Normal procedure: We begin a new unit of words every
Vocabulary (Flocabulary) 5th grade
**Normal procedure: We begin a new unit of words every other Monday of full 5-day weeks. We work with the words through activities for two weeks. The multiple choice test normally takes place the Friday at the end of those two weeks. Unit 1 SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T EXIST alternate / bland / convert / intense / navigate / pedestrian / require / retire / revert / sparse Unit 2 KAT AND MOUSE access / companion / crave / document / escalate / hazy / mischief / oasis / suspend / visual Unit 4 THEY WANT MONEY compensate / courteous / dedicate / kin / luxurious / major / minor / obsolete / pardon / seldom Unit 5 THE MISUNDERSTANDING aroma / assume / available / comply / edible / gigantic / industrious / numerous / provide / saunter Unit 6 THE GOLDEN DRAGON accomplish / altitude / avalanche / excavate / guardian / monarch / pasture / resemble / route / summit Unit 7 HAVE COMPASSION abuse / compassion / course / dictate / duplicate / feeble / moral / nonchalant / senseless / taunt Unit 8 WATER BALLOON FIGHT apparent / beverage / blizzard / budge / cautiously / frigid / sluggish / spurt / strategy / visible Unit 9 SHOES MATCH YOUR SHIRT absurd / anxious / combine / hearty / identical / myth / purchase / solo / thrifty / vivid Unit 10 I’VE GOT MY FLOCAB antagonist / antonym / character / homonym / narrator / prefix / protagonist / suffix / synonym / translate UnIt 11 THEY CAN NEVER STOP ME achievement / approximate / astound / challenge / confident / decline / detect / impressive / independent / reliable Unit 12 THE SPIDER KING
gorge / illuminate / intercept / jubilation / occasion / preserve / sever / soar / talon / tropical
Unit 13 THE BATTLE BETWEEN PEOPLE AND MACHINES aggressive / deprive / endanger / exasperate / exult / overthrow / portable / slither / suffocate / withdraw Unit 14 PLAY IT LIKE A GAME bungle / compose / debate / evade / exert / exhibit / realistic / reassure / reign / retain
5TH GRADE Unit 1 SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T EXIST
alternate bland convert intense navigate pedestrian require retire revert sparse
5TH GRADE Unit 1 SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T EXIST alternate - a different way bland - taste isn’t strong convert - change intense - very strong navigate - to move or direct pedestrian - people who walk on sidewalks require - need retire - quit revert - do the opposite sparse - aren’t many around
5th grade Unit 2 KAT AND MOUSE access companion crave document escalate hazy mischief oasis suspend visual
5th grade Unit 2 KAT AND MOUSE access : freedom to use companion : someone to spend time with; a friend crave : to want something badly document : to write down; a written record escalate : increase the intensity hazy : unclear; misty mischief : playful activities that cause trouble oasis : a place of safety and peace suspend : to end; to hang something from above visual : things your eyes can see
5th grade UNIT 4 THEY WANT MONEY
compensate courteous dedicate kin luxurious major minor obsolete pardon seldom
5th grade UNIT 4 THEY WANT MONEY
compensate : make it up courteous : polite dedicate : p romised kin : p eople who are related to y ou luxurious: rich and fancy major : more important minor : small; not much obsolete: doesn’t work anymore pardon: forgive seldom: barely ever
5th grade Unit 5 THE MISUNDERSTANDING aroma assume available comply edible gigantic industrious numerous provide saunter
5th grade Unit 5 THE MISUNDERSTANDING
aroma : smell assume : believe without being told available : free and ready comply : do what you’re told edible : can be eaten by people gigantic : big industrious : hard-working numerous : lots provide : give saunter: walking easy
5th grade Unit 6 The Golden Dragon
accomplish altitude avalanche excavate guardian monarch pasture resemble route summit
5th grade Unit 6 The Golden Dragon
accomplish: to do; get done altitude: high heights avalanche : snow falling down to the ground excavate : dig guardian : someone or something who protects s omeone else monarch: the king pasture: fields where sheep and cow eat grass or hay resemble: looks like route: a path summit: the very top of something
5th grade Unit 7 HAVE COMPASSION
abuse: mean words compassion: kindness to someone that needs help
course: plan of action dictate: tell you what to do duplicate: do the same feeble: a little quieter and weaker moral: the lesson nonchalant: calm and unconcerned senseless” no reason taunt tease and call bad names
5th grade Unit 7 HAVE COMPASSION
abuse compassion course dictate duplicate feeble moral nonchalant senseless taunt
5th grade Unit 8 WATER BALLOON FIGHT apparent beverage blizzard budge cautiously frigid sluggish spurt strategy visible
5th grade Unit 8 WATER BALLOON FIGHT apparent: clear ; know for sure beverage: cold drink blizzard: frigid budge: to move cautiously: carefully cold
frigid: sluggish: spurt:
lazy; slow moving
shot out
strategy: a plan visible:
can be seen
5th grade Unit 9 SHOES MATCH YOUR SHIRT absurd:
crazy
anxious:
nervous
combine: bring together hearty: big identical: exactly the same myth:
made up story
purchase: buy solo: all alone thrifty: don’t spend a lot of money vivid: brightly colored
5th grade Unit 9 SHOES MATCH YOUR SHIRT absurd anxious combine hearty identical myth purchase solo thrifty vivid
5th grade Unit 10 I’VE GOT MY FLOCAB antagonist enemy antonym words that mean the opposite (hot/cold) character
person in the story
homonym words that sound the same but have different meanings
(bear/bare)
narrator one who tells the story prefix: word part added at the beginning of a word protagonist main character or hero of the story suffix
part added at the end of a word (drummer…...one who drums)
synonym
words that mean the same thing (fast/quick)
translate
change language so it can be understood
5th grade Unit 10 I’VE GOT MY FLOCAB
antagonist antonym character homonym narrator prefix protagonist suffix synonym
translate
5th grade Unit 11 THEY CAN NEVER STOP ME achievement accomplishment; something done approximate figure out roughly astound shock challenge object; fight confident believe in yourself decline to say “no” detect discover impressive amazing independent not needing help
reliable can be depended on
5th grade Unit 11 THEY CAN NEVER STOP ME achievement approximate astound challenge confident decline detect impressive independent
reliable
5th grade Unit 12 The Spider King ● gorge: a river that runs through steep cliffs ● illuminates: makes it light ● intercept: stop something on its way ● jubilation: joy and happiness ● occasion: a specific time ● preserve: keep it as it is ● sever: chop off ● soar: fly above ● talons: claws ● tropical : n ear the middle of the globe w here it’s hot
5th grade Unit 12 The Spider King ● gorge ● illuminates ● intercept ● jubilation ● occasion ● preserve ● sever ● soar ● talons ● tropical
5th grade Unit 13 The Battle Between Humans and Machines attacking
aggressive
take away
deprive
endangered
in danger
exasperated
annoyed
exulting overthrow
celebrating take over power
portable can be moved slither
crawl like a snake
suffocate
choke to death
withdraw
pull back
5th grade Unit 13 The Battle Between Humans and Machines aggressive deprived endangered exasperated exulting overthrow portable
Slither suffocate withdraw
5th grade Unit 14
Play It Like A Game
bungles - makes it a mess composed - adjective - calm compose - verb - write it down debate - argue and discuss evade - run from it exerts - works hard exhibits - shows
realistic - possible reassure - give you confidence reign - hold the power retains - keeps
5th grade Unit 14
Play It Like A Game bungle composed compose debate evade exerts exhibits realistic reassure reign
retains
**Normal procedure: We begin a new unit of words every other Monday of full 5-day weeks. We work with the words through activities for two weeks. The multiple choice test normally takes place the Friday at the end of those two weeks. Unit 1 SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T EXIST alternate / bland / convert / intense / navigate / pedestrian / require / retire / revert / sparse Unit 2 KAT AND MOUSE access / companion / crave / document / escalate / hazy / mischief / oasis / suspend / visual Unit 4 THEY WANT MONEY compensate / courteous / dedicate / kin / luxurious / major / minor / obsolete / pardon / seldom Unit 5 THE MISUNDERSTANDING aroma / assume / available / comply / edible / gigantic / industrious / numerous / provide / saunter Unit 6 THE GOLDEN DRAGON accomplish / altitude / avalanche / excavate / guardian / monarch / pasture / resemble / route / summit Unit 7 HAVE COMPASSION abuse / compassion / course / dictate / duplicate / feeble / moral / nonchalant / senseless / taunt Unit 8 WATER BALLOON FIGHT apparent / beverage / blizzard / budge / cautiously / frigid / sluggish / spurt / strategy / visible Unit 9 SHOES MATCH YOUR SHIRT absurd / anxious / combine / hearty / identical / myth / purchase / solo / thrifty / vivid Unit 10 I’VE GOT MY FLOCAB antagonist / antonym / character / homonym / narrator / prefix / protagonist / suffix / synonym / translate UnIt 11 THEY CAN NEVER STOP ME achievement / approximate / astound / challenge / confident / decline / detect / impressive / independent / reliable Unit 12 THE SPIDER KING
gorge / illuminate / intercept / jubilation / occasion / preserve / sever / soar / talon / tropical
Unit 13 THE BATTLE BETWEEN PEOPLE AND MACHINES aggressive / deprive / endanger / exasperate / exult / overthrow / portable / slither / suffocate / withdraw Unit 14 PLAY IT LIKE A GAME bungle / compose / debate / evade / exert / exhibit / realistic / reassure / reign / retain
5TH GRADE Unit 1 SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T EXIST
alternate bland convert intense navigate pedestrian require retire revert sparse
5TH GRADE Unit 1 SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T EXIST alternate - a different way bland - taste isn’t strong convert - change intense - very strong navigate - to move or direct pedestrian - people who walk on sidewalks require - need retire - quit revert - do the opposite sparse - aren’t many around
5th grade Unit 2 KAT AND MOUSE access companion crave document escalate hazy mischief oasis suspend visual
5th grade Unit 2 KAT AND MOUSE access : freedom to use companion : someone to spend time with; a friend crave : to want something badly document : to write down; a written record escalate : increase the intensity hazy : unclear; misty mischief : playful activities that cause trouble oasis : a place of safety and peace suspend : to end; to hang something from above visual : things your eyes can see
5th grade UNIT 4 THEY WANT MONEY
compensate courteous dedicate kin luxurious major minor obsolete pardon seldom
5th grade UNIT 4 THEY WANT MONEY
compensate : make it up courteous : polite dedicate : p romised kin : p eople who are related to y ou luxurious: rich and fancy major : more important minor : small; not much obsolete: doesn’t work anymore pardon: forgive seldom: barely ever
5th grade Unit 5 THE MISUNDERSTANDING aroma assume available comply edible gigantic industrious numerous provide saunter
5th grade Unit 5 THE MISUNDERSTANDING
aroma : smell assume : believe without being told available : free and ready comply : do what you’re told edible : can be eaten by people gigantic : big industrious : hard-working numerous : lots provide : give saunter: walking easy
5th grade Unit 6 The Golden Dragon
accomplish altitude avalanche excavate guardian monarch pasture resemble route summit
5th grade Unit 6 The Golden Dragon
accomplish: to do; get done altitude: high heights avalanche : snow falling down to the ground excavate : dig guardian : someone or something who protects s omeone else monarch: the king pasture: fields where sheep and cow eat grass or hay resemble: looks like route: a path summit: the very top of something
5th grade Unit 7 HAVE COMPASSION
abuse: mean words compassion: kindness to someone that needs help
course: plan of action dictate: tell you what to do duplicate: do the same feeble: a little quieter and weaker moral: the lesson nonchalant: calm and unconcerned senseless” no reason taunt tease and call bad names
5th grade Unit 7 HAVE COMPASSION
abuse compassion course dictate duplicate feeble moral nonchalant senseless taunt
5th grade Unit 8 WATER BALLOON FIGHT apparent beverage blizzard budge cautiously frigid sluggish spurt strategy visible
5th grade Unit 8 WATER BALLOON FIGHT apparent: clear ; know for sure beverage: cold drink blizzard: frigid budge: to move cautiously: carefully cold
frigid: sluggish: spurt:
lazy; slow moving
shot out
strategy: a plan visible:
can be seen
5th grade Unit 9 SHOES MATCH YOUR SHIRT absurd:
crazy
anxious:
nervous
combine: bring together hearty: big identical: exactly the same myth:
made up story
purchase: buy solo: all alone thrifty: don’t spend a lot of money vivid: brightly colored
5th grade Unit 9 SHOES MATCH YOUR SHIRT absurd anxious combine hearty identical myth purchase solo thrifty vivid
5th grade Unit 10 I’VE GOT MY FLOCAB antagonist enemy antonym words that mean the opposite (hot/cold) character
person in the story
homonym words that sound the same but have different meanings
(bear/bare)
narrator one who tells the story prefix: word part added at the beginning of a word protagonist main character or hero of the story suffix
part added at the end of a word (drummer…...one who drums)
synonym
words that mean the same thing (fast/quick)
translate
change language so it can be understood
5th grade Unit 10 I’VE GOT MY FLOCAB
antagonist antonym character homonym narrator prefix protagonist suffix synonym
translate
5th grade Unit 11 THEY CAN NEVER STOP ME achievement accomplishment; something done approximate figure out roughly astound shock challenge object; fight confident believe in yourself decline to say “no” detect discover impressive amazing independent not needing help
reliable can be depended on
5th grade Unit 11 THEY CAN NEVER STOP ME achievement approximate astound challenge confident decline detect impressive independent
reliable
5th grade Unit 12 The Spider King ● gorge: a river that runs through steep cliffs ● illuminates: makes it light ● intercept: stop something on its way ● jubilation: joy and happiness ● occasion: a specific time ● preserve: keep it as it is ● sever: chop off ● soar: fly above ● talons: claws ● tropical : n ear the middle of the globe w here it’s hot
5th grade Unit 12 The Spider King ● gorge ● illuminates ● intercept ● jubilation ● occasion ● preserve ● sever ● soar ● talons ● tropical
5th grade Unit 13 The Battle Between Humans and Machines attacking
aggressive
take away
deprive
endangered
in danger
exasperated
annoyed
exulting overthrow
celebrating take over power
portable can be moved slither
crawl like a snake
suffocate
choke to death
withdraw
pull back
5th grade Unit 13 The Battle Between Humans and Machines aggressive deprived endangered exasperated exulting overthrow portable
Slither suffocate withdraw
5th grade Unit 14
Play It Like A Game
bungles - makes it a mess composed - adjective - calm compose - verb - write it down debate - argue and discuss evade - run from it exerts - works hard exhibits - shows
realistic - possible reassure - give you confidence reign - hold the power retains - keeps
5th grade Unit 14
Play It Like A Game bungle composed compose debate evade exerts exhibits realistic reassure reign
retains
