Yuteh ELA Grade 5 – Reading Street 5.
1 Study Sheet
Story Title: The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins Name: Parent Signature:
Reading Street pages: 388-423
Reader’s and Writer’s pages: 200-210
Skill: Fact and Opinion Phonics: /j/, /ks/, /sk/, /s/
Spelling Words = know how to spell and the meaning
Word Definition Part of speech
1. excuse a reason for doing something noun
2. journal a book where you regularly write what happens noun
3. Japan an island country near China and Korea noun
4. scholar a person who studies a lot and well noun
5. scene a setting noun
6. science the study of things noun
7. excellent very good Adj.
8. scent a smell noun
9. muscle part of your body that makes you move noun
10. schedule what will happen and when noun
11. exclaim say with surprise verb
12. dodge get out of the way of verb
13. explore look around a place you have never been to before verb
14. gigantic huge Adj.
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15. fascinate think something is very interesting noun
16. smudge a dirty smear noun
17. pledge promise noun
18. scheme a plan to do something noun
19. ginger a spicy root noun
20. schooner a kind of sailboat noun
Vocabulary Words = know the meaning
21. erected put up / built verb
I can’t believe they erected that 14-story building so quickly.
22. foundations the base that the other parts sit on noun
The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans because it does not have a good foundation.
23. mold a shape for making things noun
They make a plastic elephant by putting liquid plastic into an elephant-shaped mold.
24. occasion a special event noun
We are having a big family reunion to celebrate this special occasion.
25. proportion the correct size when different parts are compared noun
If you draw correctly, the proportion of the arms and legs will make the person look real.
26. tidy clean verb/Adj.
Do you like to keep your bedroom tidy?
27. workshop a place where you do your work noun
There are some tools in my dad’s workshop that I am not allowed to use because they are too dangerous.
Other words = to help you understand the story
1. carriage cart pulled by horses 16. paleontology study of dinosaurs
2. passion something you love 17. anticipation wait excitedly
3. sculpt make a statue 18. attire clothes
4. prowl sneakily crawl around 19. footmen waiters
5. iguana A kind of lizard 20. course one part of a meal
6. jawbone bone for moving the mouth 21. platter tray
7. anatomy what is inside a living thing 22. lavish expensive and fancy
8. voila a word used in magic 23. ring in the New Year celebrate on New Year’s Eve
9. monumental huge 24. toast cheers
10. basked in enjoyed 25. deceased dead
11. glow praise 26. spectators people who watch
12. approval did a good job 27. regal about the king or queen
13. critics people decide if it is good 28. mingle walk around and talk to
14. eminent important 29. dignitaries important people
15. inscribed written 30. caterer person who prepares a meal to
be brought in
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