Island of Blue Dolphins Vocabulary Chapter 1

Floating on water/carried on or as if one water (adv or adj)

• afloat

• harbor

• gather

• canoe

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

To look at someone or something in a steady way and usually for a long time/to fix eyes in a long steady look

• gather

• gaze

• trembled

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

A part of the ocean, a lake that is next to land and that is protected and deep enough to provide safety for ships.

a part of a body of water (as a sea or lake) so protected as to be a place of safety for ships

• kelp

• ravine

• harbor

• ornament

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

To shake slightly because you are afraid, nervous or excited.

To shake without control (as from fear or cold)

• afloat

• gather

• tremble

• gaze

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

A type of brown seaweed.

A large brown seaweed.

• broccoli

• kelp

• kale

• sour patch kids

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

A small, deep, narrow valley.

A small narrow valley with steep sides that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon.

• ravine

• mountain

• harbor

• ocean

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

A hill that has a flat top and steep sides and that is found in the southwestern United States.

• hill

• ravine

• mountain

• mesa

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5