1. Robust
Vocabular y
Lesson 7
Aero and Officer Mike:
Police Partners

2. bab

3. bab ble

4. babble
 If you babble, you
say words that
cannot be
understood.
 What will babble – a
baby for a few
months or an actor?
Explain.
 Babble to your
neighbor!!

5. sus

6. sus pi

7. sus pi cious

8. suspicious
 If you think someone
cannot be trusted, you are
suspicious of him or her.
 The trainers became
suspicious of the dolphin.
 What might make Mr.
Smith suspicious – when
his garbage can is
knocked over everyday or
when his mail was
delivered on time?
Explain.

9. scent
 A scent is what something smells like.
 Is a scent something you can touch or
something you can smell?
 Describe a scent you like with your
partner.
 Describe a scent you don’t like with
your partner.

10. wan

11. wan ders

12. wanders
 A person who wanders travels without
planning where he or she is going.
 How does someone who wanders
move?
 Let’s wander around the room!!

13. whined
 If something or
someone whined, it
gave a long, high cry.
 What creature or
object have you
heard that whined?
 Which baby is
whining?
 Why do you think he
or she whined?

14. o

15. o bey

16. obey
 When you obey, you
do what you are told
to do.
 What is something
that you have to
obey?
 What happens when
you do not obey?

17. dem

18. dem on

19. dem on strate

20. demonstrate
 When you demonstrate
something, you show
how it works or how it is
done.
 If I demonstrate
something to you, what
am I doing?
 What is this teacher
demonstrating?

21. pa

22. pa trol

23. patrol
 People patrol an
area when they go
through it with the
purpose of guarding
it.
 Who would you
expect to patrol a
neighborhood?
 Which of these might
patrol an area?

24. ac

25. ac com

26. ac com pa

27. ac com pa ny

28. accompany
 When you accompany
someone, you go
someplace with him or
her.
 Aero can accompany
Officer Mike anywhere
he goes.
 Where might children
accompany their parents
– to the grocery store or
to an adult-only event?

29. com

30. com pe

31. com pe tent

32. competent
 If you are competent, you are good at
what you are doing.
 Aero is the most competent dog I have
ever seen.
 Who has to be especially competent – a
doctor performing checkups or a garbage
collector?

33. Read pages 198-199
 Why do you think the dog can smell a scent
after a person is gone?
 How far away can a dog see something that
wanders by?
 How could a dog hear a child who whined?
 What commands might a dog learn to obey?
 What is a skill a dog could demonstrate?
 Why would a police officer want to patrol with a
dog?