A Walk in the Desert

Spelling List

Rule: Inflected Endings

1. dropped
2. dropping
3. hugged
4. hugging
5. lifting
6. lifted
7. talking
8. talked
9. excited
10. exciting
11. smiled
12. smiling
High Frequency Words
13. animals
14. full
15. early
16. warm
17. eyes
18. water
19. jumped
Transfer Word
20. helping
The transfer word will be given
on Thursdays spelling test. This
word will follow the spelling
pattern of one of the spelling
words #1-12. For example, the
word sock could be a transfer
word because it follows the
spelling pattern of rock.

A Walk in the Desert

Selection Vocabulary List

and Amazing Words

Unit 1 Week 4
Selection Vocabulary
desert- a part of land that is
sandy and without much water
(noun)
climate the kind of weather a
place has (noun)
cactus a plant with spines
instead of leaves that grows in
hot, dry places (noun)
coyote a small animal like a
wolf (noun)
harsh very rough (adjective)

Amazing Words
These are oral vocabulary words that we will
discuss in class. Please read through these
words and help your child to become familiar
with their meanings.

landform
arid

precipitation
ledge

dunes
haven
extinct

forbidding

Be sure to study the spelling and

vocabulary words each night.
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This weeks Fry words and poem are on the

back. Remember to practice them each
night!