1. Helen Keller and the Big Storm Vocabulary and Amazing Words
Second Grade Reading

2. Vocabulary Words special pressing branches picnic angry fingers clung
tantrum
scent
fierce

3. special
Unusual or different in some way.

4. pressing
Pushing something in a steady way.

5. branches
Part of the tree that grows out from the trunk.

6. picnic
A party with a meal outdoors.

7. angry
To feel upset or mad.

8. fingers
The five end parts of your hand.

9. clung
To hold tightly to someone or something.

10. tantrum
A sudden, childish outburst of bad temper or ill humor.

11. scent
A nice smell.

12. fierce
Great or strong; scary.

13. Amazing Words condition predict terrifying breeze whip sparkle funnel
swirl

14. condition
The way a thing or a person is, such as a weather or a health condition.

15. predict
To say what you think will happen in the future.

16. terrifying
Something that makes someone feel very frightened.

17. breeze
When the wind is not too strong.

18. whip
To flap or move back and forth, such as a flag on a pole.

19. sparkle
To shine or glitter.

20. funnel
The cone-shape of a tornado.

21. swirl
To twist around and around.