Ms. Lopez, the girls' basketball coach, needs to pick a 5th grader for the school's free-throw competition. In the last practice, Amy made 2 baskets out of 3 tries, Mariam made 7 out of 10 free-throws, and Emily made 60% of her free-throws. Mariam should be picked for the contest to give the 5th graders the best chance of winning since she made the highest percentage of free-throws out of the three girls.

1. “Evelyn Cisneros”
Vocabulary

2. flexibility
Noun – the ability to
bend or twist without
breaking

3. flexibility
Related Words:

4. flexibility
flex
“Flex your muscles!”

5. Ms.Lopez,thegirls’basketballcoach,needstopicka5
th
graderfortheschool’sfree-throwcompetition.Inthelastpractice,Amymade2basketsoutof
threetries;Mariamade7outof10free-throws;andEmilymade60%ofherfree-throws.WhichgirlshouldMs.Lopezpickforthecontesttogivethe5
th
gradersthebestchanceofwinning?

6. flexibility
flexes
“He flexes his muscles
a lot! What a show-
off!”

7. flexibility
flexing
“I’m flexing my muscles
as hard as I can.”

8. flexibility
flexible
“Gymnasts have to be
flexible.”

9. Flexible!

10. These circus
performers
have flexibility.

11. This young girl
has great
flexibility.

12. Most wire has flexibility. It won’t
break if you bend it.

13. Does this item have
flexibility?

14. Window glass

15. Window glass
No!

17. Does a
pencil
have
flexibility?

18. No!

19. Does a slinky toy have
flexibility?

20. Yes!

21. Do ligaments have
flexibility?

22. Ligaments
Yes!

23. Do uncooked spaghetti
noodles have flexibility?

24. No!

25. migrant
Adjective – this describes a
person who goes from place to
place to work, usually in the
fields picking crops.

26. migrant
Related Words:

27. migrate
Verb - Most birds migrate
south for the winter to
avoid bitter, cold weather.

28. migrate
These geese migrate south every
year.

29. migrates
The monarch butterfly migrates
south to Mexico every year.

30. migrating
These butterflies
are migrating
to a warmer
climate.

31. migrated
These ducks migrated to Phoenix last
November.

32. migrant
Many migrant workers work in Salinas,
California and then move to Yuma to
work the fields here.

33. timid
Adjective – this
describes a person or
animal that is fearful and
shy.

34. timid
Related Word:

35. timidly
Adverb – This
describes how
something was done.

36. timidly
The dog timidly backed away
from the scary man.

37. timid
Another Related Word:

38. timidity
Noun – Her timidity kept
her from making new
friends.

39. timid
The timid
Man never
did ask his
boss for a
raise.

40. Examples and
Non-examples of
timid

41. Timid?

42. No!

43. Timid?

44. yeeeees.

45. thrive
Verb – to live well and be
successful

46. thrive
Related Words:

47. thrives
Mint thrives in shady,
moist soil.

48. thriving
These plants are
thriving.

49. thriving
This plant
is not
thriving.

50. thrive
Brad Pitt
has thrived
in the movie
business.

51. thrived
Evelyn Cisneros thrived in ballet.

52. thrived
“As a kid, I thrived on mystery
books.”

53. thrived
William Joyce thrived on his art
teacher’s encouragement.

54. devote
Verb – to give a lot of
time and attention to
something

55. devote
Marge said to Bart,
“You need to devote
more time to studying.”

56. devote
Related Words:

57. devotes
He devotes much of his time to
practicing the guitar.

58. devoted
Betty White has devoted herself to
helping animals.

59. devoting
These boys are devoting their
weekends to playing baseball.

60. devotion
Noun – the quality of
devoting

61. devotion
Michael Jackson’s
devotion to hard
work made him
a famous star.

62. scholarship

63. schol
(think “school”)

64. scholar
(a really good student)

65. scholarship

66. scholarship
Noun – money awarded to a
hard-working student to
help him/her pay for college.

67. scholarship
After he graduated high school, he got a
scholarship to help him pay for college.

68. apprentice
Noun – someone who
works for someone in
order to learn a skill

69. apprentice
In this movie, the young
character learns how
to be a sorcerer from
an experienced
sorcerer. He is an
apprentice.