400L Power Vocabulary List Powered by The Lexile Framework for Reading ENVELOPE Pronunciation on-vuh-lope a paper container for a letter or anything flat that is to be mailed The card from his penpal was packaged in a small brown envelope. She included a card in its own envelope on which she wrote her name. Inside the envelope was a thick set of cardboard tickets. * LIZARD Pronunciation liz-urd a reptile with a scaly body, four legs, and a long tail He tried to catch a lizard by grabbing its tail, but the tail came off in his hand and the lizard kept running. He saw a gray lizard slithering through the grass. The monitor lizard looks a little like a small dinosaur. SEW Pronunciation soh Part of Speech verb to make, repair, or fasten something with stitches made by a needle and thread My homeroom teacher taught our whole class how to sew buttons and hems. We get a needle and thread and very carefully we sew up the slit. If your only pair of jeans is torn, you get a needle and some thread, and you sew them up. Page 1
Power Vocabulary List SHIVER Pronunciation shiv-ur Part of Speech verb to shake with cold or fear A sudden, cold shiver shakes my body everytime I hear that noise. I could hardly suppress a shiver of excitement when I saw myself on television. A shiver ran down the back of my neck as Mr. Saur called my name. SHUTTER Pronunciation shuht-ur a movable cover that protects the outside of a window and keeps out the light Definition 2 the part of a camera that opens to expose the film to light when a picture is taken A shutter was missing from an upstairs window of the old house. A tiny breath of air came through the open shutter into the hot living room. When you press the button on the camera, the shutter will expose the film to the light for a split second. * SNAIL Pronunciation snayl a small animal with no legs, a soft, slimy body and a shell on its back A snail glides around on a big, slimy foot. The slime protects the foot of the snail from scratches. The wandering water snail has a tightly coiled shell. * SPARROW Pronunciation spa-roh a small, common songbird with brown, white, and gray feathers and a short bill The little gray sparrow ruffled its feathers. They could see the song sparrow singing on a branch. The house sparrow was introduced to this continent in the 19th Century by settlers who missed the tiny bird. Page 2
Power Vocabulary List TEA Pronunciation tee a drink made from the leaves of a shrub that is grown in China, Japan, and India Definition 2 a light afternoon meal He sat in his favorite chair, drank a cup of hot peppermint tea, and ate a slice of bread with honey on it. After arriving home, they all sat down to drink the tea. It was time for afternoon tea so she poured herself a cup to drink. * TOAD Pronunciation tohd an amphibian that looks like a frog but has a rougher, drier skin and lives mainly on land The toad leaped from the grass to the pond. A frog, or toad, can see above, beside, ahead, and even behind itself to look for food or enemies. The green toad is smaller and slimmer than the common toad and can run surprisingly fast. WAIL Pronunciation wale Part of Speech verb to let out a long cry of sadness or distress When the family left for the grocery store, the dog was alone and began to wail and cry. I heard her wail and moan from the pain of her broken arm. Babies wail and cry when they want to be fed. Page 3
Power Vocabulary Activity F I L I Z A R D N D O U T A B O U T A W O N D E T R F U L F R I E N D S H I O P T B G U M K S S W O R R A P S R A L G K E C S A H A D O A B X O F E Q N R E T T U H S H S X V V S A V K I R M D W U B V X X K E A E T C B T Z Q Z N C B K J W M L N S Q H I U H E U N D Q G N O X D A P H W C N S N A I L E P E D J R I H T N A T B U Y T E A D Y L U H E X J S H I V E R Y G Q J N C W T M D L I A W Y Directions: For each vocabulary word below, circle it in the letter grid above up and down, across, backwards or diagonally. Going across each row starting at the top left, place each unused letter on a blank to discover the hidden message. Hidden Message: ENVELOPE LIZARD SEW SHIVER SHUTTER SNAIL SPARROW TEA TOAD WAIL. Page 4
Power Vocabulary Activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ENVELOPE LIZARD SEW SHIVER SHUTTER SNAIL SPARROW TEA TOAD WAIL Across 1. to let out a long cry of sadness or distress 4. a small, common songbird with brown, white, and gray feathers and a short bill 5. an amphibian that looks like a frog but has a rougher, drier skin and lives mainly on land 7. a paper container for a letter or anything flat that is to be mailed 8. to shake with cold or fear Down 2. a reptile with a scaly body, four legs, and a long tail 3. a movable cover that protects the outside of a window and keeps out the light 4. a small animal with no legs, a soft, slimy body and a shell on its back 6. a drink made from the leaves of a shrub that is grown in China, Japan, and India 8. to make, repair, or fasten something with stitches made by a needle and thread Page 5
Power Vocabulary Activity Directions: For each vocabulary word in the left-column, locate its definition in the right column. Write the number of the correct definition in the blank before the word. aenvelope 1. a drink made from the leaves of a shrub that is grown in China, Japan, and India alizard 2. a paper container for a letter or anything flat that is to be mailed asew 3. a movable cover that protects the outside of a window and keeps out the light ashiver 4. a small, common songbird with brown, white, and gray feathers and a short bill ashutter 5. a reptile with a scaly body, four legs, and a long tail asnail 6. to let out a long cry of sadness or distress asparrow 7. an amphibian that looks like a frog but has a rougher, drier skin and lives mainly on land atea 8. to shake with cold or fear atoad 9. to make, repair, or fasten something with stitches made by a needle and thread awail 10. a small animal with no legs, a soft, slimy body and a shell on its back Page 6
Power Vocabulary Assessment Directions: Now that you have completed Frog and Toad are Friends, it s time to see if you can use the Power Vocabulary Words you learned while reading this book. Look at each of the sentences below and fill in the Power Vocabulary Word that would best complete the sentence. ENVELOPE LIZARD SEW SHIVER SHUTTER SNAIL SPARROW TEA TOAD WAIL 1. A had come loose on one of the second-story windows and was banging against the wall. 2. She could sit on the back porch and drink and read the newspaper. 3. At the zoo, we saw a scaly reptile with four legs and a long tail, called a. 4. A is like a frog, except that it has rougher skin and lives mainly on land. 5. John heard the sing from the branch next to his house. 6. A is an animal whose soft body is usually covered with a coiled shell. 7. I wanted her to cry, to, to show the proper emotion, to understand how deep a sadness it was. 8. I have made a fine paper to hold your letters. 9. It was a bitterly cold morning and he wore two shirts so that he would not and appear frightened. 10. You the lace on the handkerchief with a small needle and thread. Page 7