Buffalo Before Breakfast
Chapter 2 Ocean of Grass
Vocabulary

magically buckskin fringed
mountain man Great Plains prairie
farther rippling slope
rise

Directions: Change the underlined word with one of the words from the vocabulary list that means the same thing.

  1. Annie wore a tasseled border buckskin dress.  tasseled border means _______________
  2. Jack walked through the tall, flowing grass. flowing means ___________________
  3. Jack said he felt like a trapper from the hills. trapper from the hills means _____________
  4. Come on. Just a little longerlonger means ____________
  5. Jack had on a tanned hide shirt and pants.   tanned hide  means ____________
  6. The grassland covered nearly a fifth of America's land. grassland means ______________
  7. They went down a small hillside then up a small upgradehillside means _____________  upgrade means _____________
  8. Jack and Anne traveled to the middle of the United States. middle of the United States means  _______________

Directions:  Find the words from the vocabulary list that have a short vowel sound. Circle the letter that makes the short sound.

Hint: a as in apple
        e as in elephant
        i as in igloo
        o as in octopus
        u as in umbrella

a i u
__________________ __________________ __________________
__________________ __________________

 

 

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