Vocabulary Wizard

Name: Megan Jo Weimer

Date: January 28, 2016

Group Members: Megan Jo Weimer, Taylor Henson, Jodi Belew, and Ashton
Book/Text: The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy in the Elementary Grades
Your job is to find vocabulary words from the reading that you feel are powerful, puzzling, or unfamiliar.
Identify the page, paragraph, and the word. Look up the definition of the word in a dictionary so that you
will be prepared to read the definition of the word, a few synonyms, and a few antonyms.
VOCABULARY SHEET

Word

Page #
Paragraph #

Example

Definition

Synonym

Antonym

Acronym

Page 2,
Paragraph 2

Example: ANT,
its an ant but
ant also can be
an
abbreviation.

Page 2,
paragraph 3

Endurance

weakness

Literacy

Page 4,
paragraph 2

Communication

A word which
is formed from
the initial
components in
a phrase or a
word.
The ability of
an organism to
exert itself and
remain active
for a long
period of time.
The ability to
read, and
write.

Abbreviation

Stamina

CAF:
comprehension,
accuracy,
fluency, and
expanding
vocabulary
More
stamina=more
motivation

Proficiency

Ignorance or
illiteracy

Expectations

Page 8,
paragraph 3

an awaiting
Latin Meaning

A strong belief
that something
will happen or
be the case in
the future.

Assumption

Disbelief

Assessing

Page 19,
paragraph 1

A test could be
a way to assess
your students.

To evaluate or
estimate the
nature, ability,
or quality of.

Check

Guess

Articulating

Page 37,
paragraph 1

When teachers
or music
teachers move
their mouths

To express a
feeling or
action fluently
and coherently.

Well- spoken

Unclear

Observations Page 37,

paragraph 6

and talk slowly

in a way for
students to say
the word or sing
the song
correctly.
The information
of data that is
collected then
discussed.

The quiet
signal

Page 54,
paragraph 2

Ringing chimes

Interactive

Page 55,
paragraph 2

Human
communication

Schema

Page 61,
paragraph 1

Filing Cabinet

Sources:
www.google.com
http://www.thesaurus.com/
& The Daily Five Book

The action or
process of
observing
something or
someone
carefully or in
order to gain
information.
This is a way
to help
students quiet
down in a
transition to
begin the next
lesson.
Involving and
keeping the
student active.

Examination

Heedlessness

Peaceful

Loud
disruptions

Collective

Separated

Schema is
memory of
what you have
stored in your
brain.

Strategy

Disorganization