Open Court Vocabulary for “They Thought They Saw Him”
Rain on the back of the chameleon glistened in the sunlight. ( sparkled ) Rain on the back of the chameleon glistened in the sunlight.
The chameleon felt the joy in the first wakeful night it had. ( restless; not able to sleep ) The chameleon felt the joy in the first wakeful night it had.
His feet gripped the branch as he hung there. ( held on tightly ) His feet gripped the branch as he hung there.
The barn owl swooped down to catch the chameleon. ( rushed down suddenly ) The barn owl swooped down to catch the chameleon.
Little tan chameleon crawled up on a ridge of the limb. ( the edge of something ) Little tan chameleon crawled up on a ridge of the limb.
glistened
wakeful
gripped
swooped
ridge
camouflage cartoon
The American Chameleon the anole changes to brown lives in the wild in the southern states of America