Vocabulary Practice Reading Groups 3 and 4 WK 29

Heather just learned how to ride a bike. It had been three days and she was still trying to learn how to balance herself. Heather is a _________.

• professional

• coward

• rebel

• novice

Nancy learned that she had so many options she could pursue for high school. She could focus mainly on Spanish and learn to be an ELL teacher, she could get all of her math credits and become a secondary math teacher, or she could continue playing the drums and get a music scholarship for college. Nancy had many _________.

• obstacles

• judgements

• prospects

• impossibilities

Jasmine was on her way home late at night. She was following behind an 18-wheeler truck. Without warning, the truck stopped, and Jasmine's bumper kissed the back of the 18-wheeler. The truck stopped-

• shockingly

• avidly

• horridly

• abruptly

Sarah watched as Jacob solved the division problem incorrectly. First, he didn’t have the correct factors to show the division correctly since he didn’t know his multiplication facts well. Sarah flushed. She didn’t want to embarrass Jacob, but something had to be doon. Jacob was –

• shy

• erroneous

• incomplete

• deceiver

Tammy didn’t understand her Spanish homework. She was confusing the verbs and her colors. For homework, she had to read a large passage aloud and translate it to English. Tammy’s homework was-

• ambiguous

• intricate

• vital

• tiresome

Everyday Mark spent 5 hours after school, studying and reading. He had just entered 6^th grade ad wanted to succeed this year. He told his friends that during the week, he could not come over their house since he had devoted his time to school. Mark was a/an ________________ student.

• timid

• quarrelsome

• avid

• boisterous

Today was the last day Samantha let the classroom bully, Cara pick on her. She had replayed in her mind what she was going to say when Cara approached her. Samantha walked confidently to class an took her usual seat. Out of nowhere, Cara said “This seat it taken.” Samantha replied, “I don’t see a name on it.” And continued to sit down. Today Samantha was –

• ridiculous

• audacious

• nervous

• rumbustious

One the way to North Carolina the smooth paved roads turned into rough and bumpy dirt roads. Lena couldn’t see when all of the dirt from the road started fogging the air. Some roads in North Carolina are –

• dirty

• confusing

• timid

• abrasive

Ever since she was two years old, Erica found out she was lactose intolerant. This meant that she couldn’t eat the normal foods her mother typically made such as eggs and cheese, mac and cheese, and chicken alfredo just to name a few. Recently she started replacing 2% milk with almond milk and she loved the taste. Erica needed _________ foods.

• simple

• alternative

• natural

• artificial

Ron had been living with his dad for two weeks now after getting in so much trouble while living with his mom. In his old school, he would get into fights just about every day. He also had a hard time following the rules. In contrast, Ron was doing so much better with his dad. It was easy for Ron to –

• assimilate

• mimic

• advance

• project