Week 7: Fly Traps! Plants That Bite Back
Genre – Narrative Nonfiction
Comprehension focus - Graphic sources
Selection Vocabulary
Definition
*collect
gather information
*hinge
a joint on which a cover or lid moves back
and forth
*insects
small animals with bodies divided into
three parts and no backbones
*pitcher
a container for holding liquids
*plants
living things that can make their own food
*trap
a thing or means for catching animals
bladderwort
any of a family of insect-eating marsh or
water plants
carnivorous
meat-eating
chemicals
substances used in chemistry
dissolve
to make into liquid
flytrap
any of several plants that trap insects
*tested vocabulary word
Spelling List Week 7: Compound Words