1. Thanksgiving on Thursday by Mary Pope Osborne Vocabulary Chapters One and Two Chapters Three and Four Chapters Five and Six Chapters Seven through Ten

2. Chapters One and Two Vocabulary

3. feast noun a large meal

4. pilgrim noun a person who travels to new places

5. frilly adjective decorated with ruffles

6. Mayflower proper noun the ship in which the pilgrims sailed from England to America

7. Plymouth proper noun the village where the first pilgrims settled

8. thatched adjective leaves or reeds used for roofing

9. governor noun a person elected to run the state

10. William Bradford proper noun governor of Plymouth colony

11. Squanto proper noun Native American who helped the pilgrims after their first winter

12. Myles Standish proper noun military leader of the Plymouth colony

13. Wampanoag proper noun Native American Indian tribe of Southeastern Massachusetts

14. jerked verb a sudden quick pull or push

15. Chapters Three and Four Vocabulary

16. burly adjective strongly and heavily built

17. village noun community smaller than a town

18. John Smith proper noun captain of the Mayflower

19. Chief Massasoit proper noun leader of the Wampanoag Indian tribe

20. fowl noun a bird of any kind

21. fowling verb bird hunting

22. colony noun a group of people living in a new territory

23. Chapters Five and Six Vocabulary

24. eel noun a snake like freshwater or saltwater fish

25. clam noun a burrowing mollusk

26. wade verb to walk in or through water

27. slither verb to slip or slide like a snake

28. roots noun vegetables such as carrots or turnips that grow under the ground

29. hearth noun a brick, stone, or concrete area in front of a fireplace

30. herbs noun leafy vegetables that grow above ground

31. toil verb long, tiring work

32. Chapters Seven through Ten Vocabulary

33. musket noun a big muzzle loading gun

34. autumn noun a season in between winter and summer, the months of September through November also referred to as fall

35. crisp adjective cold

36. cured verb preserving meat with smoke or salt

37. slave noun a person owned by another person

38. community noun a unified group of people