Fifth Grade – Open Court
Reading 1.0
Vocabulary and Concept Development
1.3 Understand and explain frequently used synonyms, antonyms, and homographs.
Open Court – Unit 1 Cooperation and Competition
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Concept
synonyms
antonyms
Words
commotion/racket/disturbance/hubbub
hot/cold, more/less, cheap/expensive
Open Court – Unit 2 Astronomy
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homographs
homographs
antonyms
synonyms
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learned, contest
separate, advocate, duplicate, associate, estimate
far/near, powerful/weak
insignificant/trifling, decipher/decode
Open Court – Unit 3 Heritage
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Concept
antonyms
synonyms
synonyms
synonyms/
antonyms
homographs
Words
deep/shallow, enter/exit, lead/follow
small/little, withered/shrank, netted/caught
lambent/luminous, unmoving/inexorable
continue/extend, mighty/meek, peculiar/normal, gleeful/jovial,
flexible/unyielding
read, can, found, like
Open Court – Unit 4 Making a New Nation
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synonyms
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synonyms
synonyms
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prominent/noticeable, apprentice/trainee, hoist/raise, discharge/dismiss,
rollicking/jolly
quiet/silent, objected/protested, proper/correct, knew/recognized
communications/reports/messages/news
Open Court – Unit 5 Going West
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synonyms
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antonyms
synonyms
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procession/parade/march, gorged/ate/devoured, seared/charred/burned,
dwindle/decrease/diminish, sufficient/enough/adequate
harm/help, strength/weakness, fast/slow
hurt/harm, little/small, slim/thin, scared/afraid
Open Court – Unit 6 Journeys and Quests
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Concept
antonyms
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sharp/dull, wisdom/ignorance, simple/complex
KDoyle/CPL/2008
Reading 1.0
Vocabulary and Concept Development
1.4 Know abstract, derived roots and affixes from Greek and Latin and use this knowledge to
analyze the meaning of complex words (e.g. controversial).
Open Court – Unit 1 Cooperation and Competition
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Concept
root word: compete
from Latin competere
(meaning: to seek together)
Words
compete, competitor, competition, competing
Open Court – Unit 2 Astronomy
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Concept
prefix tele(Greek origin meaning: far)
prefix uni(Latin origin meaning: one)
prefix inter(Middle English orgin meaning:
between)
prefix en(Latin origin meaning: cause to be)
suffix –er
(Latin origin meaning: one who does
something)
suffix –ary
(Latin origin meaning: belonging to
or connected with)
suffix –ence
(Latin origin meaning: action or
process)
prefix tele(Greek origin meaning: far)
root –vert
(Latin origin meaning: to turn)
prefix re(Latin origin meaning: again)
Words
telescope
universe
intercepts
enable
viewer
secondary
existence
televise, telegraph, telephoto, teletypewriter,
telescope
convert, extrovert, versatile, divert, vertigo
redo, rewrite, revise, reappear, reread
Open Court – Unit 3 Heritage
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Open Court – Unit 4 Making a New Nation
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Concept
root word colony
(derived from Latin colere
meaning: to cultivate)
root word history
(derived from Greek history
meaning: to know)
prefix con(Latin origin meaning: with)
Words
colony, colonies, colonists, colonial
history, historic, historian, historical
conform, confederation, conjoin, concurrent
Open Court – Unit 5 Going West
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Concept
Latin prefix ex-, meaning out
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root word mount
(derived from Latin
montmons meaning: to
project or threaten)
Words
exhibit, exit, exhale, exclaim, exclude, excuse, expect,
except
mount, paramount, mountain, moutaineer
Open Court – Unit 6 Journeys and Quests
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Concept
root word passion
(Latin origin from passio meaning:
being acted upon)
Passion means “strong feeling or
emotion”
Greek roots
Latin roots
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Homophones
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suffixes –tion or –sion
(derived from Latin meaning: act
of or state of)
Greek root astr meaning star
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Words
passion, passionate, compassion, impassioned
automobile, astronaut, unicycle, biography, biology
terrain, recognized, monstrous, miraculous,
temporary
berry/bury, board/bored, mist/missed, need/knead,
night/knight, marry/merry, ball/bawl, bare/bear,
fair/fare, foul/fowl, hear/here, meat/meet,
flows/floes, barren/baron, bailed/baled
aviation, communication, television, formation
astronomy
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