1. Helen Ketterman Illustrations by Scott Goto
Heat Wave!
Helen Ketterman
Illustrations by Scott Goto
Vocabulary words

2. Tall tale
Theme 20 – Destination Reading

3. affected
Caused a change in

4. blizzard
A long, heavy snowstorm

5. stirred or shook greatly
churned
stirred or shook greatly

6. commotion
noisy confusion

7. clump
A group of things close together

8. crinkled
wrinkled

9. dog- paddled
Swam holding head above water, paddling with arms in front, and kicking

10. frisky
lively and playful

11. harvest
gathering in of crops

12. horizon
line along which the earth and sky seem to meet

13. mercury
A silvery- white metal that is liquid at room temperature; used in thermometers.

14. miscalculated
Figured incorrectly

15. licked
beaten

16. lit
landed

17. pasture
land used for animals to graze (eat grass)

18. resist
fight the urge for

19. singe
To burn slightly

20. snagged
caught on something sticking out

21. spirits
mood

22. sprouted
sent out new growth

23. temperature
Measure of heat or coldness

24. trough
a long, narrow container that holds water or food for animals

25. weather vane
Movable pointer that shows wind direction

26. whiff
Slight wind, especially one carrying a smell

27. yeast
A substance that is used to make bread dough rise

28. Fill the blank affected horizon miscalculated singe temperature weather vane
Use the vocabulary words in the word bank. When you look out at , you can sometimes see weather coming from far away. If you see storm clouds in the distance, looking at a to see in which direction the wind is blowing can let you know if the storm is heading your way. Sometimes a storm can bring a big change in the , making it cold very fast. Other times, how hot or cold it is outside is barely by a storm. Have you ever how hot or cold it would be during the day? You probably got stuck wearing too many clothes or not enough clothes. Neither way is very comfortable. You can feel as if the heat is about to warm, or even , your skin, or you can feel your fingertips begin to freeze. It’s always good to be aware of the weather so you don’t get caught unprepared.

29. Fantasy/ Realism
Page 361 Geese are plucked, stuffed and roasted. ____________ Page 361 Geese are cooked in the sky. _____________ Page 367 Milk is churned into butter.____________ Page 367 Cows jumping causes the milk to become butter.__________ Page 368 Getting oats wet makes oatmeal. ___________ Page 368 Oatmeal makes fine glue. _____________ Page 371 Adding water to flour and yeast makes dough. ______________ Page 371 The rising dough picks up the tractor and the mule.___________ Page 375 They plant lettuce seeds and the lettuce grows. _____________ Page 375 Lettuce grows as soon as the seeds hot the dirt._____________

30. Understanding Similes
A simile is a comparison using like or as. Page 363 Page 367 Page 371 Page 375

31. like a rocket

32. hopping around like rabbits

33. big as the barn

34. like a bucking bronco