Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues Fifth Grade Reading Street ( ) Unit 5.5.5 Ghost Towns Genre: Expository Nonfiction Vocabulary Words: economic of or the management of the income, supplies, and – expenses of a household, government, etc. independence freedom from the control, influence, support, or help of – others overrun to spread over – scrawled written or poorly or carelessly – vacant not occupied – More Words to Know: mercantile of merchants or trade; commercial – prosperity prosperous condition; good fortune; success – tumbledown ready to fall down; not in good condition; dilapidated – claim a piece of public land a settler or prospector marks out for – possession pay dirt earth, rock, etc., containing enough metal to be worth mining – sluice a long, sloping trough through which water flows, used to wash – gold from sand, dirt, or gravel
Vocabulary Strategy: Context Clues Fifth Grade Reading Street ( ) Unit 5.5.5 Ghost Towns Genre: Expository Nonfiction Vocabulary Words: economic – of or the management of the income, supplies, and expenses of a household, government, etc. independence – freedom from the control, influence, support, or help of others overrun – to spread over scrawled – written or poorly or carelessly vacant – not occupied More Words to Know: mercantile – of merchants or trade; commercial prosperity – prosperous condition; good fortune; success tumbledown – ready to fall down; not in good condition; dilapidated claim – a piece of public land a settler or prospector marks out for possession pay dirt – earth, rock, etc., containing enough metal to be worth mining sluice – a long, sloping trough through which water flows, used to wash gold from sand, dirt, or gravel
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