3rd Grade Vocabulary

What does Flutter mean?

• happening quickly or promptly

• Run very fast

• hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly

• talent, skill, or proficiency in a particular area

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does contrast mean?

• keep (something) from happening or arising

• improve (an unpleasant situation, especially a disagreement)

• talent, skill, or proficiency in a particular area

• compare in such a way as to emphasize differences

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

What does ability mean?

• Finding something difficult to do

• possession of the means or skill to do something

• moving or capable of moving at high speed

• an act of fluttering

What does mend mean?

• To do something very fast

• The combine forces

• To repair something or improve a situation

• To stop something from happening

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does prevent mean?

• keep (something) from happening or arising

• Go on a vacation

• Say something happened recently

• Compare two different things

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.RI.3.4

What does swift mean?

• It's Taylor Swift's last name (notice how her last name is a possessive noun! If you tell me you noticed, I'll give you a gummy bear)

• Repair and object or situation

• The act of fluttering

• Happening very quickly or promptly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

Bonus #1: What is a symbiotic relationship?

• a romance between two animals

• a close relationship between two species in which at least one species benefits

• wild animals who fight a lot

• A fight to the death

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.4

Bonus #2: What does subsequent mean?

• To ride the subway

• Studying deep down in the ocean

• To subtract

• To follow something-- to come after

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RI.3.4