Read Naturally Encore II Glossary—Level 2.3 Table of Contents

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Glossary Phonics Level 2.3 R-Controlled and Other Letter Combinations Read Naturally created this glossary as a reference book for use with Read Naturally Encore II, Level 2.3. The definitions provided correspond to the words as they are used in the stories in this level. It is not a general dictionary.

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Story Title Page 1 Garter Snakes...... 1 2 The Awful Shuttle Launch...... 2 3 Aardvarks...... 3 4 The Mohawk ...... 4 5 Tornadoes...... 5 6 A Terrible Oil Spill ...... 6 7 Henry Ford...... 7 8 Cowboy Hats...... 8 9 Kermit and the Puppet Master...... 9 10 Owls...... 10 11 What Is Chirping in the Tree?...... 11 12 Ground Zero...... 12 13 Cinco de Mayo...... 13 14 The Red Kangaroo...... 14 15 Battle of the Bicyclists...... 15 16 The Doodles of Dr . Seuss ...... 16 17 Giants...... 17 18 Jesse Owens...... 18 19 A Village on the Cliffs...... 19 20 Did I Spell It Wrong?...... 20 21 Thurgood Marshall...... 21 22 Bamboo ...... 22 23 Hurricanes ...... 23 24 Mount St . Helens Blew Its Top...... 24

Story 1 Garter Snakes Glossary, Tracks 13–21

18 15 Arctic Circle markings The Arctic Circle is the Markings are the colors or patterns on an region around the North animal's body . A zebra's markings are Pole, where temperatures black stripes, and a cheetah's markings are very cold . are black dots.

16 19 dart marshes Dart means to move suddenly and Marshes are areas of low, wet land . quickly . A rabbit may dart away if a Animals that need to live in water often noise frightens or surprises it. live in marshes.

21 14 deserts stripes Deserts are places that are Stripes are pieces of color very dry . Plants that do that are usually narrow not need much water live and somewhat long; in deserts. the color of a stripe is different from the colors on either side . 13 garters

Garters are elastic bands 20 that are used to hold up usually stockings or socks . Usually means most of the time . Summer days are usually hot, but sometimes they can be cool. 17 harmless Harmless means not likely to hurt anyone or anything . The little ant is harmless.

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24 27 astronauts leak Astronauts are people Leak means to lose liquid who travel in space . The or gas through a crack or astronauts went to the hole . The water began moon. to leak out of my glass through a crack.

29 awful 28 If something is awful, it is very bad or liftoff horrible . The food was awful, so the boy Liftoff is the moment a did not eat it. space vehicle leaves the ground and rises into the air . A large group of 30 Challenger people came to see the The Challenger was a United States liftoff of the space shuttle. space shuttle . It blew up after liftoff in

1986, killing all of the people inside . 26 O-rings O-rings are the rubber rings used to keep 23 dawn gas from escaping from a rocket . Dawn is the start of the day when the

sun rises . The girl got up at dawn 22 because she had to be at school early. shuttle A shuttle is a vehicle that can fly into space and 31 haunts return to Earth . When something haunts you, it comes to your mind again and again .

25 launch A launch is when something is sent upward into the air . The rocket launch would happen at noon.

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16 20 arched hides If something is arched, it Hides are the skins of animals . Some has a curved shape . people use the hides of animals to make jackets.

13 bizarre 14 If something is bizarre, it is very strange . marks I had a bizarre dream about a flying Marks means leaves a spot, stain, or dent horse. on something . The black spot marks the place where he spilled the ink.

21 charms 18 Charms are small things protect people wear on chains . Protect means to keep something safe . She wore charms around When I ride my skateboard, I wear a her neck. helmet and wrist guards to protect my head and wrists.

15 claws 17 Claws are sharp nails on termites the feet of some animals . Termites are small insects that eat wood and damage wooden structures . 19 harm Harm is damage or injury . The rainstorm caused no harm to the flowers.

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31 24 Constitution longhouses The Constitution is the Longhouses are long, basic set of written laws wooden houses that many of the United States . The families share . U.S. Constitution was written in 1787 and is still 22 used when new laws are written. Mohawk The Mohawk are a Native American

26 people from northern New York and dark Canada . Dark is when there is no light because the sun went down . The children had to 27 be home every night before dark. spears Spears are long weapons

25 with pointed ends that are dawn thrown and used to hunt . Dawn is the start of the day or when the sun rises . The girl got up at dawn 30 because she had to be at school early. tribes Tribes are groups of people or families

28 who speak the same language and do fall some things in the same way . Some Fall is the season of the year between tribes have leaders called chiefs. summer and winter . Children go back to school in the fall. 29 visitor

23 A visitor is a person who goes and sees fawns another person or place . The visitor Fawns are deer that are rang our doorbell, and we let her in our less than one year old . house.

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19 16 drove forward Drove means forced to go into If you move forward, you something . The man drove the nail into move in the direction that the wood with his hammer. is in front of you . Jack moved forward and is

17 now at the front of the enormous line. Enormous means very big .

15 funnel 18 force A funnel is a hollow shape that is wide Force is the strength or power of at the top and narrow at the bottom . something . The wind blew with such force that it knocked down the huge tree. 13 windstorm

14 A windstorm is a storm forms with a strong wind but When something forms, little or no rain . The it starts to exist or take windstorm blew the roof shape . A bud forms on off the barn. a plant and turns into a flower.

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23 25 avoid poisoned Avoid means to stay away from . She Poisoned means harmed or killed tries to avoid stepping in puddles something . Letitia's mom warned her because she does not like wet shoes. not to eat mushrooms from the yard, because many kinds of wild mushrooms have poisoned people who ate them. 21 captain

The captain is the person 27 in charge of the ship . spoiled Spoiled means ruined something or made something worse . I spoiled the 26 destroyed cookies by baking them so long that they Destroyed means put an end to or burned. completely damaged . I threw the book

away because the water destroyed it. 28 toiled Toiled means put a lot of effort into 24 lane something difficult and tiring . A lane is a set course or pathway used

by planes or ships . Several ships 20 crossed the ocean along the same sea voyage lane, where the water currents and A voyage is a long trip or journey, winds were known to be calmest. usually by sea . During their voyage across the Pacific Ocean, they spent four weeks on a ship. 22 mate A mate is a person who works on a ship and takes orders from the captain of the ship .

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20 17 age force An age is a certain period of time . Each Force is the strength or power of age is different in some way from the something . The wind blew with such periods of time before and after it . The force that it knocked down the huge tree. age of space exploration began in the 1950s. 19 forged

18 Forged means made or created . Marta ax forged a path through the field by An ax is a tool with a cutting down the tall grass. handle and a sharp blade that is used to cut down 15 trees . mechanical Mechanical means having to do with

14 machines . boring Boring means uninteresting, dull, or not 16 fun . Jenny thought the teacher's lesson wagons about bears was boring because she Wagons are carts that already knew a lot about bears. have four wheels and are used to hold and carry

13 things . People, horses, chores or other animals can pull Chores are small jobs that a person has wagons. to do often . Javier's chores are setting the table for dinner each night and making his bed each morning.

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22 26 boiled protect Boiled means cooked in water so hot Protect means to keep safe from danger . that the water makes bubbles and steam . People wear coats in the winter to Erika boiled some eggs so she could use protect themselves from the cold. them in a salad.

28 soiled 27 brim If something is soiled, it is full of dust A brim is an edge that or dirt . Dan's clothes got soiled when he sticks out at the bottom of played in the mud. a hat .

21 spoiled 25 gold diggers If someone is spoiled, he or she behaves Gold diggers are people who dig in the very badly because he or she has been earth to try to find gold . given too many things . The spoiled boy would not share his toys with his brother. 24 joined

Joined means took part 23 in something or did toiled something with others . Toiled means put a lot of effort into My family joined my something difficult and tiring . grandmother for dinner at a restaurant.

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23 15 certainly performed Certainly means that something is for Performed means put on a show for sure . If you work hard in school, you other people to watch . The students certainly will learn more. performed the song for their parents.

13 17 clever ping-pong Clever means smart or skillful . The Ping-pong is a game also clever girl could solve the riddles known as table tennis . It quickly. is played on a table using small wooden paddles and a hollow ball . 14 cloth

Cloth is a material that 20 people use to make quirk many things . She bought A quirk is an odd way someone has of cloth to make curtains, doing something . Juan always hummed a bedspread, and some while he worked, and this quirk made clothes. people mad.

22 18 curious stage Curious means wanting to find out about A stage is the place where something . Ben took a karate class people stand when they because he was curious about martial perform . She stood on the arts. stage while she sang for the school.

19 figured out 21 If you figured out something, you worried thought about it until you understood it . Worried means felt afraid that something Maria figured out how to do her math bad would happen . Jan worried that she problems. would be in trouble because she was late for school.

16 master A master is a person who is able to do something very well .

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26 31 growl spine Growl means to make a low, angry A spine is the backbone sound . Some dogs growl when they meet of an animal . Your spine a person they do not know. helps you stand straight.

25 32 hiss swallows Hiss means to make a sound like the Swallows means lets something pass sound of an S that is held for a long from the mouth through the throat and time . Some snakes hiss at their prey into the stomach . The baby sucks on the when they are attacking. bottle and swallows the milk.

24 29 howl swoops Howl means to make a long, loud crying When something swoops, sound . Wolves howl at the moon. it quickly moves down through the air . The hawk swoops down to catch its 30 pounces prey. Pounces means jumps

at or attacks . My kitten 28 pounces on the ball of towers string. Towers are tall, narrow buildings or parts of buildings . 27 screech A screech is a loud, high, and unpleasant sound . Screech owls are given that name because of the high sound they make.

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15 16 bushy pine cones If something is bushy, it Pine cones are the prickly, is thick and spreads out . cone-shaped fruits of pine Her bushy hair stuck out trees . from under her hat.

13 stirs 19 germs When something stirs, it moves a little . Germs are very small living things that When a baby starts to wake up, it stirs in can cause sickness . He got a cold after its bed. using a telephone that had lots of germs on it. 14 sturdy

18 Sturdy means strong and hard to break . observe The sturdy chair did not break when the Observe means to watch carefully . We big man sat on it. used a telescope to observe the stars.

17 perky If something is perky, it is very happy and full of energy . The perky child laughed and played all day.

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25 20 ground zero towers Ground zero is the center of an attack . Towers are tall, narrow The shopping mall was ground zero buildings or parts of when the city was bombed. buildings .

26 24 proud under attack If you are proud of someone, you are If you are under attack, someone is happy or pleased with that person trying to hurt you . because you think that person is good . Dad was proud of me for getting all the 21 answers right on my test. World Trade Center The World Trade Center was a group

22 of buildings in New York City with the rained tallest towers standing over 100 stories Rained means fell down high . The World Trade Center, which thick and fast . The leaves held many offices and businesses, stood rained down from the from the early 1970s until 2001, when it trees because the wind was destroyed in an attack . was so strong.

23 showered Showered means sprinkled or sprayed . Wedding guests showered the newlyweds with confetti as they walked down the steps of the church.

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18 22 battle fierce A battle is a fight, usually in a war . Fierce means wild, violent, or Many people died during the battle. dangerous . The lion looked fierce when it roared.

17 celebrate 14 Celebrate means to do something Puebla special because it is an important day Puebla is a city in the southern part of or something good has happened . We Mexico . celebrate the holiday with a family party. 16 tacos

13 Tacos are food made with center round, flat bread folded The center is a place where many people in half or wrapped around come together to do things . The parade some kind of filling, such marched right through the center of as meat, beans, cheese, or town. vegetables .

20 19 certain take Certain means sure or positive . She When you take a person or place, you was certain it was going to rain, so she get control of it, usually by force . brought her umbrella. After the soldiers take the town, the townspeople will have to do what the soldiers say. 21 chance If there is a chance of something, it might happen . They practiced hard, so there is a very good chance they will win the game.

15 fancy If something is fancy, it is full of color or things that make it interesting to look at . The dancers wore fancy costumes so people would look at them.

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31 30 boot peeked Boot means to make someone or Peeked means took a something leave a place . Since the rent quick, secret look . The has not been paid for three months, the boy hid under his bed and owner will boot the renter out of the peeked out. apartment.

23 shallow 24 drooled Shallow means not deep . Drooled means let watery liquid drip People can walk or sit in from the mouth . The baby drooled as shallow water. she chewed on the apple.

25 shoo 26 grinding Shoo means to scare or Grinding means crushing into small drive away . The lady pieces . Grinding stones break down ran after the rabbits to corn into flour by crushing the kernels shoo them away from her between the stones. garden.

28 27 groomed stool Groomed means made clean and neat . A stool is a seat without He groomed his hair with shampoo and arms or a back . a brush.

29 joey A joey is a baby kangaroo .

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15 13 bicycle publicity A bicycle is a thing with two wheels that Publicity is attention or notice from the you ride by pushing on pedals . I like to public . Jesse got a lot of publicity after ride my bicycle to and from school. winning the race; many news shows wanted to talk to him, and millions of people knew his name. 14 decided

Decided means chose or made up one's 16 mind . He decided to make chicken for race dinner instead of hamburger. A race is a contest of speed . We will have a race to see who is the fastest runner. 18 distance

Distance is the length or 20 amount of space between rough two points . The distance If something is rough, it is bumpy or between my house and does not feel smooth . The tree has my school is about three rough bark. miles.

17 route 23 excited A route is a way or path to get Excited means very happy about or somewhere . The bus driver takes the really looking forward to something . same route to school every morning. She was excited to go to the fair.

22 since 19 faced Since means from then until now . I Faced means met, dealt with, or took on . have been on time for school every I am afraid of snakes, but I faced my morning since February 1—the last time fear and touched a snake at the petting I was late was January 31. zoo.

21 success A success is something that went well . The audience clapped because the concert was a success.

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25 31 blocks doodles Blocks are the areas of land between Doodles are silly pictures streets . A block is measured from one drawn quickly without street corner to the next . My house much thought . is only two blocks away from my best friend's house. 26 entered

28 Entered means signed up for something cartoon or decided to take part in something . A cartoon is a funny Hector wanted to show that he was a drawing . good speller, so he entered the spelling bee.

27 contest 29 A contest is a game or competition in newspaper which people try to win or do better than A newspaper is a each other . The boy who spelled all the collection of news words correctly won the spelling contest. reports, photos, and other information about what is happening . Usually, a 32 cool newspaper is created every day or every Cool means interesting or very good . week . Quentin learned a cool magic trick,

and everybody wanted him to show it to 24 them. rhymed Rhymed means picked words that have the same ending sound . The songwriter 30 doodle rhymed the words in his song. Doodle means to make silly drawings

without thinking much about what you 33 are doing . My father used to doodle on unique a notepad while he talked on the phone. Unique means one of a kind . Because no one else is exactly like you, you are unique.

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14 13 ages legends Ages means a very long time . Legends are old stories that may or may Dinosaurs roamed the earth ages ago. not be true .

21 18 causes nature Causes means makes something happen . Nature is the world and everything in Thunder causes some children to be it that people did not make . Plants, afraid. animals, and lakes are all part of nature.

22 20 form proved When things form, they Proved means showed to be true . start to exist or take The boy proved that he was the fastest shape . Buds form on runner when he won the race. some plants and turn into flowers. 19 ranges

16 Ranges are groups of gentle mountains . Gentle means mild or not likely to cause harm . Her dog is gentle; it likes to curl 17 up next to people, and it never bites. tales Tales are stories that are not real . "Jack

15 and the Beanstalk" and "Cinderella" are imagined tales many children love. Imagined means formed a picture or idea in your mind . He imagined what it would be like to be a professional basketball star.

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25 31 coach history A coach is someone who History is the facts about people and gives special lessons to a events in the past . It is fun to read about team or a person . the history of a famous person. The basketball coach taught the players how 28 to shoot the ball. Olympics The Olympics are athletic contests held

23 every four years in which people from cotton different countries compete . Cotton is the soft, white fiber that covers the seeds 24 of a cotton plant . plowed Plowed means turned up

30 the soil to get it ready crowned for planting . The farmer When you are crowned, you are named plowed his fields and the winner in front of many people . planted corn. The winning horse was crowned champion after the race. 26 willpower

27 When you have willpower, you make directions yourself do something you decided to When people give directions, they tell do, even if it's hard . It takes willpower others what to do, where to go, or how not to eat candy between meals. to do something . The policeman stood in the middle of the street and gave directions to the drivers.

29 events Events are activities or contests, like races, that are usually held during a sports competition . His favorite events in track meets are the long jump and the high jump.

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21 19 ages ledges Ages is a very long time . Dinosaurs Ledges are flat spaces like shelves on roamed the earth ages ago. the sides of cliffs or rock walls .

22 23 ancient rangers Ancient means from a very long time Rangers are people who ago . He found an ancient coin; it was work in forests or parks . over 2,000 years old. The rangers took the people around the park.

16 beheld 13 If you beheld something, you saw or sagebrush observed it . Sagebrush is a shrub with silver-green leaves that grows in the dry parts of 15 canyon western North America . A canyon is a deep valley

with walls on both sides 24 that was formed by tourists running water . Tourists are people who travel for fun . The Grand Canyon was The tourists took a bus to see the statue formed by running water that we now of George Washington. call the Colorado River.

17 village 20 cliffs A village is a small town or city . Cliffs are high, steep walls of rock and earth . 18 wedged

14 When something is wedged, it is edge crowded or squeezed into a small space . An edge is the outside end of something . Julio's truck was wedged into a tiny The boy sat on the edge of the dock and parking spot. looked at the lake.

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31 30 dictionaries invented Dictionaries are books When something is invented, it is that tell you what words made for the first time . The wheel was mean, how to say them, invented a long time ago. and how to spell them . When we don't know what 29 words mean, we use dictionaries. printing press A printing press is a

28 machine that prints books dropped and newspapers . When something is dropped, it is not used anymore . Because he could not 26 play after he broke his leg, Luis was wrap dropped from the baseball team. When you wrap something, you put a cover all the way around it . When you

25 wrap a birthday present, you use paper, gnat tape, and ribbon. A gnat is a very small biting insect that flies .

27 gnome A gnome is a small person written about in folk tales who lives inside the earth .

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17 20 apart made his mark To be apart means to be away from each Made his mark or made her mark means other . Richard and Peter have to sit a person has done something important apart in school because they always talk. that people notice or remember . She made her mark when she became prime minister. 18 argued

Argued means gave reasons why you 16 believe something is or is not true . The served lawyer argued the case in court. When something served a person, it was useful to that person . When our basketball team won, we knew that 13 Constitution practicing shooting had served us well. The Constitution is the

basic set of written laws 19 of the United States . The turning point U.S. Constitution was A turning point is the moment in time written in 1787 and is still when something changes in an important used when new laws are written. way . Jonathan reached a turning point in his illness when he started taking the new medicine; from that point on, he 14 form continued to get better instead of worse. Form means to make or shape something . The children helped form the plan for the school's celebration.

15 lawyers Lawyers are people who are trained to give other people advice about the law or to help people in court . When my parents opened a bakery, they hired lawyers to help make sure they were following the city's laws about food safety.

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21 25 bamboo furniture Bamboo is tall, hard Furniture is what people use in their grass . living spaces to sit on or to place things on . I bought furniture for my new house: a bed, a couch, and a bookcase. 27 decades

Decades are periods of 10 years . Two 26 decades is 20 years, and three decades shelters is 30 years. Shelters are places or things that offer protection from weather or danger . Houses and apartments are common 28 few types of modern shelters. Few means a small number of

something . Mom said I could eat a few 23 jelly beans, so I had four. shoots Shoots are sprouts or new growths of a plant . 22 foot

A foot is a unit of 24 measurement equal to 12 woody inches . Many rulers are Woody means like wood, or made of a foot long. wood, which is a hard plant fiber .

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20 14 born limbs If something is born, it is started or Limbs are large parts of a tree that grow created . The reading club was born the from the trunk or from a main branch . first night we talked about a book we The squirrel ran up the trunk of a tree had all read. and into the high limbs to get away from the barking dog.

15 cause 22 Cause means to make something happen . occurs Germs can cause you to get sick. When something occurs, it takes place or it happens . Learning occurs in school.

18 curve 21 When things curve, they move in the storm surges shape of a circle . Race cars have to Storm surges are large curve when they go around a racetrack. amounts of water pushed onto land by powerful winds in a storm . 16 floods

Floods are large amounts of water that 17 flow over places that are usually dry . surface The hurricane caused floods that forced A surface is the outside or people to move out of their wet and top part of something . A damaged homes. boat sails on the surface of the water, and a fish swims below the surface. 13 hurl

Hurl means to throw 19 something with great whirl force . Monkeys hurl Whirl means to spin around . coconuts to the ground so they will break.

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29 26 active formed If something is active, it is working or If things formed, they doing something . Smoke sometimes started to exist or take comes out of active volcanoes. shape . Buds formed on some plants and turned into flowers. 23 appeared

Appeared means showed up or became 25 visible . When it got dark, the moon and volcano stars appeared in the sky. A volcano is an opening in the earth through which hot liquid rock is forced 28 ash out . Hot liquid came out Ash is gray powder left over after of the volcano when it something has been burned . The logs erupted. in the fireplace turned to ash after they

were burned. 27 wrong Wrong means not correct or not right . 24 awful I was wrong when I said the meeting is If something is awful, it is very bad or at 3:00; it is actually at 4:00. horrible . The food was awful, so the boy did not eat it.

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