Rent a Third Grader

1. Rent a Third Grader

2. RATG Vocabulary Ch 1-5 • Convenience scarcity • Contradicted heroic • Hysterics nomination • Interfered extension • Scheming concentrate

3. Convenience ease and comfort; something that gives ease or comfort Melissa’s report was about convenience stores. Convenience stores sell items that you need in a hurry or to make your life more convenient.

4. scarcity difficult to find; more demand than supply There is a scarcity of erasers in our classroom.

5. Contradicted to say the opposite of; to disagree I said, “I think it’s going to rain today.” Ben contradicted me. He said it was not going to rain. It was going to be sunny.

6. heroic very brave or courageous Despereaux was heroic. Even though he was scared, he went into the dungeon to save the princess.

7. hysterics crying or laughing uncontrollable Junie went into hysterics when her brother told a funny joke.

8. nomination the appointment of a person to an office or the naming of a person for an honor Dawson was nominated for class representative. He accepted the nomination and was elected.

9. Interfered • to take part in the affairs of others without having been asked; meddle • The noises interfered with the student’s ability to concentrate.

10. extension the act of making longer, to stretch out I use an extension cord in my bedroom to reach the lamp near the window.

11. Scheming A plan or plot to do something The bad guy was scheming to take the old lady’s money.

12. concentrate to put one’s mind on something