2nd Trimester Vocabulary

(The Secret Garden) Mysterious means:

• Easy to understand

• Difficult to understand or explain

• Familiar and known

• Bright and colorful

(The Secret Garden) Matted means:

• Neatly combed

• Tangled and knotted

• Smooth and silky

• Clean and organized

(The Secret Garden) Tendrils are:

• Thick tree branches

• Thin, thread-like parts of a climbing plant that can wrap around something

• Large, colorful flowers

• Sharp, pointed thorns

(The Miracle of Spring) To witness means to:

• Imagine something

• See something happen

• Hear about something

• Dream about something

(The Miracle of Spring) Presiding means:

• Being absent

• Being in charge or control

• Being a guest

• Being a follower

(The Miracle of Spring) To restrain means to:

• Encourage

• Hold back or control

• Release or free

• Ignore

(The Poem That Will Not End) Seized means:

• Released

• Grabbed or took hold of suddenly

• Lost

• Ignored

(The Poem That Will Not End) To hesitate means to:

• Act quickly

• Pause or be unsure before acting

• Be confident

• Be decisive

(The Poem That Will Not End) Watchful means:

• Careless

• Attentive and observant

• Distracted

• Uninterested

(Eruption!) Seismographs are used to measure:

• Rainfall

• Earthquakes

• Wind speed

• Temperature