1. 4 th Grade Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocabulary Ch. 16-20 Mrs. Thornburg’s version

2. Vocabulary Words in Ch.16-20 RoostAbandoned PlanksSinged ForelegCrouching ShimmeringPerching StreakedScallops SuckersDyeing

3. What do we call long, flat pieces of wood?

4. Planks

5. What is a type of shellfish?

6. Scallops

7. What do we call the process of coloring fibers, yarn, or fabrics?

8. Dyeing

9. What do we call part of an animal used to suction on to an object?

10. Suckers

11. What do we call it when a bird comes to sit or rest on something?

12. Roost

13. What is another word for to burn slightly, to scorch?

14. Singed

15. What do we call one of the front legs of an animal?

16. Foreleg

17. What do we call bending close to the ground, as an animal preparing to attack?

18. Crouching

19. What is another word for sitting upright upon (as a bird would do)?

20. Perching

21. What is another word for to shine or reflect light?

22. Shimmering

23. What is another word for to run or go rapidly?

24. Streaked

25. What is another word for left behind or deserted?

26. Abandoned