1. By: Palmyra LoMonaco Illustrated by: Norman Chartier
Night Letters
By: Palmyra LoMonaco
Illustrated by: Norman Chartier

2. Genre Realistic fiction
There are settings that seem real, but the stories are made up

3. Words to Know
blade
flutter
fireflies
patch
dew
budding
notepad

4. More words to know Nectar – sweet sap, or liquid, produced by a flower
Scratchy – rough, making scratches on your skin

5. Blade
A leaf of grass

6. Budding
Putting forth small swellings on a plant that will grow into leaves, branches, or flowers

7. Dew
The moisture from the air that collects in small drops on cool surfaces during the night

8. Fireflies
small insects that give off flashes of light when they fly

9. Flutter
to flap the wings

10. Notepad
A small book of blank or lined sheets of paper in which you write notes or things that you need to learn or remember

11. Patch
A small piece of ground that is different from what is around it

12. Let’s Practice!

13. We went outside to catch a We enjoyed watching their lights glow in the jar.

14. Fireflies

15. The butterfly’s wings would before it flew to another flower.

16. Flutter

17. The on the grass this morning made my feet wet as I walked across the yard.

18. Dew

19. I watched the ant crawl up a of grass to get to the anthill.

20. Blade

21. My new flowers were in the garden in early spring.

22. Budding

23. I took a with me to class so that I could write down everything I needed to remember.

24. Notepad

25. There was a of grass that looked different because it was brown.

26. Patch

27. Let’s listen to our story!