1. Messages by the Mile By: Margery Facklam

2. infrasonic “use context clues”
Its sound is infrasonic, meaning it is below the level human can hear.
Earthquakes make infrasonic sounds that humans can feel, but cannot hear.
Infrasonic- having a sound so low that people cannot hear it.

3. Conversations “use context clues”
All the “conversations” were short.
The sisters had many conversations in which they talked about their childhood.
conversations - exchanges of
observations, opinions, or ideas

4. melody “use context clues”
The Paynes heard the
male humpback’s beautiful, long melody.
That song is hard to sing because of its complicated melody.
melody - a series of musical tones

5. choruses “use context clues”
We depend on rhymes and repeating choruses to help us remember long songs and poems.
These songs have choruses that repeat five or six times.
choruses - part of a song that are repeated after each verse

6. vibrations “use context clues”
It also felt like the vibrations from the whales’ infrasonic songs.
The vibrations of the foot massager tickled my feet.
vibrations - slight, rapid movements