

coach

forward

dribble

guard

·        Professional – doing something as a job.

·        Familiar – known well or recognized.

·        Captain – the leader of a group.

·        Pretended – made believe.

·        Aimed – pointed one thing at another.

·        Monitor – a person who watches over something.

The Olympic Games:  Where Heroes are Made

least

fast

just

burst

strip

stick

strike

artist

almost

student

strong

start

blast

straw

street

events

competition

stroke

teammate

distance

·        Ancient – very old.

·        Host – one who provides the place for an event.

·        Stadium – an arena or building with rows of seats built around a field.

·        Compete – to take part with others in a contest of skill.

·        Earned – gained as the result of effort.

·        Record – the best performance in a competition.

·        Ceremonies – formal acts performed in honor of an occasion.

·        Medals – small, flat pieces of metal given as awards.

Turtle Bay

known

written laugh

sphere

wreck

writer

wrong

wrap

wrench

knocked

knot

wring

enough

rough

wrinkle

tortoise

dolphin

sea horse

whale

coral

·        Message – information that is passed on to someone.

·        Litter – trash left on the ground.

·        Trained – taught a person or animal how to do something.

·        Patiently – in a way that shows a person is able to wait without complaining.

·        Wise – able to understand important things.

Balto, The Dog Who Saved Nome

shot

chance

match

watch

showed

shock

pushed

such

crash

chew

batch

hitched

sharp

mush

speech

medicine

equipment

crutch

nurse

hospital

·        Splinters – sharp, thin pieces that have broken off something.

·        Telegraph – a device used to send words in code from one place to another.

·        Trail- a path through wilderness.

·        Guided – led others to where they needed to go.

·        Drifts – large piles of snow heaped up by the wind.

·        Temperature – the measure of how hot or cold something is.

Wild Shots, They’re My Life

space

stage

huge

fence

price

police

office

engine

badge

pencil

excite

force

range

ginger

giraffe

creature

strange

scaly

peculiar

unusual

·        Curious – full of questions.

·        Collapsed – fell.

·        Marine (adjective) – found in the sea.

·        Delicate – easily broken.

·        Creature – animal.

·        Survived – lived.

Little Grunt and the Big Egg

joyful

choice

voice

joint

moist

spoil

royal

annoy

noise

employ

soil

loyal

boiled

destroy

pointy

earthquake

volcano

hurricane

weather

rumble

·        Brunch – a meal that comes between breakfast and lunch.

·        Peaceful – calm and quiet.

·        Omelet – eggs that are beaten with other ingredients and cooked.

·        Erupting – blowing out lava, rocks, and gases from a volcano.

·        Lava – hot, melted rock that pours from an erupting volcano.

·        Escape – to get away from danger.

Rosie, a Visiting Dog’s Story

crown

proud

however

count

crowded

around

south

loud

house

shouted

howl

growl

bounce

fountain

sound

special trust

companion

trained

behave

·        Firm – stern or commanding.

·        Confident – sure of oneself, certain.

·        Comfortable – at ease in mind or body.

·        Approach – to come close to.

·        Equipment – the things needed or used for a particular purpose.

·        Program – structured course of activities or training.

·        Appointment – arrangement for a meeting at a specific time.

The Stories Julian Tells*

brother’s

brothers

uncle’s

uncles

sister’s

sisters

sisters’

man’s

men’s

child’s

girls

girl’s

girls’

mine

yours truly, tease

friendship

polite

wiggle

nuisance

·        Beyond – past.

·        Collection – similar items chosen to save.

·        Mustache – something, usually hair, between the nose and the lips.

·        Seriously – thoughtfully.

·        Fastened – attached.

·        Cartwheel – handspring that turns sideways.

The Talent Show

song

law

because

soft

dawn

crawl

lost

taught

long

pause

frost

lawn

hawk

laundry

author

sausage

cafeteria

mustard

tablecloth

service

·        Gym – large room used for indoor sports.

·        Perform – to take part in a public show.

·        Prefer – to like better than something else.

·        Recite – to repeat from memory.

·        Enjoying – having a good time; taking pleasure in.

·        Billions – a very, very large number of things.

·        Roam – to wander; to move around without a purpose.

Centerfield Ballhawk

boots

grouped

shook

school

looked

hood

choose

brook

zoomed

balloon

loose

soot

understood

cartoon

afternoon

season

umpire

diamond

average

pitcher

·        Outfielder – a baseball player whose position is in the outfield.

·        Concentrate – to pay close attention.

·        Depend- to rely.

·        Ballhawk – a baseball player who always seems to get to the ball and catch it.

·        Vanish – to go suddenly out of sight; disappear.

·        Fault – responsibility for a mistake; blame.

Ramona Forever*

started

card

park

smart

star

shark

mark

barber

party

pardon

tart

carpet

farther

barn

announce

alarm

complain

excitement

speaker

bark

·        Glanced – took a quick look.

·        Comfort – someone or something that makes you feel better.

·        Longed – wanted very much.

·        Contagious – able to spread by contact.

·        Prescription – A doctor’s written instructions for taking medicine.

·        Attention – thoughtful care or kindness.

·        Unexpected – not expected; surprised.

Sayings We Share:

Proverbs and Fables

bear

tear

haircut

stairs

wear

airplane

compare

repair

pear

prepare

stare

glare

sharing

fairy

aware

steady

balance

regular

constant

slowpoke

·        Summoned – called to come.

·        Fortunate – lucky.

·        Generation – people who grow up at about the same time.

·        Persistently – repeatedly, without giving up.

·        Faithful – loyal.

·        Illuminated – lit up; made brighter.

Papa Tells Chita a Story

forks

worn

form

fourth

war

storm

horse

warn

morning

forest

court

porch

poured

port

important

exciting

trail

defend

marsh

drown

·        Colonel – a person with a certain rank, or position in an army.

·        Soldier – a person who serves in an army.

·        Urgent – in need of immediate action or attention; pressing.

·        Brambles – prickly plants or bushes.

·        Stumbling – moving in an unsteady way.

·        Outstretched – extended; stretched forward.

·        Weary – tired.

Coyote Places the Stars

hear

one

won

way

heard

flower

our

flour

weigh

here

beat

herd

beet

hair

hare

canyon

bright

shiny

sparkle

horizon

·        Canyon – a narrow valley with steep sides.

·        Pride – a feeling of happiness and satisfaction about doing something well.

·        Swiftly – very quickly.

·        Skillful – showing skill; showing talent for doing something well.

·        Feast – a special celebration with a large amount of good.

·        Gazing – looking with a long, steady stare.

·        Arranged – put in some kind of order.

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears*

curl

birth

burned

perfect

thirty

church

firm

skirt

clerk

jerked

dirt

shirt

person

purse

team

fault

wrong

error

trouble

reason

·        Satisfied – having one’s needs or desires fulfilled.

·        Duty – job or responsibility.

·        Council – meeting called to find answers.

·        Mischief – behavior that causes problems for others.

·        Nonsense – words or ideas that are foolish and have no real meaning.

·        Tidbit – small piece of something.

Lon Po Po*

pulled

begged

hugged

silly

correct

latter

matter

supper

common

lesson

collect

setting

bottles

different

jelly

fairy tale

cultural

grandma

courage

weave

·        Delighted – very happy.

·        Dusk – the time in the evening just before it gets dark.

·        Embraced – hugged.

·        Latch – to lock a door with a movable bar that fits into a slot.

·        Tender – easy to chew, soft.

·        Brittle – easily broken or snapped.

·        Cunning – able to fool or trick; sly or clever.

The Crowded House

faster

wisest

bigger

slowest

cooler

hottest

soonest

shorter

kindest

louder

slimmer

wildest

tamer

whitest

strangest

characters

actor

director

stagehand

orchestra

·        Wits – mind, the ability to think.

·        Wailing (noun) – a loud, long cry expressing unhappiness or pain.

·        Faring – getting along.

·        Advice – opinion about how to solve a problem.

·        Dreadful – very bad.

·        Farewell – good-bye.

Leah’s Pony

sometimes

pickup

dishwater

notebook

upstairs

football

sunshine

outdoors

hallway

timeout

doorway

sunset

bookcase

everyone

everything

cornfields

serious

bargain

astonish

debt

·        County – a section of a state.

·        Auctioneer – a person who is hired to run a public sale.

·        Bid – the amount of money that is offered to buy something.

·        Clutched – held tightly.

·        Glistened – shone or sparkled.

·        Galloped – ran at a horse’s or pony’s top speed.

Yippee-Yay!

cowboys

horses

corral

winter

always

cactus

garden

tender

fifteen

basket

welcome

lasso

market

until

Monday

pillows

curtain

feather

mattress

bedspread

·        Ranchers – people who own a large farm for raising animals.

·        Tending – taking care of.

·        Profit – money gained by selling something.

·        Corral – a fenced-in space for farm animals.

·        Stray – wandering or lost.

·        Market – a public place where goods are sold.

Boom Town*

belong

hotel

focus

miner

pupil

begin

music

future

behind

tiger

become

motel

baker

cabin

ocean

delicious

filling

pastries

tasty

crumbs

·        Miners – people whose job is working in a mine to extract minerals or ores from the earth.

·        Nuggets – small chunks.

·        Skillet – heavy iron pan used for cooking and frying.

·        Stagecoach – horsedrawn vehicle with four wheels and a covered top.

·        Settle – to make a home in a new place.

·        Boom Town – a community that experiences sudden and rapid growth.

·        Landmark – an object or feature that marks a boundary or identifies a place.

Cocoa Ice*

blooming

settled

stamping

leaving

liked

taking

getting

filled

swimming

rolled

hoping

used

hurrying

buying

worried

chocolate

tropical

freezing

iceberg

island

·        Harvest – to gather a crop.

·        Pulp – the soft part of certain fruits and vegetables.

·        Machete – a heavy knife used as a tool for cutting plants.

·        Trading – used for the purpose of exchanging one thing for another.

·        Schooner – a ship that has two or more masts with sails in the front and back.

·        Support – to hold the weight of.

·        Bargain – to talk about a trade in order to get a better deal.

If You Made a Million*

combination

action

vision

motion

section

nation

permission

confusion

question

attention

vacation

production

quotation

tension

sensation

expensive

customer

exchange

thrifty

afford

·        Congratulations – an expression said to someone who has won or earned something.

·        Receive – to get

·        Amount – the total number of things.

·        Choices – decisions about what to choose.

·        Combinations – sets of things grouped together.

·        Value – worth.

I’m In Charge

of Celebrations

farmer

useful

softly

suitable

lonely

quietly

teacher

thankful

exactly

readable

nicer

safer

harmful

playful

suddenly

breathing

pleasant

beautiful

float

gentle

·        Admiring – looking at with wonder or respect.

·        Choosy – picky, hard to please.

·        Average – ordinary, not special.

·        Signal – to make known, to announce.

·        Tracks – prints left in the ground by an animal or person.

·        Celebrations – joyous events that honor holidays, achievements, or happy occasions.

Alejandro’s Gift*

pennies

buried

replied

candies

emptied

stories

married

copies

parties

studied

mysteries

discoveries

worries

families

ponies

adobe

marble

brick

building

material

·        Shunned – stayed away from.

·        Cherished – cared about deeply.

·        Growth – plant life growing in a certain area.

·        Windmill – a machine that uses the wind to generate power.

·        Ample – more than enough.

·        Furrows – long, deep grooves dug into soil.

Rocking and Rolling

it’s

isn’t

you’ve

we’d

didn’t

she’s

we’ve

haven’t

he’d

they’d

there’s

don’t

we’ll

won’t

he’s

temperature

depth

width

weight

height

·        Edges – places where something ends.

·        Range – a line of mountains.

·        Peak – the top of a mountain.

·        Epicenter – the place on the earth’s surface just above the center of an earthquake.

·        Magma – melted rock inside the earth.

·        Coast – land along the sea.

The Armadillo from Amarillo

water

over

never

under

river

number

wonder

tower

rather

finger

center

prefer

better

border

fever

mirth

laughter

chuckle

humor

giggle

·        Eventually – sometime in the future, finally.

·        Converse – talk to one another.

·        Continent – one of the seven large land areas on Earth.

·        Sphere – A round object like a ball; a planet.

·        Universe – everything that exists, including the sun, stars, all the planets and outer space.

·        Homeward – toward home.

Visitors from Space

simple

total

apple

title

central

purple

signal

normal

middle

able

terrible

people

medal

handle

single

explore

discovery

astronaut

visible

scientist

·        Fluorescent – bright and glowing.

·        Force – power that causes motion or change.

·        Loops – moves in a circling way.

·        Nucleus – center of a comet.

·        Particles – tiny pieces.

·        Solar Wind – continuous flow of gases from the Sun.