AN AUDIO-SUPPORTED VOCABULARY
PROGRAM—TWO FORMATS
Appropriate For... Goldenrod Level Indigo Level
Enrichment
Group Format
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Grade 3
Classroom Instruction Grades 4–6
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Intervention
Grades 6–12
Two Formats...
Grades 5–12
Individualized Format
Instructional Model Mostly independent
Students’ Needs
Take Aim! at Vocabulary is a powerful,
research-based program that boosts
students’ vocabulary knowledge in the
critical middle grades. This audiosupported program teaches high-quality
words in the context of nonfiction stories.
Take Aim can be used for vocabulary
development for all students or as a
standard protocol intervention to
address the needs of students with
weak vocabulary scores on high-stakes
assessments.
Students work mostly independently
using the Individualized Format, or the
teacher presents the lessons to small
groups using the Group Format.
Learn more about Take Aim on the
Read Naturally website:
www.readnaturally.com/gotakeaim
Grade 4
Students who work
well independently
Group Format
Teacher presents
lessons to groups
Students who need
teacher instruction
HOW IT WORKS:
Students work through the Take Aim! at Vocabulary
steps for each story to deepen their understanding of
the high-quality words. The research-based activities
provide repeated exposure to the words and develop
students’ word consciousness—an interest in words and
the ability to independently determine word meanings.
Students work in Take Aim for 30 to 45 minutes daily.
Take Aim! at Vocabulary Lesson Steps:
1. Read the Target Words
2. Read the Story
3. Read to Understand Target Words
4. Use Context Clues
5. Read to Master
6. Answer the Comprehension Questions
7. Sketch Target Words
8. Clarify Target Words
9. Study Word Parts
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Glossary
Tut's Treasures
Individualized Group Format
Format
A. Read the Target Words
archeologists
exquisite
fascinated
insights
B. Read the Story
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Tut's Treasures
By the 1920s, archeologists had found
many tombs in Egypt. They had even
found some treasures in the tombs. Yet
many archeologists thought finding more
treasures was unlikely. Thieves had
looted most of the treasures long before
the archeologists had found the tombs.
Then, an archeologist unearthed a set of
steps leading to a sealed door.
Archeologists unsealed the door. What
they found fascinated them. It was a
tomb full of exquisite treasures. They
found beautiful illustrations that showed
life in ancient Egypt. They found gold,
jewelry, and even a mummy .
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12 books—
one copy of
each unit
textbook
Analyze Target Words
compare (verb)
Compare means to see how two or more 1.
things are the same or different. Jenny will
compare her mom's cookies and her aunt's
cookies and decide whose cookies taste better.
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ancient (adjective)
Ancient means very old. My grandpa owns
an ancient clay pot that was made in Africa
thousands of years ago.
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interest stories per book—
24 vocabulary words per book/
288 words per level
Illustrated glossaries with
student-friendly definitions of the
challenging words in each unit
illustrations
Write an example of something that is arduous.
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Student Textbooks
Full-color, illustrated textbooks
Four related nonfiction, high-
afterlife (noun)
An afterlife is life that happens after death.
Some people believe that when they die, they
will keep living in an afterlife.
looted
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72 books—
six copies of
each unit
textbook
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9
8
10
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Write a synonym.
culture (noun)
A culture is the beliefs, skills, arts, tools,
traditions, and ways of life of a group of
people. In American culture, the freedom to
say and write what you think is very
important.
The mummy was the body of King Tut.
another (pronoun)
He was one of the youngest pharaohs ever
Another means a different one. Ben didn't
to rule Egypt. He became the pharaoh
like the game they were playing, so he asked
when he was only nine years old. But King
if they could play another.
Tut didn't rule for long. He died when he
was just 18. One hypothesis is that he
archeologist (noun)
died from an infection after breaking his
An archeologist is a scientist who studies
leg. Another says that someone killed him
ancient people and things. The archeologist
so a new pharaoh could rule.
was excited when he dug up tools people used
Archeologists still have many questions
thousands of years ago.
about King Tut, but finding his tomb did
give them new insights into the culture
arduous (adjective)
of ancient Egypt.
Arduous means difficult or requiring a lot of
(183 words)
effort. Filling hundreds of sandbags and
stacking them along the riverbank to stop the
river from flooding was an arduous task.
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desert (noun)
A desert is a place that is dry
and often hot. A cactus can
survive in the desert because
it does not need much water.
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enable (verb)
Enable means to make it possible for someone deteriorated
to do something. The new bridge will enable
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us to cross to the other side of the river.
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carve (verb)
Carve means to carefully cut shapes or
designs into something like stone or wood.
Tom will carve his name into the bench.
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obvious
exquisite
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erode (verb)
____________________
Erode means to wear away or wash away over
____________________
time. After years of being outside in the rain
and wind, the stone statue in our garden
began to erode and lose its shape.
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chariot (noun)
A chariot is a two-wheeled cart usually pulled
by horses and driven by a standing person.
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Take Aim! at Vocabulary – Goldenrod Level
Write an example of something that is not arduous.
2. Read the target words in the boxes and the words listed above the boxes. Write each of
deteriorate (verb)
Deteriorate means to become worse, to wear the words from the list in the appropriate box.
away, or to lose quality or value. The old
cracked
simple
plain
fancy
pretty
lovely
house was beginning to deteriorate, so we
beautiful
crumbled
clear
broken
understood
old
fixed the roof and made the walls stronger.
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arduous
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Write an antonym.
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Ancient Egyptians – Unit 3
Tut's Treasures
Ancient Egyptians – Unit 3
Glossary
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Ancient Egyptians – Unit 3
Student Packet
Reproducible Materials
Student packets
Assessments & answer keys
Word lists for each unit
Resources for extending activities
Graphs
Parent letters and awards
Blackline
Teacher’s
Master Books Resource CD
PRODUCT LEVELS
Goldenrod Level
Fourth-grade or higher reading level
Units in the Goldenrod Level: From Satellites to Space
Stations, The World of Butterflies, Ancient Egyptians,
Barrier Breakers, Mysteries, Courageous Kids, Fascinating
Festivals, Under the Sea, Great Escapes, Stalin’s Soviet
Union, Amusement Park History, Avian Adventures
Teacher’s Manual
Everything you need to know to
implement a Take Aim program,
including lesson plans
Training unit/lesson plan for
teaching students the program
Teacher’s
Manual
Teacher’s
Resource CD
Indigo Level
Audio CDs
Stories
Vocabulary words (separately
and in context)
12 CDs—
one copy of
each unit CD
Fifth-grade or higher reading level
72 CDs—
six copies of
each unit CD
Units in the Indigo Level: Ancient Rome, Ghost Towns,
Survival Stories, Botanical Wonders, Pirates!, Challenges
Overcome, Circus Spectacles, The Amazing Amazon,
Medical Blunders and Breakthroughs, Cool Canines,
Surprise Spies of World War II, Colonial Conflicts
Glossary terms and definitions
Mini-lessons on using context
clues and analyzing word parts
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