Age of Exploration

astrolabe, explorer, inhabitants, instrument, names of explorers, navigation, ocean, sailing route, settlers

Cultural heritage

background, celebration, costumes, festival, history, holiday, influences, people, piñatas, ristras, traditional, etc.
  http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/cinco-de-mayo/wordfinds/cinco-de-mayo-wordsearch.html

Geography
cardinal and intermediate directions, hemisphere, Spain, Mexico, South America, etc.

Life Science

Nervous System

http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/ner1.htm

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/nsdivide.html
action, burn, cell, chemical, involuntary nerve reflex, response, sensation, sensory, tingle, voluntary

Plants/Agriculture
crop cultivated, fertile, flowers, grow, harvest, nightshade, planted, plants, pods, seeds, soil, sprouts, varieties

Earth Science

Solar System
Big Dipper, North Star
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellationjavalist.html
Mathematics

Graphing
coordinates, grid, x/y axis

Language Arts

Nonfiction
details, main idea

Study and Reference Skills

Maps
degrees, equator, latitude, longitude, map, Prime Meridian

http://www.astro.com/atlas

http://www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong_us.html

http://www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong.html

http://www.quia.com/rr/35895.html

Reference

telephone directory

Everyday Vocabulary

Colors
green, red, etc.

Cooking
cup, ingredients, etc.
 

Community
building, city, town etc.

Food
beans, chile peppers, chili, etc.
 
 

Numbers
one, two, etc.

Taste
hot, medium, mild, etc.
 
 

Encounter	Jane Yolen
Three Little Javelinas	Susan Lowell
Char Siu Bao Boy	Sandra Yamate
The Explorers	Dennis Fradin
Fiest U.S.A	George Ancona
A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus	David A. Adler
Prince Henry the Navigator	Leonard Everett Fisher
The Sad Night:  The Story of an Aztec Victory and a Spanish Loss