Journeys 3rd Grade Vocabulary Unit 1-Good Citizens

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5

A Fine, Fine School The Trial of Destiny’s Gift Pop’s Bridge Roberto Clemente:
Cardigan Jones Pride of Pittsburgh Pirates

fine – very nice trial – a meeting in block – the section of foggy – filled with thick pronounced – said
court to decide if a street between two mist or low clouds clearly and correctly
principal – the leader someone has broken other streets
of a school the law stretch – to spread stands – seats at a
spreading – stretching out stadium or ballpark
proud – pleased with jury – the group of something out
yourself or someone people who make the crew – a group of fans – great admires
else decision in a trial raise – to collect people doing work
league – group of
strolled – walked stand – the place figure – to work out balancing – keeping teams that compete
slowly where a witness in a by thinking steady against one another
trial sits while being
announced – made questioned contacted – got in tide – the rise and fall score – to make a
known touch with someone of the sea point or points in a
guilty – having done game
certainly – surely something wrong customers – people cling – to hold tightly
who buy something at to something polish – to make shine;
soared – flew upward honest – truthful a store to make something
excitement – the better
worried – uneasy or convinced – made afford – to be able to feeling of being stirred
anxious someone believe or pay up style – a way of doing
agree to something something
earn – to get disappears – passes
pointed – used a finger something by working from sight slammed – hit with
to show where sudden force
something was

murmur – the sound

of people speaking
very softly
 Journeys 3rd Grade Vocabulary Unit 2-Look and Listen
Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9 Lesson 10
Bat Loves the Night What Do The Harvest Birds Kamishibai Man Young Thomas Edison
Illustrators Do?
detail – each part of tools – things people serious – not playful familiar – well known genius – extraordinary
several items of use to help them do a or silly; not joking from being seen often intellectual power,
information job especially seen in
patch – a small piece blurry – unclear or creative ability
squeak – a short, high- sketches – quick of land smeared
pitched sound drawings without signal – a sound,
much detail borrow – to use vacant – empty or not motion, or other sign
echoes – repeating something that occupied that sends a message
sounds caused by the scribbles – drawings or someone else owns
rebounding of sound doodles, drawn in a and return it later jerky – moving in electric – powered by
waves from a surface quick or careless way sudden, uneven, or electricity, a form of
advice – ideas or awkward ways energy caused by the
swoops – to descend research – careful suggestions about motion of electrons
quickly with a sweeping study of a subject or what someone should applause – clapping and protons
motion problem do meant to show
appreciation or laboratory – a place
twitch – to move with textures – the ways ashamed – feeling enjoyment where scientists work
a slight jerk that surfaces look guilty, sorry, or and do experiments
and feel embarrassed blasted – made a
slithers – to move in a sudden, loud sound gadget – a small,
slippery way imagine – to see a borders – the edges useful machine or
picture in your mind of a place rude – impolite or device
doze – to sleep lightly having bad manners
illustrate – to make separate – divide into experiment– a test to
snuggles – to curl up pictures that show or groups rickety – shaky or find out or prove
closely explain something likely to fall apart
harvest – the ripe invention – an original
tracing – used to copy crops that are device, system, or
or trace lines gathered process

occasional – happening
from time to time
 Journeys 3rd Grade Vocabulary Unit 3-Lesson Learned
Lesson 11 Lesson 12 Lesson 13 Lesson 14 Lesson 15
Technology Wins Tops and Bottoms Yonder Mountain: Aero & Officer Mike The Extra-good
the Game A Cherokee Legend Sunday
power – strength crops – plants that fondly – in a loving or ability – skill recommended –
are grown, especially caring way suggested
fraction – a part of a those grown for food patrol – walk through
whole unit mist – a fine spray or an area to watch or ingredients – parts of
profit – the amount light fog guard it a mixture
contribute – to help or of money left after
add to the cost of doing peak – the top of a loyal – faithful cross – angry
business is subtracted mountain or hill
process – the steps from the amount of partners – two people degrees – units used
taken to complete a money earned rugged – rough and who work together to measure
task uneven temperature
scowled – made an shift – the period of a
compete – to try to angry facial expression pausing– stopping time a worker does his festive – merry
do something better briefly or her job
than others grunted – made a tense – edgy or
short, low sound in the steep – having a sharp snap – to bite quickly stressed
improve – to get back of the throat slope
better lying – resting in a flat remarked – said
hollered – yelled examined – looked at position
flexible – able to bend closely anxiously – with worry
risky – dangerous quiver – to shake or or eagerness
athletes – people who pleaded – begged or tremble
do physical exercise or tugged – pulled requested urgently
play sports strongly

plucked – pulled off or

out quickly
 Journeys 3rd Grade Vocabulary Unit 4-Natural Wonders
Lesson 16 Lesson 17 Lesson 18 Lesson 19 Lesson 20
Judy Moody The Albertosaurus A Tree is Growing Two Bear Cubs Life on the Ice
Saves the World! Mystery
shade – an area where buried – covered up passages – narrow paths ignored – refused to pay wilderness – a wild,
direct sunlight is blocked or channels attention to someone or unlived-in area of land
location – place where something
dripping – coming down in something is spines – sharp, pointy gliding – sliding, moving, or
drops growths hesitation – doubt or flying along with ease
remains – what is left uncertainty
carton – a paper or tropical – having to do region – a certain area
cardboard box clues – things that help with the warm areas of greedily – in an excessive or space
solve a mystery or the Earth near the manner
hardly – not very much problem equator colony – a group of
scolding – using harsh people or animals that
rubbish – trash skeletons – frameworks store – to put away for language to correct live together
of bones inside or later use someone
recycle – to treat or outside of bodies shelter – a place that
process in order to use throughout– all the way drowsy – almost asleep covers or protects
again evidence – facts that through
lead to a conclusion or base – the lowest, unexpected – without
global – worldwide help people find out what absorb – take in or soak bottom, or supporting warning
is true up part of something
complicated – hard to overheated – heated
understand or deal with; fossils – very old traces dissolve – to seem to console – to provide beyond the safe point
difficult or remains of plants or disappear when mixed comfort to someone in
animals with liquid distress constant – always the
pollution – that state of same
being dirty or not pure prove – to show by using clumps – groups or burden – a load being
facts bunches of things, carried climate – usual weather
project – a special especially plants and dirt conditions in an area
undertaking fierce – very wild and heroic – brave over many years
dangerous coverings – the outsides
of things, usually serving glancing – looking at layer – one thickness
uncovering – opening to as protection something quickly
view
pollen – tiny yellow grains
made by flowering plants
 Journeys 3rd Grade Vocabulary Unit 5-Going Places
Lesson 21 Lesson 22 Lesson 23 Lesson 24 Lesson 25
Sarah, Plain and Tall The Journey: The Journey of Dog of the Mountains: Surviving
Stories of Migration Oliver K. Woodman Sea Waves on Mt. Everest
slick – having a smooth, landscape – scenery conversations – talks guided – led or steered in approached – came near
glossy, or slippery with someone the right direction
surface survival – the act of altitude – height above
staying alive currently – as of now rippled – flowed or Earth’s surface
rough – having a bumpy, covered with small
knobby, or uneven dramatic – exciting loaded – piled waves tanks – containers
surface
solid – firm and hard loveliest – most arrival – the act of slopes – a slanted
fetch – to go after and beautiful, most delightful coming to a place surface
bring back somebody or thunderous – very loud
something inspired– caused twisted – wound section – part or area
chilly – cold someone to act, think, or together
batted – struck at feel a certain way increases– becomes
something migrate – to move to aboard – onto a ship or more
another place managed – succeeded other mode of
buzzing – making a low, transportation avalanches – snow or
humming sound accidents – unexpected pleasure – enjoyment rock slides on a mountain
injuries bay – sheltered water
rustle – a swishing or sincere – honest, area halt – a temporary stop
soft cracking sound frightening – scary truthful
lava – melted rock that succeed – accomplish
clattered – made a loud plenty – more than terror – great fear flows from a volcano something attempted
rattling noise enough
reunion – a coming anchor – big hook that equipment – supplies
thumped – hit in a way together again keeps a ship in place
that made a loud dull
sound spotted – caught sight
of
sniff – breathe in
through the nose to see voyage – a long trip
how something smells

prairie – a treeless,
grass-covered plain in
the Midwest
 Journeys 3rd Grade Vocabulary Unit 6-Make Your Mark
Lesson 26
The Foot Race
Across America
principal – the leader of a
school
proud – pleased with
yourself or someone
else
announced – made known
advice – ideas or
suggestions about what
someone should do
loyal – faithful
ability – skill
absorb – take in or soak
up
loveliest – most
beautiful, most delightful
compete – to take part
in a competition
approached – came near
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The Power Becoming Anything A New Team Saving Buster
of Magnets He Wants to Be of Heroes
research – careful study throughout – in, to, or excitement – the feeling worried – uneasy or
of a subject or problem through every part of of being stirred up anxious
tools – things people use textures – the ways score – to make a point certainly – surely
to help them do a job that surfaces look and or points in a game
feel raise – to collect
familiar – well known athletes – people who do
from being seen often peak – the top of a physical exercise or play afford – to be able to
mountain or hill sports pay
gadget – a small, useful
machine or device steep – having a sharp tense – edgy or stressed applause – clapping
slope meant to show
invention – an original succeed – to carry out appreciation or
device, system, or tropical – having to do something desired or enjoyment
process with the warm areas of tried
the Earth near the anxiously – with worry or
experiment– a test to equator league – group of teams eagerness
find out or prove that compete against
landscape – scenery one another dramatic – exciting
electric – powered by
electricity, a form of slopes – a stretch of earn – to get something guided – to show the way
energy caused by the ground that slants by working to; direct
motion of electrons and upward or downward
protons partners – two people ingredients – parts of a
altitude – a height who work together mixture
power – strength measured from sea level
or from the earth’s pleasure – a feeling of fetch – to go and bring
prove – to show to be surface happiness or enjoyment; back
true by backing up with delight
facts survival – the act of
staying alive contribute – to help or
improve – to get better add to
equipment – things that
are needed for a
purpose