Turtle’s Race with Beaver as told by Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac Vocabulary Words
Dec 28, 2015
Turtle’s Race with Beaveras told by Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac
Vocabulary Words
Words To Know
• Challenge• Word• Dam• Halfway• Above• Toward
• Whole• Buried• Enough• Ago• Embarrassed• Lodge
To invite someone to take part in a game or an argument, a
dare
I wanted to ____________ my friend to a running race.
challenge
Group of letters with meaning
I read every ______ in my favorite book.
word
Where beavers make a lodge, something that blocks the flow
of water
The beavers built their home near the ____ made of sticks.
dam
In the middle
She was _________ up the rock wall.
halfway
Over, on top of
The fireworks are __________ the Washington Monument in Washington D.C.
above
Going to
The turtle was swimming __________ me.toward
Complete, all
I couldn’t believe that the baby ate the _________ cake.
whole
Under the ground, covered
My dog _________ his bone under the tree in our backyard.
buried
No more needed
I couldn’t swim fast _________ to get away from the shark.
enough
A long time before now
Long, long ______, in a land far, far away lived a princess who needed to find a prince.
ago
Uncomfortable or ashamed
Andrew gets very ________________ when his mother kisses him in public.
embarrassed
My favorite author wrote this book!
A beaver’s den
The beavers built a _______ near the dam on the creek.
lodge
Review
• No more needed • enough• Something that blocks the flow of water
• To invite someone to take part in a game or an argument
• A long time before now
• In the middle
• Group of letters with meaning
• Uncomfortable or ashamed• A beaver’s den• Complete, all
• Under the ground, covered • buried
• ago
• dam
• whole
• halfway
• word
• embarrassed• lodge
• challenge
• Over, on top of • above
• Going to • toward