Week 30 3rd Grade

Robust Vocabulary

MagnifyWhen you magnify something, you make it look larger than it actually is.

We use the telescope to magnify the stars in the sky.

ObservedIf you observed something, you watched it carefully to learn more about it.

Our class observed the science experiments and record the outcomes.

GenerateTo generate something is to produce it.

Our class generated get well cards for a sick classmate.

ConfirmWhen you can prove something is correct, you can confirm it.

The A+ on my test confirmed I had practice my spelling words.

PicturesqueSomething that is picturesque is pretty enough to be in a picture.

The sunset was a picturesque view.

Safeguard

To safeguard something is to protect and guard it.

When you blow your nose into a tissue, you safeguard others from your cold.

ExpeditionAn expedition is an adventure or a journey to a new place.

Astronauts made an expedition to the moon.

Uncharted

If an area is uncharted, there are no maps of the place.

The explorers found uncharted trails in the jungle.

AlignedWhen two things are aligned, they match up perfectly.

We aligned the books on the shelf.

Occur When something occurs, it happens.

We observed the experiment to see what result would occur.