Thunder Rose

Our first story from our Reading Street textbook is titled, Thunder Rose.  This is a tall tale.  The skills we will focus on are context clues, cause and effects scenarios, and comprehension.  The vocabulary words should be studied and are listed below.  The test over this story is on Wednesday, September 7.

Vocabulary words for Thunder Rose

1. branded: marked by burning the skin with a hot iron

2. constructed: fitted together; built

3. daintily: with delicate beauty

4. devastation: destruction

5. lullaby: song for singing to a child

6. pitch: thick, black, sticky substance made from tar or turpentine

7. resourceful: good at thinking of ways to do things

8. thieving: stealing

9. veins: blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to all other parts of the body