Working With Words

Name:
caretakers:
people who take care of a person or animal
population:
a group of animals or people who live in a certain place
recognized:
knew and remembered something from the past
relatives:
members of the same family
resources:
things that are used for help or support; supplies
success:
achievement, positive result, accomplishment
survive:
to stay alive or live through an ordeal
threatened:
in danger of being hurt, intimidated, endangered
Configuration Station
Write the words from the word bank in the correct boxes.
recognized
threatened
relatives
success
resources
survive
caretakers
population
Whooping Cranes in Danger/Wonders Third Grade Unit 2 Week 4
Cherry Carl, 2016
What’s Missing?
Fill in the blanks with words from the word bank.
1. The whooping crane
of the work at wildlife refuge.
has grown because
2. The
used whooping crane puppets
to teach the new chicks how to swim and eat.
3. They had to learn to
air so they could migrate.
their home from the
4. Their first trip to Florida was a
!
5. Sandhill cranes are
of whooping cranes.
6. The whooping crane is still
and endangered.
7. The caretakers had all the
to help the whooping cranes.
they needed
8. The new flock will
continued work of the scientists.
recognized
threatened
relatives
success
plenty
because of the
resources
survive
caretakers
population
Whooping Cranes in Danger/Wonders Third Grade Unit 2 Week 4
Cherry Carl, 2016
merchant
Sentence Sense
Write a 6-8 word sentence for each pair of words below.
caretakers
population
recognized
relatives
resources
success
survive
threatened
Whooping Cranes in Danger/Wonders Third Grade Unit 2 Week 4
Cherry Carl, 2016
Where Are the Words?
Find and circle all of the words from the word bank. Each word appears twice!
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recognized
threatened
relatives
success
resources
survive
caretakers
population
Whooping Cranes in Danger/Wonders Third Grade Unit 2 Week 4
Cherry Carl, 2016
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Rhyme Time
Read each word and listen for the ending chunk. Find and paste three words that rhyme with
each word.
survive
success
resources
endorses
revive
suppress
recess
enforces
arrive
deprive
possess
divorces
Whooping Cranes in Danger/Wonders Third Grade Unit 2 Week 4
Cherry Carl, 2016
Order in the Court
Place the story words below in alphabetical order.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
recognized
threatened
relatives
success
plenty
straying
resources
survive
caretakers
population
merchant
Whooping Cranes in Danger/Wonders Third Grade Unit 2 Week 4
Cherry Carl, 2016
plenty
merchant
Clever Connector
Draw a line to connect the words that have the opposite meaning.
su c cess
un kn own
sur viv e
saf e
re cog n iz ed
f ai l ur e
thre ate n e d
per is h
Awesome Artist
The caretakers used hand puppets of cranes to
train the chicks.
Whooping Cranes in Danger/Wonders Third Grade Unit 2 Week 4
Cherry Carl, 2016
Definition Derby
Read each word in the first column. Find the correct definition and write the matching letter next to the word
(see sample). Write each word in a sentence.
Word
1. caretakers
Sentence
e The caretakers at the
wild life refuge fed
2. population
the chicks.
Definition
a. remembered someone
or something from the
past
b. supplies
3. recognized
c. endangered, helpless,
intimidated
4. relatives
d. achievement,
accomplishment
5. resources
e. people who take care
of a person and
animals
6. success
f. live through an ordeal
7. survive
g. members of the same
family
8. threatened
h. a group of animals or
people who live in a
certain place
Whooping Cranes in Danger/Wonders Third Grade Unit 2 Week 4
Cherry Carl, 2016
Score with Scrabble!
SCORE
Caretakers
Population
Recognized
Relatives
Resources
Success
Survive
threatened
spell
well
Whooping Cranes in Danger/Wonders Third Grade Unit 2 Week 4
Cherry Carl, 2016