Vocabulary Created by: Gary Mills August, 2011 Crofton Meadows Elementary School Anne Arundel County Public Schools All content contained herein has been taken from approved materials provided by The McGraw-Hill Companies

Unit 2 ● Week 1 Vocabulary blossomed Sentence: Trading grew and blossomed, but it had problems. Example: We say that a tree has blossomed when its flowers appear in spring. Ask Your Partner: How have you blossomed this year? Definition: something that has grown and developed

Unit 2 ● Week 1 Vocabulary grumbled Sentence: “I’m so cold,” she grumbled.” Example: The neighbors grumbled about the noisy dog. Ask Your Partner: What have you grumbled about? Definition: complain about something in a low voice

Unit 2 ● Week 1 Vocabulary lonesome Sentence: “And you’d be so lonesome without your poultry friends!” Example: People feel lonesome when they are far from home. Ask Your Partner: Do you feel lonesome sometimes? Definition: feeling alone and wanting to be with others

Unit 2 ● Week 1 Vocabulary sidewalks Sentence: Elizabeth and Danny walked along newly paved sidewalks on a frosty winter morning. Example: People should walk on sidewalks and not on the roads. Ask Your Partner: Are there sidewalks in front of your home? Definition: paths along the side of a road for walking

Unit 2 ● Week 1 Vocabulary traders Sentence: Did you know that traders bartered for thousands of years? Example: In colonial times, traders exchanged goods for other goods. Ask Your Partner: Were ancient traders like modern business people? Definition: people who buy or sell things, or exchange things for other things

Unit 2 ● Week 1 Vocabulary wailed Sentence: “Me too,” Danny wailed. Example: We couldn’t sleep because the baby wailed all night. Ask Your Partner: What is the difference between wailed and grumbled? Definition: cried out with a long high sound

New Word My Definition Actual Definition blossomed something that has grown and developed grumbled complain about something in a low voice lonesome feeling alone and wanting to be with others sidewalks paths along the side of a road for walking traders people who buy or sell things, or exchange things for other things wailed cried out with a long high sound