1. The Skunk Ladder
Fifth Grade
Unit 4, Week 6

2. Words to Know
cavern
abandoned
feat
attempt
immensely
bellow
savage

3. bellow To shout loudly abandoned attempt bellow cavern feat immensely
savage
bellow
To shout loudly

4. a great act that shows skill, strength, or
abandoned
attempt
bellow
cavern
feat
immensely
savage
feat
a great act that shows skill, strength, or
daring

5. abandoned abandoned attempt bellow cavern feat Left alone or given up
immensely
savage
abandoned
Left alone
or given up

6. immensely Greatly or largely abandoned attempt bellow cavern feat
savage
immensely
Greatly
or largely

7. attempt
abandoned
attempt
bellow
cavern
feat
immensely
savage
To try

8. savage abandoned attempt bellow cavern feat Wild or fierce immensely

9. cavern abandoned attempt bellow cavern feat immensely savage
A large cave

10. Spelunkers are people who explore
underground caverns.
subways
Large caves

11. The 5th grade student attempts to pass
the practice TAKS exam before taking the real thing.
tries
fails

12. The kids abandoned their idea to throw water balloons out the window after they found out they would get in trouble.
gave up
figured out

13. sing softly shout loudly
I know it’s time to come inside when I hear my mother bellow, “Dinner time!”
sing softly
shout loudly

14. Climbing the fence to get to the pond was a very challenging feat.
accomplishment
escape

15. I was able to tame the savage stray
dog and he became a good pet!
hungry
wild

16. We were immensely hungry after
playing basketball all afternoon!
very, very
not exactly

17. You’ve got it!