1. Open Court Vocabulary for
“They Thought They Saw Him”

2. Rain on the back of the chameleon glistened in the sunlight.
( sparkled )
Rain on the back of the chameleon glistened in the sunlight.

3. 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.

4. His feet gripped the branch as he hung there.
( held on tightly )
His feet gripped the branch as he hung there.

5. The barn owl swooped down to catch the chameleon.
( rushed down suddenly )
The barn owl swooped down to catch the chameleon.

6. 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.

7. glistened

8. wakeful

9. gripped

10. swooped

11. ridge

12. camouflage cartoon

13. The American Chameleon
the anole
changes to brown
lives in the wild in the southern states of America