Imagine It! Vocabulary List Grade 4 - Montville Public Schools

National Vocabulary List
Grade 4

Unit 1 Lesson 1 Unit 1 Lesson 3
"Island of the Blue Dolphins" "Mrs. Frisby and the Crow"

Selection Expanding Concept Unit 1 Lesson 2 "Two Tickets to Freedom" Selection Expanding Concept
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
Words Words Words Words Words Words

pursued faint dilemma merriment treacherous conscience

tides gaze Selection Expanding Concept tangled route
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
lacking figure Words Words Words miserable nervously
harsh
fiber serpent hastened officials resolute obviously ineffectively
humbly
cover bow shuddered furiously recalled embarrassed
consoled
deserted pitch despairing shan't gnawing capacity
escorted
idly fortune sympathetic jolting cover scarcely
preyed
dozed chafing delivered circumstances alarmingly

companion

flickering

concealed

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National Vocabulary List
Grade 4

Unit 2 Lesson 1 Unit 2 Lesson 3
"The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story" "Who Eats What? Food Chains and Webs"

Selection Expanding Concept Unit 2 Lesson 2 Selection Expanding Concept
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary "Energy Makes Things Happen" Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
Words Words Words Words Words Words

jagged evaporated process linked spotted photosynthesis

trickled series Selection Expanding Concept slightly food chain
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
flowed filters Words Words Words depend bore
energy
raging remained windmills transform microscope food web
transferred
irrigation faucet soar hot-air bitterly Antarctica
release balloons
reservoir tropical fuels seaweed beds
stored fossil fuel
particles prehistoric contains branch
eventually natural gas
glacier
coal

oil

creates

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National Vocabulary List
Grade 4

Unit 2 Lesson 4 Unit 2 Lesson 5 "The Great Kapok Tree"
"What Rot! Nature's Mighty Recycler"

Selection Expanding Concept Selection Expanding Concept
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
Words Words Words Words Words Words

shrivel sags recurring ancestors generations ecosystem

droop mold pollinate canopy
brittle rot
wither settle
decays hollow
smoldering ruins
swarming core
oxygen dappled
burrow sprout
circulate rich clinging suspended

predator snatched start fragrant

dangle hesitated

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National Vocabulary List
Grade 4

Unit 3 Lesson 1 Unit 3 Lesson 3
"The U.S. Constitution and You" "Striking It Rich: The Story of the

California Gold Rush"

Selection Expanding Concept Selection Expanding Concept
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
Words Words Words Words Words Words

original representatives constitution rumors sharp gold rush

independence national Unit 3 Lesson 2 typical dabbed
"Benjamin Banneker: Pioneering Scientist"
declared rights distract posts
Selection Expanding Concept
settle responsibilities Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary deserted territory
Words Words Words
proper individuals impressed veteran
colonies studied pioneer
violate ranked abundance ingredients
skill sketch
contribute limits elegant
astronomy taxes
impeaches
positions telescope

site almanac

capital cloak

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National Vocabulary List
Grade 4

Unit 4 Lesson 1 "The Scientific Method" Unit 4 Lesson 3
"The Case of the Gasping Garbage"

Selection Expanding Concept Selection Expanding Concept
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
Words Words Words Words Words Words

crabbier records hypothesis pursuit assignment rigor

local clues Unit 4 Lesson 2 "Magnetism" drizzly publish

observations detective Selection Expanding Concept findings gasping
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
examine table Words Words Words overwhelm trembled

results experiment attract poles apparatus competitor diagrams

certain compare pure line up techniques charts

react treated rarely compass peered simulate

anxious entire force cork environment identity

core connection

related glides

current scrap

friction coils

May 15, 2008

National Vocabulary List
Grade 4

Unit 4 Lesson 4 Unit 4 Lesson 5
"How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning" "How Fast Do You Eat Your Ice Cream?"

Selection Expanding Concept Selection Expanding Concept
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
Words Words Words Words Words Words

eclipse newfangled precaution major article sample

inventions odometer common originally
charted scurvy
previous significantly
forecasts electricians
randomly contradicted
charge silk
questionnaire conclusion
shocked sparks
genuine jerked pace submitted

mast medallion publication initially

rejected

May 15, 2008

National Vocabulary List
Grade 4

Unit 5 Lesson 1 "The Golden Spike" Unit 5 Lesson 3 "Immigrant Children"

Selection Expanding Concept Selection Expanding Concept
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
Words Words Words Words Words Words

buzzing brunt unity yearning ports urbanization

ceremony pomp Unit 5 Lesson 2 dreaded inspection
"John Henry Races the Steam Drill"
transcontinental might translated claim

laborers sledgehammer mainland patches

assistance summoned wages loans

hastily wilderness strikes border

locomotives fabric Selection Expanding Concept
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
thrive efficient Words Words Words

muscular tunnel mechanization

generous rippling

strain drill

bulged broad

legend foul

versions cascaded

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National Vocabulary List
Grade 4

Unit 5 Lesson 4 "The Dust Bowl" Unit 5 Lesson 5 "Pop’s Bridge"

Selection Expanding Concept Selection Expanding Concept
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
Words Words Words Words Words Words

era acres depression rust cables progress

demand drought binoculars girders

desperate fertile scarlet spans

skim scaffolding

borders predicted slip

ashamed

ditches fierce

locals snowdrifts

May 15, 2008

National Vocabulary List
Grade 4

Unit 6 Lesson 1 "Erandi’s Braids" Unit 6 Lesson 3 "A Spoon for Every Bite"

Selection Expanding Concept Selection Expanding Concept
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
Words Words Words Words Words Words

dawn crimson sacrifice fine lavishly excess

wove embroidery Unit 6 Lesson 2 "My Rows and Piles of Coins" wealth servant

pride adobe Selection Expanding Concept possessions informed
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
huddled procession Words Words Words protested livestock

pounded gazing clutched startled price demanded squandered

tremble enormous longed barely discarded tortillas

embarrassment rays wobbled determined

dared pruned attempted

confident trader

wearily various

perched touched

gleefully realized

May 15, 2008

National Vocabulary List
Grade 4

Unit 6 Lesson 4 "Three Fables by Aesop" Unit 6 Lesson 5 "Business is Looking Up"

Selection Expanding Concept Selection Expanding Concept
Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary Vocabulary
Words Words Words Words Words Words

daydream imagining worth opposing excited opportunity

provide vanished investment marketing

value uncovered stencils advertise

worthless kernel partner old hand

miser gloating profits sound

century spouting

corny snap

misfortune earthly use product

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