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EMC 9170

• 36 weekly units teach 144 words

• Valuable test prep• Builds vocabulary and

promotes: - reading comprehension - critical-thinking skills - concept acquisition

Available forGrades 1–6+

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GRADE 3 • WEEK 1Student Pages

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A Word a Day

Week 1

impatient

adjective

An impatient person is always in a hurry and finds it hard to wait.

The impatient man left the bank because the line was too long.Which of these show impatient behavior?

• a toddler screaming for the toy that fell out of her stroller• a teenager waiting politely until everyone finishes dinner• a child waiting quietly in line to buy ice cream

in a crowded store• a girl calling for help while the teacher is with

someone else• a boy pulling on his mother’s sleeve while she’s

on the phone

What makes you impatient? What can you do to make it easier to wait?

Our toaster is the oldest appliance in our kitchen. The microwave is the newest.Which of these are household appliances?

• a pillow• a blender• a doorknob• a refrigerator• a vacuum cleaner

Which appliance do you use most often at home? What do you use it for?

appliance

noun

An appliance is a household machine that is used for a special purpose.


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appropriate

adjective

When something is appropriate, it is right for that situation.

It’s appropriate to wear nice clothing to a wedding.Which of the following activities are appropriate?

• throwing food on the floor• saying “thank you” after receiving a gift• taking your friend’s toy without asking• wearing a bathing suit to the swimming pool• raising your hand in school when you have a question

What is the appropriate way to behave at an orchestra concert? How about at a football game?

After the dentist numbed her mouth, Ariana could only mumble.Which words mean about the same as mumble?

• yell• mutter• declare• murmur• grumble

What would you say to someone who mumbles in order to get him or her to speak more clearly?

mumble

verb

When you mumble, you don’t speak clearly.



Review Pages

Review

6 A Word a Day • EMC 2793 • © Evan-Moor Corp.

A Word a Day

Week 1

impatient • appliance • appropriate • mumble

1 Tell students that you are going to give them a clue about one of the words for the week. Th ey are to fi nd the word that answers the clue.

• An electric fan is one of these. (an appliance)

• Th is kind of behavior is polite. (appropriate)

• You might feel this way if you had to wait a long time to open a present. (impatient)

• When people do this, it is hard to understand them. (mumble)

2 Read each sentence and ask students to supply the correct word to complete the sentence.

• A household , such as a clothes dryer, costs a lot of money. (appliance)

• It is not to yell inside the classroom. (appropriate)

• When you , I can’t tell what you are saying. (mumble)

• Try reading a book if you get while waiting for the bus. (impatient)

3 Read each sentence and ask students to tell which word or words are wrong. Th en have them provide the correct word from the week’s list.

• It is incorrect to thank someone who does you a favor. (incorrect/appropriate)

• Shy people often speak clearly, making it hard to understand them. (speak clearly/mumble)

• Pablo is so relaxed that he hates waiting for longer than a minute. (relaxed/impatient)

� Read each sentence and ask students to decide if it is true or false. If the sentence is false, instruct students to explain why.

• Interrupting others is usually appropriate. (false; it is impolite to interrupt others)

• Most TV newscasters mumble. (false; most speak clearly)

• It is not much fun to talk with an impatient person. (true)

• A sheet of paper is a household appliance. (false; a sheet of paper is not a machine)

Write on the board the four words studied this week. Read the words with the class and briefl y review their meanings. Th en conduct the oral activities below.

Answers for page 7: 1. B, 2. J, 3. A, 4. J

Name

Review Words

Writing


A Word a Day

Week 1


Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.

1. Which of these words has about the same meaning as appropriate?𝖠𝖠 wrong𝖡𝖡 right𝖢𝖢 quiet𝖣𝖣 noisy

2. When you mumble, you don’t clearly.𝖥𝖥 hear𝖦𝖦 see𝖧𝖧 write

speak

3. Which of these do impatient people dislike? 𝖠𝖠 waiting in line𝖡𝖡eating breakfast𝖢𝖢 playing in the park𝖣𝖣 watching a movie

4. Which of these is a kitchen appliance?𝖥𝖥 a table𝖦𝖦 a spoon𝖧𝖧 dishwashing soap

a microwave

How can you tell when someone is feeling impatient? Use impatient in your sentence.

GRADE 3 • WEEK 1



Name

Review Words

Writing


A Word a Day

Week 1


Fill in the bubble next to the correct answer.

1. Which of these words has about the same meaning as appropriate?𝖠𝖠 wrong𝖡𝖡 right𝖢𝖢 quiet𝖣𝖣 noisy

2. When you mumble, you don’t clearly.𝖥𝖥 hear𝖦𝖦 see𝖧𝖧 write

speak

3. Which of these do impatient people dislike? 𝖠𝖠 waiting in line𝖡𝖡eating breakfast𝖢𝖢 playing in the park𝖣𝖣 watching a movie

4. Which of these is a kitchen appliance?𝖥𝖥 a table𝖦𝖦 a spoon𝖧𝖧 dishwashing soap

a microwave

How can you tell when someone is feeling impatient? Use impatient in your sentence.


Dictionary

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Sample Dictionary GRADE 3


abdomenaimampleappreciatebashfulbefuddleboastbreezebustlebusybodychatterchumcleverclusterclutteredcollectioncompetecooperativecreatecreepcrunchdampdangledaringdashdazzledeeddemonstratedinedirectdiscussdismissdodgedrencheddrowsydull

dwellingentranceequipmentexplorefamousfavorfestivefetchfinalfirmflabbergastedflutterfocusfriskyfuss garmentgentlegiggleglanceglittergloomygnawgratefulgrouchyhandyharborherohoarsehobbyhorriblehushintenseinterestjabber jealousjolly

jumbolackmerrymethodmightymysterynaturenibblenimblenutritiousobjectoccuroddodorpanicpantomimepatientpausepeerpeppypermitpestpitypokypopularprancepreferpresentquestionracketreactreduce regretridiculousrustlesample

scamperscowlscreechscrubselfishsensibleshiverskillslumbersnickersniffsnoopsoarspecksplendidstrangestrollswiftsympathetictallytametasktexturethoughtfulthrilltourvehiclevictoryvoyagewanderwavywealthywigglewildyelpzip


GRADE 1Word List


abandon

abbreviated

ability

accomplishment

advertise

affection

agony

alert

antics

appetite

artificial

assist

attempt

attire

audience

available

avoid

bargain

beverage

bizarre

blizzard

brim

camouflage

ceremony

chitchat

clench

clumsy

combine

companion

complicated

compromise

consent

consequence

contagious

convince

cozy

dainty

decay

definite

dependable

detour

disease

disturb

donate

doodle

dynamo

eager

echo

emotion

enchanted

enormous

enthusiastic

entire

errand

estimate

etiquette

exchange

exhausted

famished

flimsy

forbid

frequent

furious

generous

gleam

grant

grip

grumble

habit

halt

hardy

harmless

harmony

healthy

hideous

hodgepodge

huddle

hue

humorous

hustle

ideal

identical

imitate

infant

ingredients

inhabit

inquire

interview

jiffy

journey

jovial

lagoon

loaf

miniature

modern

monotone

nominate

obnoxious

occupation

occupy

omit

opinion

original

participate

passenger

pastry

perishable

physician

portion

pounce

predict

prevent

putrid

queasy

rambunctious

recite

refuse

retrieve

scarce

scholar

shelter

shipshape

shriek

slither

spectator

sturdy

swarm

talented

tedious

tempting

tidy

topple

tremble

trio

trivial

unusual

vacant

variety

vigorous

villain

volume

warning

wince

zany

scamperscowlscreechscrubselfishsensibleshiverskillslumbersnickersniffsnoopsoarspecksplendidstrangestrollswiftsympathetictallytametasktexturethoughtfulthrilltourvehiclevictoryvoyagewanderwavywealthywigglewildyelpzip


GRADE 2 Word List


abolish

abundant

accurate

adjustable

admire

advise

ancestor

ancient

announce

annual

anticipate

anxious

applaud

appliance

appropriate

ascend

associate

assume

astonish

babble

banquet

braggart

browse

canine

carpenter

category

cautious

characteristic

charity

cherish

coax

commence

conduct

considerate

content

convenient

cooperate

creative

deliberately

demand

demolish

destination

diminish

disaster

discourage

dismal

disposable

doze

drought

ecstatic

edible

elderly

eliminate

encourage

essential

expand

feeble

fiction

fidgety

flexible

fragile

fragrance

function

gallant

hardship

headquarters

hesitate

hubbub

impatient

include

increase

independent

inflate

insist

instruct

irritable

knowledge

landscape

launch

locate

mechanic

milestone

mob

motion

mumble

neglect

nonsense

nourishment

observe

opponent

opportunity

optimistic

orbit

parched

peer

persevere

perspire

persuade

pollution

ponder

positive

possession

postpone

praise

prepare

prompt

pursue

qualify

quarrel

quench

rapid

reasonable

recreation

request

reserve

respond

restrain

route

satisfactory

scold

secluded

significant

similar

solution

spectacular

statement

stoop

strenuous

strive

struggle

stubborn

surface

task

tattered

theme

thorough

transparent

unanimous

unfortunate

vanish

verdict

withdraw

youth

zest


Word List GRADE 3


quarrel

quench

rapid

reasonable

recreation

request

reserve

respond

restrain

route

satisfactory

scold

secluded

significant

similar

solution

spectacular

statement

stoop

strenuous

strive

struggle

stubborn

surface

task

tattered

theme

thorough

transparent

unanimous

unfortunate

vanish

verdict

withdraw

youth

zest

abscond

absorb

absurd

ache

adapt

admonish

advance

affluent

agriculture

ambition

amuse

atmosphere

baffled

barricade

barrier

bedlam

belligerent

betray

bloated

boost

brawl

bygone

candidate

cantankerous

capable

casual

classify

collide

command

compass

compete

complement

conceal

criticize

curtail

dapper

dawdle

deceive

decline

defiant

dejected

destitute

determined

detest

devour

dexterity

digits

digress

dilemma

diligent

dingy

discussion

docile

drenched

efficient

elated

encounter

enthusiasm

establish

exact

fickle

flounder

foreign

frantic

frigid

gallery

germinate

glamorous

glitter

gloomy

gossip

gratitude

gregarious

habitat

harass

hazardous

heirloom

hemisphere

hermit

hilarious

humdrum

ignore

indulge

ingenious

jumble

justify

knickknack

kowtow

lackadaisical

landscape

lecture

legend

lenient

lofty

luminous

maneuver

marionette

massive

mischief

moist

narrative

numerous

obligation

obvious

outwit

panic

participant

patriot

peer

penetrate

perennial

permanent

perplexed

plunge

precious

predicament

purchase

random

recommend

remedy

renovate

replenish

resource

rickety

scavenger

shrub

sluggish

solo

spontaneous

stagnant

symphony

tedious

temporary

thaw

transmit

treacherous

trivial

unique

unkempt

unruly

vanquish

velocity

ventriloquist

weary


Word ListGRADE 4


abominable

amateur

ancestor

annex

antidote

appease

aptitude

artifact

aspire

asset

automatic

balmy

bask

belfry

blotch

brawny

chronic

collate

compile

condemn

condense

congenial

congested

contemporary

contribute

convertible

correspond

corrupt

coy

critique

curfew

denominator

deplete

diagnosis

dimension

disheveled

domestic

dominate

dormant

elevate

emancipate

emotion

endurance

exquisite

extravagant

facilitate

falsehood

flammable

flourish

fluctuate

friction

garland

glutton

gratify

harmonious

hearty

horde

humble

humorous

immaculate

immerse

impartial

implore

indication

inundate

invincible

jaunty

jostled

junction

jut

killjoy

kindling

knoll

lapse

leisure

loathe

loiter

metamorphosis

mundane

muse

mutter

native

navigate

negligent

noxious

ovation

overwhelmed

pandemonium

paraphrase

partial

pedigree

pell-mell

perceive

phenomenon

ponder

procrastinate

prosperous

pulsate

pungent

quagmire

query

quintessential

radiate

ravenous

rebellion

recoil

remote

rendezvous

retaliate

rustic

scuffle

sincere

snob

Spartan

susceptible

tactful

taffeta

tamper

tantalize

tariff

tarnish

tattered

temptation

terminate

timber

tolerate

tousled

tragedy

translucent

tuition

tumultuous

uncouth

undaunted

undeniable

urge

versatile

vertical

vicinity

vigorous

vital

vulnerable

whimsical

wriggle

yearn


Word List GRADE 5


retaliate

rustic

scuffle

sincere

snob

Spartan

susceptible

tactful

taffeta

tamper

tantalize

tariff

tarnish

tattered

temptation

terminate

timber

tolerate

tousled

tragedy

translucent

tuition

tumultuous

uncouth

undaunted

undeniable

urge

versatile

vertical

vicinity

vigorous

vital

vulnerable

whimsical

wriggle

yearn

absorb

adaptation

akimbo

ambiguous

amuse

ancient

anonymous

antique

aquatic

array

authentic

avert

ballyhoo

banish

banter

benefactor

bountiful

buoyant

burrow

calligraphy

campaign

cavort

charade

charisma

circumstance

compel

compose

comprehend

concise

concoct

confident

conform

confront

contemplate

converge

courteous

customary

deception

dedicate

descend

detest

digit

dignity

diplomatic

distraction

encumber

endeavor

endorse

endow

enlist

enthrall

enunciate

erroneous

esophagus

essential

esteem

exaggerate

expose

extricate

familiar

fastidious

fatigue

fiasco

finance

flaunt

forfeit

formidable

frontier

galaxy

gesture

glare

gorgeous

gritty

honorary

idle

ignorance

immobile

indispensable

infinite

influential

innovation

integrate

intimate

intuition

irresistible

jester

jovial

jubilant

juvenile

know-how

limber

literacy

lobby

lunge

luscious

majestic

majority

mesmerize

mischievous

moderate

mortify

motto

murmur

nerve

oblivious

obsolete

overcast

patronize

perennial

persistent

pessimistic

petty

pharmacist

priority

promotion

pucker

queue

quizzical

ramshackle

reluctant

repose

restoration

reunion

sanction

sarcastic

sensitive

shallow

slovenly

stratosphere

taunt

tendency

terminology

tirade

tolerant

triumph

ultimate

urban

utter

vain

vehement

ventilation

venture

volunteer

whim


Word ListGRADE 6+


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