Indian In The Cupboard Week 1

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Indian In The CupboardWeek 1

• Mrs. Murrays 4th Grade Summer Adventure

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Vocabulary Chapter 1

• alley- a narrow back street in a city or town
• petrified- paralyzed with fear, horror, or
  surprise
• coherent- easy to understand logical
• baffled- confused unable to understand
• torso- the trunk of the human body
• miniature- a copy or model that represents or
  reproduces something in a greatly reduced size
• quivered- to shake with a slight, rapid,
  tremulous movement
• gigantic- exceedingly large of its kind
• Practice http//www.quia.com/jg/881621.html

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Vocabulary Chapter 2

• scarcely- by a small margin barely
• tantalizing- enticingly in sight, yet often out
  of reach
• unwairly- in an unwary manner
• astonished- fill with sudden wonder or amazement
• sarcastic- a remark intended to wound
• mairaculous- able to work miracles
• appalled- shocked and disgusted
• ravenously- hungrily greedily
• crestfallen- dejected or discouraged
• Practice http//www.quia.com/jg/881629.html

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Fluency

• Reading words and phrases

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Phonics

• Affixes- words that fixed to the front of
  another word (prefixes) or to the end of another
  word (suffixes)
• Roots- sometimes called the base word
• Prefixes- added to the front of a base word
• Suffixes- added to the end of a base word
• Practice http//languagearts.pppst.com/affixes.h
  tml

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Comprehension

• Main Idea
• Practice http//languagearts.pppst.com/mainidea.ht
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• Graphic Organizers
• Practice http//themes.pppst.com/graphic-organize
  rs.html