Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocabulary

kelp

• a water animal with a shell
• large, tough brown seaweeds
• tendon connecting muscle to bone

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

lair

• den or resting place of a wild animal
• bitten at or worn away
• long, deep, narrow, valley eroded by running water

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

gnawed

• den or resting place
• large, tough, brown seaweeds
• bitten at or worn away

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

shellfish

• tendon connecting muscle to bone
• a water animal with a shell
• long, deep, narrow, valley eroded by running water

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

headland

• a narrow ridge of high land jutting out into the water
• long, deep, narrow, valley eroded by running water
• bitten at or worn away

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

ravine

• den or resting place
• long, deep, narrow, valley eroded by running water
• tendon

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

sinew

• tendon
• a water animal with a shell
• bitten at or worn away

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4