1. adjective: teal Word Poster Color Scheme noun: blue verb: red adverb: pink

2. Open Court - Level 3 Unit 2 Lesson 4

3. abandoned The old rusty car sat by the side of the road, abandoned and forgotten. Watch the open windows of an abandoned building.

4. left behind or unused; either unprotected, unneeded or unwanted verb: to abandon adjective: abandoned (p. 150)

5. They abandoned the town. to abandon verb: They abandon the towns when hurricanes are coming. They will abandon the town. Past: Present: Future: abandoned abandon will abandon They are abandoning the town. are abandoning

6. originally Originally, we lived in a small town, but then we moved to a big city. The house finch was originally a West Coast native, but some caged birds were released on the East Coast in 1940, and the species quickly spread.

7. adverb: at first; in the beginning (p. 151) originally adjective: original

8. noun: origin the point at which something begins to exist

9. species Pigeons, sparrows, and crows are different species of birds. The house finch was originally a West Coast native, but some caged birds were released on the East Coast in 1940, and the species species quickly spread.

10. noun: (p. 151) species kind or type of plant or animal that scientists group together

11. noun: species to look at; observe latin spek- other words from spek- in spec t su spec t per spec tive

12. cavity The dentist fill the cavity in the child’s tooth. These cavity nesters can slip into the tiniest spaces.

13. noun: (p. 151) cavity hollow place or hole

14. noun: cavity a hole Latin cavus other words from cavus cav e cav ern ex cav ate

15. suburbs We took the bus from our home in the suburbs to the museum downtown. Because the house wren eats only insects, it prefers to live in the suburbs where there are more bugs.

16. noun: (p. 154) suburbs area of homes near or right next to a city or urban area

17. noun: suburb less than complete; nearly; almost relating to city life sub- + urban +

18. clamor When Mom dropped the pan, there was a loud clamor as it hit the floor. As the light fades, more crows appear and the clamor increases.

19. loud noise, usually lasting for a long time clamor noun: (p. 158) to clamor verb:

20. The people clamored in the streets. to clamor verb: The people clamor in the streets. The people will clamor in the streets. Past: Present: Future: clamored clamor will clamor The people are clamoring in the streets. are clamoring