Hello Parents and Students!
We will be focusing on a new story from our Harcourt Reading textbook each week. Each story has its own set of spelling and vocabulary words. The list below shows all of the vocabulary words associated with the Harcourt stories and themes. Please check your child's agenda or homework folder to see which words and stories are the focus for the week. You can visit Harcourt Storytown online to view activities for each story as well as a glossary for the text.
Theme 1- Facing Challenges
LESSON 1 | LESSON 2 | LESSON 3 | LESSON 4 | LESSON 5 |
Story: The Hot and Cold Summer | Story: Mighty Jackie: The Strike Out Queen | Story: Danrita Brown Leaves Town | Story: Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain | Story: Pedro Puts on a Play |
Skill: Character's Traits and Motivations | Skill: Character's Traits and Motivations | Skill: Compare and Contrast | Skill: Compare and Contrast | Review Skills |
Vocabulary Words: annoyed depriving foisted pact queasy venture | Vocabulary Words: flinched fluke gaped glared legendary muttered snickering stunned | Vocabulary Words: clusters particular sizzles sparkling stroll surrender | Vocabulary Words: accusing averted craned cringed fury interrogation solemnly stern | Vocabulary Words: commenced consternation culinary downcast extensive pensive recruit reminiscent serenely vivid |
Theme 2- Getting the Job Done
LESSON 6 | LESSON 7 | LESSON 8 | LESSON 9 | LESSON 10 |
Story: On the Banks of Plum Creek | Story: Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World | Story: Three Little Cyberpigs | Story: Weaving a California Tradition | Story: Emerald's Eggs |
Skill: Plot: Conflict and Resolution | Skill: Plot: Conflict and Resolution | Skill: Author's Purpose and Perspective | Skill: Author's Purpose and Perspective | Review Skills |
Vocabulary Words: darted swerved responsible contradicting jostling attentive pounced | Vocabulary Words: inspecting taut untangled rumpled lurked resounded reluctant surge | Vocabulary Words: impressed slick nimble exist fierce cease | Vocabulary Words: unique delicate bond preserve infest inspires intervals flexible | Vocabulary Words: comprehend pliable solitary scan vulnerable exuberant mature lumbers encircle nurture |
Theme 3- Natural Changes
LESSON 11 | LESSON 12 | LESSON 13 | LESSON 14 | LESSON 15 |
Story: Mimicry and Camouflage | Story: Mountains | Story: Fire Storm | Story: The Stranger | Story: The Adventurers |
Skill: Text Structure: Cause and Effect | Skill: Text Structure: Cause and Effect | Skill: Drawing Conclusions | Skill: Drawing Conclusions | Review Skills |
Vocabulary Words: avoid deceptive lure mimic obvious predators resembles traits | Vocabulary Words: constant contract depths eruption gradually immediate revealed | Vocabulary Words: altered discourage drudgery plunge scoffed skeptically smoldering treacherous | Vocabulary Words: dashed drab fascinated hermit occasionally peculiar timid trembling | Vocabulary Words: cherish delectable fragile guidance hoist intrepid pristine privilege seasoned undoubtedly |
Theme 4- Imagination at Work
LESSON 16 | LESSON 17 | LESSON 18 | LESSON 19 | LESSON 20 |
Story: So You Want to Be an Inventor? | Story: Just Like Me | Story: Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life | Story: Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie | Story: The Case of the Too- Hot Apple Cider |
Skill: Fact and Opinion | Skill: Fact and Opinion | Skill: Theme | Skill: Theme | Review Skills |
Vocabulary Words: barriers forged hoaxer perfect quest tinker trampled | Vocabulary Words: ancestors brilliant exotic graceful mischievous participate | Vocabulary Words: bountiful inadvertently intentions relentless resourceful roused stature vast | Vocabulary Words: anxiously confidently declared distressed gloated insisted magnificent | Vocabulary Words: beams confound exposed gracious installed looming miserable monitor ominous self-assurance |
Theme 5- A New Home
LESSON 21 | LESSON 22 | LESSON 23 | LESSON 24 | LESSON 25 |
Story: Because of Winn Dixie | Story: My Diary from Here to There | Story: The Cricket in Times Square | Story: Mangrove Wilderness | Story: Welcome to Chinatown! |
Skill: Character, Setting, and Plot | Skill: Character, Setting, and Plot | Skill: Sequence: Story Events | Skill: Sequence: Story Events | Review Skills |
Vocabulary Words: consisted intends prideful recalls select snatched | Vocabulary Words: burst comforted huddle journey opportunities recognizes | Vocabulary Words: fidget forlornly noble pathetic resolved scrounging stingy suspicion | Vocabulary Words: advantage extract remarkable stealthy suitable withstand | Vocabulary Words: aspects destinations expectantly festive gorgeous misfortune ornate reconstruct symbolize vigorously |
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