Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocab. Week 3

salty, dirty and unpleasant water

• pond

• stream

• brackish

• black

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

a cheap simple food made especially in the past by boiling oats with water or milk

• granola

• grain

• gruel

• cereal

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

to walk with short steps, swinging the body from one side to the other

• hopping

• walking

• swimming

• waddling

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

to be at the side of someone or something

• flank

• full

• finger

• front

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

really loud, roaring sound

• silence

• sound

• deafening

• listen

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

a very loud yell or sound from an animal

• balloon

• bull

• bellowing

• bulk

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

moving secretly

• pacing

• waddling

• peer

• prowling

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

tangled thick mass of hair or fur

• moss

• matted

• sinew

• sharp

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

 extra effort

• labored

• lounge

• haunches

• gruel

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

a tendon (strong cord in the body connecting a muscle to a bone)

• separate

• strong

• gruel

• sinew

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1