Balanced--even; not too much of one thing
Dairy--foods made from milk or cream
Hungry--wanting food
Shopper--a person who buys things
Shopping--going to a store to buy things
Vegetables--roots, leaves, stems, or flowers of plants used as food

Crumbs--tiny pieces of bread, cake, cracker, or cookie
Imitation--the act of copying another's behavior
Noise--any kind of sound
Slurped--ate or drank in a noisy way
Spread--to push and move apart

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pal, skip, dime, just, take, bump, wipe, yet, wide, pile, gave, like, huge

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bone, robe, use, these, rope, note, cute, close, hope, those, beautiful, could, saw, gym, girl

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Arachnids – the family of spiders
Enclosed – closed inside of something
Spiderlings – a baby spider
Ballooning – a way a spider travels by using its streamers of silk
Exoskeleton – the hard outer skin
Molting – shedding of a skin
Burrow – a hole in a rock or ground

Nocturnal – animals that sleep during the day and are awake at night
Swoop or swerve – to turn sharply or change direction
Mammals – animals that are warm blooded, have fur covering their body and their babies are born alive instead of being hatched from eggs
Prehistoric – a time before history is known
Membrane – an outside covering of thin skin
Hibernate – to sleep during the winter months
Migrate – to go to a warmer climate
Echolocation – a special way for bats to see using sound waves
Preserve – a protected habitat for wild life

Clearing--an open area in a forest
Echo--a repeated sound
Meadow--an area of grassy land
Owling--looking for owls
Pumped--moved up and down
Shadows--dark or shaded areas

Apartment--a room or group of rooms to live in
Delivery--used to carry or take something to a place or to a person
Handcarts--small wagons, usually with two wheels, that are pulled or pushed by hand
Market--a place or a store where food and other goods are sold
Celebrations--activities that are carried out to honor a special day or a special event

Booth--a small room or compartment, usually with an opening
Plaque--a flat plate or slab with words and decorations that is displayed on a wall
Station--a stopping place; a subway station is where the subway stops
Subway--an underground train
Token--a piece of metal, like a coin, used to get into a certain place

Delicate--easily torn or damaged
Porcelain--china; veryfine earthenware
Lean--having very little
Molasses--a sweet brown syrup
Lard--the fat of pigs or hogs, melted down for use in cooking

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car, smart, arm, park, yard, part, barn, hard, party, farm, are, warm, start, far, carpet, other, sports, more, before, department

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Antennae--a pair of long, thin feelers on the head of an insect
Cocoons--coverings of silky thread in which larvae live as they grow
Colonies--groups of insects of the same kind that live together
Fungus--one of a large group of plants, such as mushrooms and mold, that do not have leaves or flowers
Larvae--the worm-like forms of very young ants or other insects
Tunnels--long holes under the ground

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Bolt--a flash or stroke
Horizon--the line where the sky and the earth seem to meet
Lightning--a flash of light in the sky
Rumbled--made a deep, rolling sound
Thunder--the rumbling sound that follows lightning
Weather--what it is like outside

Advice--an idea for how solve a problem
Curve--a smooth bend
Instructions--directions or orders
Message--words sent from person to person
Travel--go from one place to another

Crayons--pieces of colored wax used to draw
Chalk--a tool for drawing and writing that is made mostly from tiny bits of seashells
Copy--to make a thing like another
Powders--a lot of very tiny pieces of something
Smock--a kind of shirt that is worn over clothes to protect them
Practice--to do something many times so that you can do it well
Ruin--to hurt or spoil

Deaf--not able to hear
Hearing--the ability to hear
Instruments--things that make music
Percussion--the hitting or striking of an instrument to make music
Signs--uses sign language to talk to and understand others
Vibrations--a quick back and forth movement

Event--something that takes place; an occurrence
Mural--a very large painting; a painting on a wall
Pride--the feeling that comes when one is proud of something
Project--a large assignment that usually takes more than one day to complete
Scene--something that can be seen; pictures or views
Sketches--drawings that are completed quickly and with few details

Shiver—a worried feeling, like a cold chill
Gruff—in a hard rough voice
Prowling—moving about cautiously
Stiffly—not able to move easily
Decode—to translate from code into ordinary language
Tory—a person during colonial times who did not want to break away from England

Bay—part of a sea or lake extending into the land
Agonizing—causing very great pain or suffering
Port—a harbor; a place where ships and boats can be sheltered from storms
Researcher—a person who hunts for facts or the truth
Expert—a person who has much skill or who knows a great deal about something

Brambles—shrub with slender drooping branches covered with little thorns that prick
Narrow—not wide; having little width
Agent—person or company that acts for another
Telegraph—way of sending coded messages over wires by means of electricity
Platform—a raised level surface
Express—quick or send by some quick means

Concentration camps—a place like a prison where persons are held against their will because they do not obey certain laws or because they are not of the same nationality
Invade—to take by force
Hideous—frightening and horrible
Occupation—to own or possess
Endure—to put up with; stand or keep on

Clue – a fact or object that gives information toward solving the crime
Crime – an action that breaks the law
Detective – an investigator looking for or gathering clues
Evidence – a thing a statement that helps to prove who committed the crime
Sleuth – an investigator
Mystery – something that is unknown
Red herring – a false clue that throws the investigator off the track