My Side of the Mountain
Vocabulary Instruction
Day 1
cache
• My brother has a
sweet tooth so he
has a cache of
candy in his
room.
• A hidden store of
goods
4/13/2015
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cache
• Example:
Group, bunch
• Non-example:
Singular; one item
4/13/2015
3
fashion
• My teacher
showed us how to
fashion a bird out
of paper.
• To make into a
particular form
fashion
• Example: Origami
• Non-example:
Taking apart a
building you made
out of blocks
harsh
• The winter was
harsh on the
beautiful flowers.
• Cruel and severe
harsh
• Example: weather
can be harsh;
words can be harsh
if they are mean
• Non-example:
Pleasant weather;
kind words
harvesting
• We love every fall
when my family is
harvesting the crops
because that is the
only time of the year
that my entire family
is together!
• Gathering plant parts
to be eaten later
harvesting
• Example: picking
fruit and/ or
vegetables; picking
cotton
• Non-example:
going to the
market to get fruit
migration
• The coyotes migrated
north in order to find
food since new
construction was
being built where they
used to live and hunt.
• Mass movement of an
animal group to a
different habitat,
usually in search of
food
migration
• Example: Indians
migrated to find
food and water;
geese migrate
• Non-example:
going to a new
town
storehouse
• The storehouse was
full of apple cider,
apple juice, and apple
jam all made from
the apples in our
orchard.
• A place where
supplies are stored
for future use
storehouse
• Example: pantry;
warehouse
• Non-example:
garbage can
survival
• Before my hike in
the dangerous
backcountry, I
packed survival
gear!
• The preservation of
one’s life; the
continuing of life
survival
• Example:
Earthquake kits &
roadside kits are
supplies to aid
survival
• Non-example: to
die
Sentence- Making Fun!
• Write one sentence using the words migration,
survival, and harsh.
• Write one sentence using the words harvesting,
storehouse, and fashion.
• Write one sentence using one prepositional
phrase, one appositive, and two vocabulary
words.
– Example: In the morning, my brother, Matt,
and I will prepare a survival kit for the harsh
weather that we will face on our upcoming
trip.
Think- Pair- Share
• What word do you
think is the most
interesting? Why?
• Was there a word that
you have never heard
before?
I don’t
think
I
I don’t
think
I have
have heard of
heard of cache before.
cache before…