Sign of the Beaver Vocabulary 1-5

Settlement

The settlement of the colonists included small cabins, a church and a town square.

• A reward for winning a lawsuit.

• A small community

• An agreed upon arrangement

• Founding

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Coaxed

The boy coaxed the fox out of his hiding place with a piece of food.

• forced abruptly

• pushed away

• spoke to

• Encouraged

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Deliberately

Matt's dad deliberately walked away from him, so that he would not make his son upset to see him go.

• purposely

• In a mean manner

• on accident

• without caring

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Drawled

The stranger had a drawled accent when he spoke to Matt about the blunderbuss above his door.

• unable to comprehend

• slow, drawn out

• quick, happy

• foreign

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Deprived

Unfortunately, Matt was deprived of supper because he could not catch anything to eat.

• To be denied something

• To accidentally get something

• to have too much of

• To overthink something

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

endure

Matt had to endure the long days of working on his house and keeping up with the chores while his father was away.

• To not be productive

• To patiently suffer through something

• To give up

• To be grateful for

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4