Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, chpt. 3 & 4

pollution

• how bees help flowers to grow

• a place to vote

• harmful substances mixed with water, air, soil

• clean up the environment

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

imitate

• copy a person's speech or mannerisms

• something not real; fake

• acting very young

• writing a long paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

examine

• run around and do push-ups

• to give a reason why you did something

• a test

• look at closely

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

helium

• liquid that makes your voice sound funny

• a colorless, odorless gas

• something you can form into different shapes

• to yell really loudly

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

mug (verb)

• a cup to drink coffee out of

• pull on really hard

• attack or rob in a public place

• a small insect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

brilliant

• usual, ordinary

• very scratchy

• a bill that needs paid

• exceptionally clever or talented

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

support

• gives evidence for; prove

• to add to something else

• to give what is needed

• the main idea of a passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

aqua-

• Latin root word meaning fire

• Latin root word meaning sound

• Latin root word meaning water

• Latin root word meaning say or declare

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

dict-

• Latin root word meaning water

• Latin root word meaning say or declare

• Latin root word meaning to dig

• Latin root word meaning to color

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

predict

• to look before

• to write before

• to say before

• to feel before

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A