TARGET WORD | SUBJECT | Unit | Grade | Cue Word(s) | Picture |
bison | social studies | Native Americans | 3 | bye, son | |
compare | lang arts | written lang | 3-5 | come pear or come/pair | |
conclusion | lang arts | written lang | can clue | pic of can and magnifying glass | |
contrast | lang arts | written lang | con/trash (“don’t”) | ||
idiom | lang arts | figures of speech | 3-5 | Eddie/yum | child draws own pic of Eddie eating a yummy food |
homophone | lang arts | 2-5 | Mom/phone | ||
historian | social studies | 4 | his story | man writing a story |
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hurricane | social studies | 4 | hurry cane | ||
Industry | social studies | regions | 4 | in dust tree | tree covered w/dust |
latitude | social studies | Earth | 4 | flat dude | |
legislative | social studies | ledge/late | |||
longitude | social studies | 4 | long dude | ||
meridian | social studies | Earth | 4 | Mary/ready | |
pneumonia | new moon | ||||
stratosphere | science | 3 | straight hair | ||
colony | social studies | American Exploration | 5 | call on me | student with hand raised |
Conquistador | social studies | American Exploration | Cone Keys Door | Inverted cone with keys to door inside | |
contagious (disease) | social studies | American Exploration | 5 | count pages | |
Annapolis, Maryland | social studies | States/Capitals | 3,4 | Nap/Mary | A picture of Mary taking a nap |
3,4 | mary/apple | “Mary landed on an apple” | |||
Augusta, Maine | social studies | States/Capitals | 3,4 | August | |
Boston, Massachusetts | social studies | States/Capitals | 3 | Boss | Who’s the BOSS in Mass |
Concord, New Hampshire | social studies | States/Capitals | 3 | [[#|Concrete]] | pouring [[#|concrete]] |
Dover, Delaware | social studies | State/Capitals | 3 | Dove/Where | “you dove where?” |
Frankfurt, Kentucky | Ken, frankfurt | Ken ate Frankfurt Fried Chicken | |||
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | social studies | States/Capitals | 3 | pencil,hair | person with pencils sticking up as spiky hair |
Pennsylvania | social studies | pencil/vein/yeah | |||
Hartford, Connecticut | social studies | States/Capitals | 3 | Connect/Heart | you CONNECT with someone you love with HeART |
Jackson, Mississippi | social studies | states/capitals | 3,4 | Jack’s son, Mississippi | Jack’s son fell into the Mississippi River |
Little Rock, Arkansas | ark on a little rock | ||||
Montgomery, Alabama | social studies | states/capitals | 3,4 | Allie/mountain | Allie climbed up the mountain |
Montpellier, Vermont | social studies | States/Capitals | 3 | Mount(ain) peel | Mountain Peel (banana or visualize top of mountain) |
Tallahassee, Florida | tall horsie, floor of dots | tall horsie on a floor of dots | |||
Topeka, Kansas | social studies | States/Capitals | 3 | toes/peeking | toes peeking out of sandals |
Trenton, New Jersey | social studies | States/Capitals | 3 | Trenton Jersey | The name “Trenton” on a sports Jersey |
appointment | language arts | reading | 4,5 | make “a point” to be there | |
articulate | science | skeletal system | 3 | R tickle | letter “R” with feather |
coordination | science | skeletal system | 3 | quart eight | quart of milk/number 8 |
ligament | science | skeletal system | 3 | lick a mint | person licking a mint candy |
scapula | science | skeletal system | 5 | spatula | (wide, flat bone, like a spatula |
cranium | science | skeletal system | 5 | crane | bird or [[#|construction]] crane |
cartilage | science | skeletal system | 3,5 | cart/ledge | grocery cart on a ledge |
patella | science | skeletal system | 5 | pat, pat | pat your knees |
tendon | science | skeletal system | 3 | ten | 10 |
torso | science | skeletal system | 3 | toro | picture of bull |
fracture | science | skeletal system | 3 | [[#|fraction]] | 1/2 |
basin | science | landforms | 4,5 | (first) base | baseball diamond |
cartographer | science | landforms | 5 | car to graph | car |
climate | science | landforms | 5 | climb it | ladder |
delta | science | landforms | 4,5 | dealt (cards) | playing cards |
erosion | science | landforms | 4,5 | hero/son | superhero/ (father and) son |
isthmus | science | landforms | 5 | Christmas | |
meander | science | landforms | 4,5 | me and her | child draws himself/herself pointing to a girl |
dormant | science | structures of life | 4 | door mat | |
habitat | science | structures of life | 4 | “habit” of living “at” | |
territory | science | structures of life | 4 | terrified | |
attract | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | a track | picture of a race track |
circuit | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | sir cut | older man holding scissors |
science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | circle | ||
compass | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | come pass | person motioning to come in |
conductor | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | duck | “duck, here comes the electricity” |
current | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | any ideas?? | |
detector | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | D texter | cell phone |
electromagnet | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | elect a magnet | electromagnet with different objects to “elect” to pick up |
equipment | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | be quick | person rushing |
filament | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | fill a mint | pitcher pouring into a mint candy |
insulator | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | (stay) in so late | |
intersection | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | (run) into | |
magnet | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | magic | magician |
patent | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | pat (on back) | person getting a pat on the back |
receiver | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | receive | person receiving a present |
source | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | sores | sores with band aid |
technology | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | teach knowledge | teacher |
telegraph | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | tell a (friend) | |
volt | science | magnetism/electricity | 4 | vote | |
dormant | science | plants | 4 | door mat | |
monocot seed | science | plants | 4 | ||
ovary | science | plants | 4 | eggs over easy | |
photosynthesis | science | plants | 4 | photo/sin/sis(ter) | |
pistil | science | plants | 4 | ||
pollination | science | plants | |||
sepal | science | plants | 4 | see/pool (see into the pool) | |
spore | science | plants` | 4 | it’s poor (tiny little plant that grows into a new plant) | |
stamen | science | plants | 4 | ||
absorb | science | water/planet | 4 | (soak it) up | paper towel in spill |
expand | science | water/planet | 4 | X (rubber) band | Rubber band with “X” in middle |
slope | science | water/planet | 4 | (ski) slope | image of ski slope |
bearing | science | Models and Designs | 5 | (Chicago) Bears | Chicago Bears Logo and Song Lyric “Bear down Chicago Bears |
collaborate | science | Models and Designs | 5 | cooperate/lab | co(lab)orate “cooperate in lab” |
siphon | science | Models and Designs | 5 | sigh in | sigh as liquid goes in the tube |
anemometer | science | weather | 4 | Anna’s mom | |
barometer | science | weather | 4 | broom | |
hygrometer | science | weather | 4 | high grow | |
thermometer | science | weather | 4 | thirsty mom | |