The Marble Champ Story Vocabulary

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The Marble Champ Story Vocabulary
contest athletic match energy players commotion
Open Court 5th Grade Unit 1 Competition and
Cooperation Lesson 2 Marble Champ Melissa Lape
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contest

• The two classes entered the tug-of-war contest.
• Lupe Medrano was the winner of the reading
  contest three summers in a row.

contest- a competition
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athletic

• Nikki ate dinner with her left hand to spare her
  marble shooting hand, and said nothing to her
  parents of her athletic glory.
• Lisa is very athletic. She skis, swims, and plays
  soccer.

athletic- having skill and strength in sports
and other physical activities
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match

• She signed up and was assigned her first match on
  baseball diamond number three.
• In tennis, a match between two good athletes may
  last for hours.

match- a sports contest
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energy

• Lupe, one eye closed, her thumb quivering with
  energy, blasted two marbles out of the circle.
• It took all my energy to climb the big hill.

energy- what makes someone active in work and
at play
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players

• Onlookers had gathered too tightly around the
  players.
• The chess players were caught up in their game.

players people who take part and play against
each other in matches
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commotion

• Lupe shook hands with everyone, including a dog
  who had come over to see what the commotion was
  all about.
• The crowd at the soccer game was so noisy that we
  could hear the commotion from my house.

commotion - noisy activity, confusion
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The Marble Champ - Story Vocabulary
contest- a competition athletic- having skill and
strength in sports and other physical
activities match- a sports contest energy- what
makes someone active in work and at play players
people who take part and play against each
other in matches commotion - noisy activity,
confusion
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The Marble Champ - Story Vocabulary
contest athletic match energy players commotion

• ___________ a competition
• __________- of or for athletics or athletes
• __________ -a type of business that makes and
  sells products
• ________-something that makes more money than the
  article or service costs
• _________ - noisy activity, confusion
• ______ -A type of business that provides useful
  work rather than products

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These words are synonyms.
Synonyms are words that have almost
the same meaning.
commotion - racket disturbance - hubbub
Give a sentence for each word.
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These words are regular plurals. Regular plurals
are made by simply adding s to the end of a word.
Identify the singular words?
whispers marbles muscles thumbs
whisper marble muscle thumb
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These words contain the /n/ sound spelled kn.
knuckles knee knot know
Give other examples.
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The words contain the /e/ sound spelled e and ea.
treasure bedspread chess strengthen shelf
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Read the sentence aloud.
The cheering fans created a racket and a hubbub.
Identify the synonyms in the sentence.
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Read the sentence aloud.
Playing marbles can strengthen muscles in the
hands.
Identify the regular plurals in the sentence.
Give the singular form for each plural.
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Identify words in the sentence that contain the
/n/ sound spelled kn.
Read the sentence aloud.
When I scraped my knees and knuckles, my mom
made a fuss.
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Identify words in the sentence that have the /e/
sound spelled e and ea.
Isabel will treasure the bedspread quilted for
her by her grandmother.
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