Spelling and
Vocabulary Words
UNIT 1
The Mystery of the Missing Lunch
Vocabulary: allergies, consideration, assignments,
consume, suspicious, evidence, accuse
Spelling: sum, flat, plum, bell, grim, plot, band, bluff,
dock, blot, odd, left, cash, mill, past, shelf, wealth,
crunch, hint, build, snack, step, pond, heavy, shovel
A Walk in the Desert
Vocabulary: climate, lurk, silken, lumbering, shimmer,
eerie, swallows
Spelling: pale, face, crate, clay, stray, cane, slate, today,
bail, rail, break, ache, drain, faint, flame, claim, steak,
neigh, mane, graze, grim, plum, cash, neighbor, railway
Animals Come Home to Our National Parks
Vocabulary: roamed, completed, journey, natural,
wildlife
Spelling: beam, tea, chief, squeak, peep, weep, sleek,
heal, tease, thief, deal, please, leak, league, reef, deed,
feet, breathe, speech, wheeze, neigh, pale, bail, freedom,
appeal
Astronaut and the Onion
Vocabulary: endless, sensible, universe, astronaut,
protested, paralyzed, realistic
Spelling: file, drive, kite, pies, die, wipe, inside, height,
pride, spy, sigh, shy, prime, sly, pry, climb, minding, fright,
twice, slight, chief, please, sleek, highway, wildlife
The Raft
Vocabulary: raft, downstream, scattered, cluttered,
disgusted, nuzzle
Spelling: goal, mole, stone, stove, chose, own, fold, flow,
mold, toll, groan, stole, foam, mows, roasting, lower, sole,
blown, bolt, quote, kite, shy, climb, coaster, motor
UNIT 2
Mighty Jackie
Vocabulary: muttered, legendary, gaped, fluke, insult,
flinched, snickering
Spelling: choose, kitchen, marching, touch, chatter,
sketched, chant, chance, branch, hitch, ketchup, cheap,
chopped, latch, chef, patch, snatch, arch, stretching,
pitcher, stove, goal, mows, chemical, checkers
My Diary From Here to There
Vocabulary: overheard, unions, opportunities, strikes,
boycotts, border, citizen
Spelling: rush, northern, brush, shed, thanks, washer,
photo, graph, whole, these, fifth, whisk, thirty, bother,
shove, phrase, headphone, width, nowhere, whirl, arch,
ketchup, cheap, theater, wherever
Stealing Beauty
Vocabulary: temples, dynasties, heritage, preserve,
overjoyed
Spelling: shred, through, sprout, sprawl, split, throb,
throat, shrink, screw, shrimp, screech, straighten, sprang,
shriek, splashing, straps, strain, strand, script, thrill,
graph, brush, these, threaten, strictly
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning
Vocabulary: hilarious, dizzy, nowadays, independence,
handy, whirlwind, mischief, convinced
Spelling: door, dart, fort, morning, carpet, ford, core,
cord, spark, award, smart, charge, worn, argue, stormy,
bore, guard, ward, warp, barnyard, screech, shrimp,
throat, charcoal, forecast
Dear Mr. Winston
Vocabulary: apologize, genuine, harmless, cardboard,
slithered, ambulance, weekdays
Spelling: gear, scare, fear, cheer, spare, hear, rear, stair,
airfare, career, compare, spear, beard, area, appear,
yearly, tear, lair, mere, snare, fort, dart, worn, sincere,
staircase
UNIT 3
Roadrunner’s Dance
Vocabulary: interfere, agile, guardian, proclaimed,
awkward, tottered
Spelling: dirty, purse, birth, curl, curve, curb, person,
shirt, worse, hurl, twirl, swirl, herb, turkey, turnip,
purpose, blurred, sternly, serpent, pearl, hear, spare, lair,
spurt, further
My Brother Martin
Vocabulary: injustice, numerous, ancestors, unfair,
avoided, unsuspecting, segregation
Spelling: hour, lambs, knew, wrench, kneel, thumbs,
honest, answer, honesty, plumber, honor, known, combs,
wrapper, knives, doubt, knead, wriggle, heir, wrinkle, curl,
pearl, shirt, knuckles, wrestle
Kid Reporters at Work
Vocabulary: identified, enterprising, persistence,
venture
Spelling: center, once, dance, germs, spice, bridge,
badge, circus, cement, glance, strange, police, certain,
orange, ounce, ginger, wedge, arrange, sponge, village,
combs, kneel, wrench, general, ceremony
Mystic Horse
Vocabulary: patchwork, mysterious, responsibility,
midst, loosened, amazement, sores
Spelling: clams, mints, props, arches, dresses, parents,
caves, glasses, hobbies, engines, couches, arrows, enemies,
babies, ranches, patches, mistakes, berries, mosses,
armies, circus, germs, spice, batteries, compasses
Snowflake Bentley
Vocabulary: technique, microscope, foolishness, magnify,
inspire, negatives, evaporate, blizzard
Spelling: fishbowl, lookout, backyard, desktop, campfire,
overhead, waterproof, grandparent, railroad, snowstorm,
loudspeaker, bookcase, bedroom, blindfold, newborn,
bedspread, yourself, overdo, clothesline, undertake,
berries, dresses, arches, eyesight, paperweight
UNIT 4
Dear Mrs. LaRue
Vocabulary: risks, bluffing, desperate, neglected,
obedience, endured, appreciated, misunderstood
Spelling: tasted, ripping, forced, flipping, tapped,
flipped, cared, flagged, ripped, skipped, tapping, saved,
skipping, caring, flagging, discussed, saving, tasting,
forcing, discussing, bedspread, desktop, snowstorm,
outwitted, underscoring
The Blind Hunter
Vocabulary: fade, jealousy, cautiously, disguised,
crisscrossed, faint, wisdom
Spelling: funnier, families, pennies, worried, replied,
varied, marries, carries, easily, silliest, jumpier, emptier,
merrier, cries, cozily, sorriest, prettily, lazier, happiest,
dizziest, caring, tasting, skipped, handily, factories
The Power of Oil
Vocabulary: electrical, globe, fuels, decayed
Spelling: should, zoom, tunes, brooks, you’ll, wool, mood,
suits, crew, spool, stool, cookie, food, used, grew, group,
stoop, move, stew, huge, pennies, prettily, funnier,
crooked, juicy
Adelina’s Whales
Vocabulary: dove, snoring, politicians, massive, tangles,
rumbling, unique
Spelling: flower, voices, tower, mound, cowboy, gown,
frown, south, howling, annoy, noises, pound, hound, pouch,
thousand, wound, grouch, cough, grown, voyage, cookie,
zoom, huge, drought, downtown
At Home in the Coral Reefs
Vocabulary: coral, reef, brittle, eventually, current,
partnership, suburbs
Spelling: walker, chalk, laws, stalk, bald, caught, drawn,
halt, strawberry, fought, caller, half, straw, small,
thought, talking, awe, shawl, false, squall, south, pouch,
annoy, wallpaper, awkward
UNIT 5
Because of Winn-Dixie
Vocabulary: snuffled, selecting, positive, consisted,
peculiar, advanced
Spelling: dinner, blanket, willow, plastic, welcome,
summer, dipper, foggy, thriller, ticket, swallow, picket,
witness, slender, nodded, planner, member, fossil,
rumbles, blossom, talking, drawn, shawl, cupboard,
friendly
Ranita, the Frog Princess
Vocabulary: cranky, specialty, bumbling, famished,
selfish, commotion, exasperated
Spelling: river, level, never, talent, radar, limit, diver,
finish, famous, spoken, cabin, wiper, habit, bison, cider,
stolen, promise, razor, pity, easel, swallow, plastic,
rumbles, sequence, vivid
Exploring the Undersea Territory
Vocabulary: period, vessels, valuable, documenting,
estimated
Spelling: above, cancel, remind, gather, between, unfold,
tender, action, monster, chamber, petal, woman, weeder,
frosty, clipper, tutor, poster, behave, relate, excite,
diver, finish, spoken, another, remember
Me and Uncle Romie
Vocabulary: strutting, skyscrapers, swarms, glorious,
flicked, collage, barbecue
Spelling: grocer, pepper, barber, grader, polar, tanker,
singer, enter, odor, collar, zipper, powder, danger,
cheddar, popular, harbor, anchor, elevator, daughter,
victor, cancel, behave, tender, conductor, waiter
Wild Horses
Vocabulary: descendants, coaxing, habitat, fragile,
threatened, glistening, sanctuary
Spelling: uncle, turtle, total, pencil, oral, pebble, channel,
local, paddle, pupil, symbol, medal, bubble, settle, vessel,
bugle, pedal, special, ankle, docile, barber, anchor,
cheddar, animal, snorkel
UNIT 6
The Gold Rush Game
Vocabulary: annoyed, glinted, prospectors, reference,
outstretched, disappointment, circular
Spelling: robin, button, bacon, reason, cotton, sunken,
eleven, cousin, woven, raisin, cannon, muffin, widen,
wooden, ridden, common, proven, often, penguin, skeleton,
medal, pupil, paddle, violin, vitamin
The Cricket in Times Square
Vocabulary: eavesdropping, jumble, scuffling, scornfully,
wistfully, acquaintance, logical
Spelling: root, tale, wade, tail, prince, dough, moose,
prints, we’ve, weave, whose, route, who’s, boulder,
weighed, patience, bolder, doe, mousse, patients, cotton,
muffin, eleven, straight, strait
Meet a Bone-ified Explorer
Vocabulary: fossil, inspected, paleontologist,
stumbled upon
Spelling: discourage, disappoint, disbelief, distrust,
disloyal, misplace, mislabel, mislead, misstep, misnumber,
nonfat, nonfiction, nonsense, nonstop, unable, unplug,
uncertain, uncomfortable, uncover, unclean, prince,
weighed, bolder, mishap, unravel
My Brother’s Flying Machine
Vocabulary: glider, unstable, assured, applauded,
wingspan, hoisting, headlines
Spelling: spotless, sunny, furry, really, hairy, barely,
tasteless, handful, lifeless, illness, hopefully, happiness,
goodness, sorrowful, purely, sickness, joyfully, aimless,
breathless, certainly, disappoint, nonfat, misnumber,
superbly, successful
The Life and Times of the Ant
Vocabulary: overcome, prehistoric, territory, nutrients,
investigates, communication, solitary, astronomer
Spelling: burrow, furnace, concert, lantern, thirsty,
disturb, alert, perhaps, purchase, nervous, modern,
capture, merchant, survive, concern, service, eastern,
whirlwind, surprise, persuade, really, handful, goodness,
survey, emerge