Appendix E: Word Study Scope and Sequence
Grade 2 Word Lists
Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
Short vowels | box, bus, can, get, his, pick, snack |
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Long vowels | came, close, drive, here, mine, rule, trade |
Optional Challenge Words | comment, polite, refuse, replace |
Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
Short vowels | did, dog, fish, had, him, hug, lick |
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Long vowels | bite, face, home, huge, ice, like, time |
Optional Challenge Words | promote, propose, remake, revise |
Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
a | scan, stamp, stand, trash |
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aCe | face, frame, place, trace |
ar | card, park, shark, spark |
Optional Challenge Words | harden, market, remark, surface |
Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
i | bill, quick, think, trick |
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iCe | drive, hide, side, thrive |
ir | birth, first, skirt, thirst |
Optional Challenge Words | advice, refill, skirmish, spider |
Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
or | or | horse, porch, sport |
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ar | ar | chart, harm, park |
ir | same sound, different pattern | bird, dirt |
er | fern, perch | |
ur | hurt, spurt | |
Optional Challenge Words | merchant, mural, plural, surface |
Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
a | a | crank, glad, snag, span |
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aCe | same sound, different pattern | paste, scrape, shape, strange |
ay | clay, gray, may, play | |
Optional Challenge Words | graceful, payment, replay, shaping |
Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
a | a | crack, land, spam |
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aCe | same sound, different pattern | mate, pace, pave |
ai | drain, hail, snail | |
ay | lay, pay, stay | |
Optional Challenge Words | grateful, hailstorm, mailman, relay |
Shared Reading, Lessons 36 – 40
e | e | eggs, fend, rest, west |
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ea | same sound, different pattern | eat, heat, leaves, reach |
ee | asleep, feed, trees, veer | |
Optional Challenge Words | appear, creature, dreaming, greeting |
Shared Reading, Lessons 41 – 45
e | same sound, different pattern: short e | bell, felt, shelter |
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ea | dead, head, spread | |
ee | same sound, different pattern: long e | beet, creep, steep |
ea | beast, feast, neat | |
Optional Challenge Words | breaded, deepen, kneed, leaven, mislead |
Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
i | i | blink, crisp, wink |
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iCe | same sound, different pattern | glide, pride, slice |
y | cry, fly, try | |
igh | fight, height, high | |
Optional Challenge Words | delight, flight, plight, rely, widen |
Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
i | i | bring, grip, trim |
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iCe | same sound, different pattern | bite, drive, price |
igh | fright, light, might | |
iCC | child, mild, wild | |
Optional Challenge Words | childish, delight, lighten, polite, smile |
Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
o | o | chop, flop, prom, smog |
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oCe | same sound, different pattern | hole, hope, spoke, wrote |
oa | boat, road, soap, toad, toast | |
Optional Challenge Words | coaching, explode, goalie, roasted |
Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
o | o | drop, flop, stomp |
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oCe | same sound, different pattern | choke, phone, rose |
oa | boast, loan, moan | |
ow | blow, flow, shown | |
Optional Challenge Words | boathouse, crowbar, notebook, owner, snowfall |
Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
u | u | much, puck, skunk |
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uCe | same sound, different pattern | flute, prune, tune |
ue | clue, cue, hue | |
ui | fruit, juice, suit | |
Optional Challenge Words | amuse, excuse, jungle, snuggle, uncle |
Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
u | u | bump, cub, pump |
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uCe | same sound, different pattern | mule, mute, rule |
ue | due, glue, true | |
ew | brew, chew, knew | |
Optional Challenge Words | buttermilk, include, newsprint, perfume, salute |
Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
ar | ar | parch, sharp, sparse |
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aCe | same sound, different pattern | pane, place, plane |
ai | maid, plain, trait | |
air | are | mare, share, spare |
Optional Challenge Words | compare, complain, remark, repair |
Shared Reading, Lessons 36 – 40
ar | ar | charmed, march, starch, stark |
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are | same sound, different pattern | flare, glare, square, stare |
air | chair, flair, hair, stair | |
Optional Challenge Words | aware, beware, charter, market, repair, upstairs |
Shared Reading, Lessons 41 – 45
er, ear | same sound, different pattern: er | clerk, heard, learn, perch |
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ear | same sound, different pattern: air | bear, tear, wear |
ea | same sound, different pattern: short e and long e | deaf, head |
ee, ea | cheek, creek, streak, treat | |
Optional Challenge Words | converse, person, rehearse, repeat |
Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
er | er | germ, perk, term |
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ee | same sound, different pattern: long e | bleed, cheer, cheese, creep, sheer, sneer |
ear | clear, smear | |
same pattern, different sound | swear | |
Optional Challenge Words | German, engineer, repeal, teamwork, unclear |
Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
ir | ir | birth, chirp, firm |
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iCe | same sound, different pattern | crime, spine, whine |
igh | light, thigh, tight | |
ire | fire, hire, spire | |
Optional Challenge Words | combine, height, require, tonight |
Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
or | same sound, different pattern: or | horn, porch, scorch |
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ore | chore, score, shore | |
oCe | same sound, different pattern: long o | choke, globe, phone |
oa | cloak, float, moan | |
Optional Challenge Words | explore, lifeboat, report, restore |
Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
qu | quack, quick, quirk |
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squ | squall, squash, squeak |
th | theft, think, thorn |
thr | thrash, threat, threw |
Optional Challenge Words | quality, squander, thought, thrifty |
Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
st | stack, stamp, stark |
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str | strand, strap, strong |
sp | speak, spoke, sport |
spl | spleen, splint, split |
Optional Challenge Words | splendid, straighten, strengthen, stretch |
Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
sc | scant, scare, score |
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scr | scram, scrape, scrawny |
sh | shaft, sheer, shown |
shr | shred, shrewd, shriek |
Optional Challenge Words | scathing, shredded, shriveled |
Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
tch | short vowels, different pattern | catch, scratch, stitch, stretch |
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Cch | branch, stench | |
VVch | VVch | coach, peach, roach, speech |
Cch | Cch | porch, starch |
Optional Challenge Words | approach, kitchen, pitcher, purchase |
Shared Reading, Lessons 36 – 40
dge | short vowels, different pattern | badge, fudge, lodge, wedge |
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Vge | long or r-controlled vowels, different pattern | cage, large, rage, stage, verge |
V+nge | vowel+n, different pattern | change, cringe, hinge, range |
Optional Challenge Words | emerge, knowledge, misjudge, usage |
Shared Reading, Lessons 41 – 45
hard c | cable, canter, climb, cuddle |
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soft c | ceiling, cent, central, cycle |
s | saddle, same, spring, suffer |
Optional Challenge Words | carnivore, cement, sacrifice |
Shared Reading, Lessons 46 – 50
hard g | glamor, goal, goat, gutter |
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soft g | gentle, germ, giant, gym |
j | jacket, jelly, judge, juice |
Optional Challenge Words | Jupiter, general, goalie |
Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
o | o | chop, crop, frost, stomp |
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oi | same sound, different pattern | choice, coil, moist, spoil |
oy | boy, coy, joy, soy | |
Optional Challenge Words | annoy, appoint, avoid, destroy |
Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
ew | same sound, different pattern: /oo/ | brew, chew, pew, strewn |
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oo | brood, choosy, droop, loom | |
oo | brook, nook, shook, stood | |
Optional Challenge Words | chewiness, crooked, gloomiest |
Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
oo | oo | moon, pooch, room, zoom |
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ou | same sound, different pattern: /ow/ | hound, shout, sound, spout |
ow | bow, cow, now, plow | |
Optional Challenge Words | amount, announce, boomerang, brownie |
Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
oo | same sound, different pattern: /oo/ | boost, rooster, trooper |
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ou | coupon, crouton, group | |
same sound, different pattern: /ow/ | bough, bounce, counter | |
ow | chowder, flower, prowler | |
Optional Challenge Words | boundary, droopiness, drowsiness |
Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
a | plant, prance |
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au | caught, fraud, launch |
aw | claw, crawl, law, saw |
al | hall, stalk, walk |
Optional Challenge Words | alter, applaud, awful, awkward |
Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
other base | add s to make plural | garden, gardens, plane, planes, wall, walls, worker, workers |
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_ch base | add _es to make plural | beach, beaches, coach, coaches, watch, watches |
_sh base | brush, brushes, bush, bushes | |
_s base | class, classes, kiss, kisses | |
_x base | fox, foxes | |
Optional Challenge Words | adventure, adventures, emperor, emperors, scholar, scholars |
Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
Base | child, foot, life, man, mouse, person, wife, woman |
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Plural | children, feet, lives, men, mice, people, wives, women |
Shared Reading, Lessons 36 – 40
Base | army, body, buddy, bully, diary, fairy, lady, ninety, party, trophy |
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Plural | armies, bodies, buddies, bullies, diaries, fairies, ladies, nineties, parties, trophies |
Grade 3 Word Lists
Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
CVVC base | clean, shout |
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CVVC suffixes | cleaning, shouted |
CVCC base | flush, pass, start, think, watch |
CVCC suffixes | flushed, passing, started, thinking, watching |
CVC base | drop, grab, step |
CVC suffixes | dropped, grabbed, stepped |
Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
CVCC base | blink, fish, lift, walk |
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CVCC +ed | blinked, fished, lifted, walked |
CVCC +ing | blinking, fishing, lifting, walking |
CVCe base | care, hate, hike, hope, like, live, note, smile |
CVCe +ed | cared, hated, hiked, hoped, liked, lived, noted, smiled |
CVCe +ing | caring, hating, hiking, hoping, liking, living, noting, smiling |
Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
Cy base | busy, carry, cry, dry, marry, scary, try |
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Cy +ed | carried, cried, dried, married, tried |
Cy +ing | carrying, crying, drying, marrying |
Cy +s | tries |
Cy +er | busier, scarier |
Cy +est | busiest, scariest |
Vy base | annoy, delay, play |
Vy +ed | annoyed, delayed, played |
Vy +ing | annoying, delaying, playing |
Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
VCe | compete, refuse, surprise |
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VCe +ed | refused, surprised |
VCe +ing | refusing, surprising |
CVCC base | impress, return |
CVCC +ed | impressed, returned |
CVCC +ing | impressing, returning |
CVC | forget |
CVC +ed | forgot |
CVC +ing | forgetting |
Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
VCe | create, divide, unite |
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VCe +ed | created, divided, united |
VCe +ing | creating, dividing, uniting |
CVCC | protect |
CVCC +ed | protected |
CVCC +ing | protecting |
Vowel Team | cause, lead |
Vowel Team +ed | caused, led |
Vowel Team +ing | causing, leading |
Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
Base | agree, disagree, govern |
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+ment | agreement, disagreement, government |
VCe (final syllable) | compromise |
VCe +ed | compromised |
VCe +ing | compromising |
CVCC (final syllable) | represent |
CVCC +ed | represented |
CVCC +ing | representing |
Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
Vocabulary | bill, committee, democracy, legislative, President, Representative |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 36 – 40
Vocabulary | accuse, capital, decide, monument, parliament, tradition |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
Vocabulary | bacteria, conserve, diagram, erosion, ingredients, nutrients |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
Vocabulary | atom, crystal, element, magma, mineral, molecule |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
Vocabulary | global warming, igneous, metamorphic, particles, sedimentary, weathering |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
Vocabulary | atmosphere, front, meteorologist, pressure, updraft, vapor |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
Vocabulary | condense, conditions, destructive, forecast, instruments, radar |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
Vocabulary | applauded, exception, orphans, positive, produce, recognize |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
Vocabulary | comforted, criminal, enlisted, ignorant, imitate, reason |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 36 – 40
Vocabulary | complicated, downpour, introduce, memorize, nerve, teeter |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 41 – 45
Vocabulary | hurriedly, instantly, lunging, nimble, revolution, signal |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
Vocabulary | autobiography, errands, liberator, prejudice, relatives, subscription |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
Vocabulary | curdle, impatient, lend, pride, Quaker, tinderbox |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
Vocabulary | journey, load, nonsense, rent, restless, ridiculous |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
Vocabulary | anxious, dazzling, interrupt, pleasant, puzzling, wearily |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
Vocabulary | argument, convention, dare, doubtful, scold, stubborn |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
Vocabulary | express, mission, prohibited, property, silversmith, tax |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
Vocabulary | diabetes, heritage, Ivy League, Justice, lawyer, misery |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 36 – 40
Vocabulary | appointed, district attorney, humble, politician, prosecute, seize |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 41 – 45
Vocabulary | discrimination, injustice, inspired, justify, trailblazer, vowed |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
Vocabulary | condescending, consequences, derogatory, disregard, excruciating, mortified |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
Vocabulary | anguish, crow, frenzied, insistent, relief, resonate |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
Vocabulary | contrarian, expectancy, familiar, gesture, option, personification |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
Vocabulary | electricity, engine, generator, machine, required, scorched |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
Vocabulary | citizens, city-state, column, glories, myth, mythology |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
Vocabulary | consult, cringe, exercises, intention, retched, sorority |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
Vocabulary | enlightenment, initiate, revelation, scheming, shambles, shifty |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 36 – 40
Vocabulary | equality, headstrong, opportunity, pit crew, temple, tinker |
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Grade 4 Word Lists
Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
Vocabulary | commotion, deliver, exhibition, mentioning, particular, universe |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
Vocabulary | anxious, hoist, muttering, practically, sneer, unyielding |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
Vocabulary | ability, audience, extended, intimidate, miracle, recognized |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
Vocabulary | career, hesitation, pressure, protective, reputation, situation |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
Vocabulary | curtly, marvel, prelude, reassure, relocation, subtle |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
Vocabulary | concerned, containing, discarded, disheveled, insisted, transformation |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
Vocabulary | appropriate, elegant, episode, exchanges, mention, metropolitan |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 36 – 5
Vocabulary | centered, cherish, commoner, design, discontent, fragrance, gallows, pawnshop, previously, prophecy, slothfulness, stern |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
Vocabulary | demonstrate, ignorant, perish, shackled, tallow, toiling |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
Vocabulary | eavesdrop, inclination, innocent, peninsula, pierce, provisions |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
Vocabulary | confer, exhorting, fury, negotiate, shirk, starvation |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
Vocabulary | conjecture, enthusiastic, idle, smoldering, vengeful, vision |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
Vocabulary | examine, foreshadowing, rationing, regal, vigil, wealthy |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 33
Vocabulary | authority, intricate, makeshift, ruckus |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 34 – 40
Vocabulary | ceremony, coronation, heirs, monarchy, scurrying, succession, taxes |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
Vocabulary | operation, osprey, predator, relentlessly, smolder, transformed |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
Vocabulary | eligible, genuinely, intrude, irregularities, obituary, solemnly |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
Vocabulary | agitated, concentrated, first impression, inconsistent, out of commission, vandalism |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
Vocabulary | condemned, fascinating, fumigated, inescapable, milling, unison |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
Vocabulary | booster, caravan, pesticide, retaliate, reverence, valuables |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
Vocabulary | coming unglued, compromise, desperate, freeze, solemn, withering |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
Vocabulary | conviction, dimly, justice, menacing, mirage, restitution |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
Vocabulary | ancestors, annoyance, kowtow, noxious, silhouette, whimpering |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
Vocabulary | contemplation, decrepit, fierceness, insult, resolute, seething |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
Vocabulary | despaired, indignation, nonchalant, oblivious, pestilence, wretched |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
Vocabulary | appropriate, belied, complimentary, disbelief, disgust, valiant |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
Vocabulary | abundant, patronizing, persist, petulant, plaintive, reconciled |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
Vocabulary | contentment, obedient, proclamation, sacrifice, tranquility, vulnerable |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 36
Vocabulary | apprentice, compromise, frontier, inevitable, optimistic, pessimistic, sympathetic, vocabulary |
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Grade 5 Word Lists
Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
Vocabulary | comfort, defend, impress, respect, restore, return |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
Vocabulary | drama, flinch, judge, potential, sprawls, tradition |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
Vocabulary | assure, cantankerous, cavorted, confess, connect, merely |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
Vocabulary | careening, descended, hope, plummet, sacrifice, tentative |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
Vocabulary | badgered, nonchalant, poise, quivering, relieve, tense |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
Vocabulary | discover, independent, legitimate, mischievous, realize, survivor |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
Vocabulary | cells, digestive, nucleus, organ, organelle, organism |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 36 – 40
Vocabulary | meiosis, mitosis, pigment, reproduce, tissue, waste |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 41 – 45
Vocabulary | disease, ecosystem, osmosis, photosynthesis, transpiration, unicellular |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
Vocabulary | avalanche, colonizers, eruption, explosion, lava, survivors |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
Vocabulary | currents, gyre, ridge, tides, trench, tsunami |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
Vocabulary | atmosphere, atom, orbit, revolve, solar system, sunspot |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
Vocabulary | executor, heir, inherit, luxurious, motive, obituary |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
Vocabulary | alibi, coincidence, defiantly, paralyze, suspicion, timid |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
Vocabulary | irony, plot thickens, resemblance, restraining, share, tension |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
Vocabulary | astounded, deliberately, financier, foreshadow, incriminating, resolution |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 36 – 40
Vocabulary | accomplice, charred, confessed, crossroads, sacrifice, witness |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
Vocabulary | commence, depression, provoked, revenge, terrified, tolerate |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
Vocabulary | cardboard jungle, devoured, hypnotized, orphanage, riding the rails, taste |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
Vocabulary | judgmental, obvious, rehearse, reputation, resourceful, unions |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
Vocabulary | bawling, blended, fumble, insinuating, jazz, rummage |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
Vocabulary | dam, electricity, generator, hydroelectric, reservoir, waterwheel |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 27 – 30
Vocabulary | condensation, evaporation, gas, liquid, precipitation, solid |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
Vocabulary | basalt, boiling point, granite, melting point, subliming, volcano |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 1 – 5
Vocabulary | conscription, oblige, prodigious, truss, whinny, wretched |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 6 – 10
Vocabulary | abolitionists, civilized, conductor, drew, gemstone, skitter |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 11 – 15
Vocabulary | guardian, ingenuity, injustice, ruffian, steward, tormentors |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 16 – 20
Vocabulary | caravan, elixir, exhibitions, indignity, inspiration, muffle |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 21 – 25
Vocabulary | betray, eventually, feverishly, inquiries, requisitioned, scampered |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 26 – 30
Vocabulary | artillery, confinement, cruel, duped, trench, wrenches |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 31 – 35
Vocabulary | conscious, customs, ethnically diverse, exotic, heritage, thrifty |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 36 – 40
Vocabulary | authentic, bewildered, conflict, exposition, hyperbole, notable |
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Shared Reading, Lessons 41 – 45
Vocabulary | climax, falling action, juxtaposition, rising action, strained, suspense |
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