Unit 3 Vocabulary Miss Bowen 4 th Grade ELA

Welcomed The eagles welcomed quarterback Mark Sanchez to the team for the 2014 football season. ->

1. Welcomed Verb Greeted in a friendly way

Sensitive The sensitive students in fourth grade helped Samantha to pick up her flash cards when they fell on the ground as she was walking back to class.

2. Sensitive Adjective Aware and thoughtful about others’ feelings

Observes Michael Phelps, along with many other Olympic athletes, observes the footage of his races and looks for areas where he can improve.

3. Observes Verb Watches

Unspoiled We want our school grounds to be unspoiled, so we pick up any trash on the ground at the end of recess everyday.

4. Unspoiled Adjective Unharmed/ Undamaged

Prepared Ethan prepared for his ELA test by studying instead of playing Minecraft last night.

5. Prepared Verb To become ready

Negative Although the Phillies did not have a great season, fans are choosing to be optimistic about the next season rather than negative about the losses from this year.

6. Negative Adjective Unpleasant/ Critical

Honor It is an honor for Olympic athletes to represent their home countries while walking in the opening ceremony.

7. Honor Noun A privilege or special opportunity

Included The students at Saint Hilary School think that an ice cream sundae station and a candy bar should be included in the plans for a new cafeteria.

8. Included Adjective Part of a whole

Glances Tim Howard always glances at the open players on the field before punting the ball back into play.

9. Glances Verb Quick look or peek

Encouragement The US Olympic gymnasts always offer encouragement to their teammates when they are not on the mat themselves.

10. Encouragement Noun Motivation and support